Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Ford F-250

1FT7W2BT1JEB15288 · Pickup · TRUCK
Carriers run under1
3 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenJun 10, 2024
VA
Last seenSep 18, 2024
TN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1FT7W2BT1JEB15288
Make
Ford
Model
F-250
Model year
2018
Body class
Pickup
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 2H: 9,001 - 10,000 lb (4,082 - 4,536 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 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
1FT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
7W2BT

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
B15288

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
FORD

Prefix basis · 900 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
F-250

Prefix basis · 900 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FORD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
F-250

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Pickup

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 2H: 9,001 - 10,000 lb (4,082 - 4,536 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 10, 2024 – Sep 18, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 18, 2024TNI · Full0BLUE BLAZE TRANSIT LLC 4215882BDG2202/TN
Jul 26, 2024IAIII · Driver-only1BLUE BLAZE TRANSIT LLC 4215882H485474/TN
Jun 10, 2024VAII · Walk-around3OOSBLUE BLAZE TRANSIT LLC 4215882H485474/TN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BLUE BLAZE TRANSIT LLC4215882Jun 10, 2024Sep 18, 20243TN
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.
BDG2202TNBLUE BLAZE TRANSIT LLCSep 18, 2024Sep 18, 20241
H485474TNBLUE BLAZE TRANSIT LLCJun 10, 2024Jul 26, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026