Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Grande West Vicinity

1G9B35AA8KA545452 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenSep 7, 2023
MA
Last seenApr 24, 2026
MA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1G9B35AA8KA545452
Make
Grande West
Model
Vicinity
Model year
2019
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
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
1G9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
B35AA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
545452

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
GRANDE WEST

Prefix basis · 3 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Vicinity

Prefix basis · 3 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
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GRANDE WEST

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Vicinity

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 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 · Sep 7, 2023 – Apr 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 24, 2026MAV · Vehicle-only0BOSTON CHARTER BUS LLC 3284931BU43312/MA
Jul 8, 2024MAV · Vehicle-only0BOSTON CHARTER BUS LLC 3284931BU43312/MA
Sep 7, 2023MAV · Vehicle-only0BOSTON CHARTER BUS LLC 3284931BU43312/MA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BOSTON CHARTER BUS LLC3284931Sep 7, 2023Apr 24, 20263MA
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.
BU43312MABOSTON CHARTER BUS LLCSep 7, 2023Apr 24, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026