Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKFCPA6CF285239 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 10
First seenMar 12, 2024
CA
Last seenMar 31, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKFCPA6CF285239
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2012
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
1BA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
KFCPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
285239

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.

Make
BLUE BIRD

Prefix basis · 18 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 18 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2012

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
BB Conventional

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus - School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • 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 · Mar 12, 2024 – Mar 31, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 31, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 30012149PQZ484/CA
Dec 10, 2025CAII · Walk-around4OOSJVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 30012149PQZ484/CA
Dec 4, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 30012149PQZ484/CA
Nov 19, 2025CAII · Walk-around5OOSJVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 30012149PQZ484/CA
Mar 4, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 30012149PQZ484/CA
Mar 4, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 30012149PQZ484/CA
Dec 3, 2024USI · Full1OOSJVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 3001214CK87558/AZ
May 31, 2024CAI · Full0JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 3001214CK87558/AZ
May 29, 2024CAI · Full2JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 3001214CK87558/AZ
Mar 12, 2024CAI · Full0JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC 3001214CK87558/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLC3001214Mar 12, 2024Mar 31, 202610CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
9PQZ484CAJVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLCMar 4, 2025Mar 31, 20266
CK87558AZJVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLCMay 29, 2024Dec 3, 20243
CK87558CAJVKS HARVEST SOLUTIONS LLCMar 12, 2024Mar 12, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026