Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Gillig Low Floor Bus

15GGD3115H3188156 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenJul 11, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 23, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
15GGD3115H3188156
Make
Gillig
Model
Low Floor Bus
Model year
2017
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Aug 10, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
15G

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
GD311

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
188156

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GILLIG

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Low Floor Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 11, 2023 – Jul 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 23, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0CITY OF NORWALK 28077701463827/CA
Jul 11, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0CITY OF NORWALK 28077701463827/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CITY OF NORWALK2807770Jul 11, 2023Jul 23, 20252CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
1463827CACITY OF NORWALKJul 11, 2023Jul 23, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 10, 2026