Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Prevost H3 Passenger Coach

2P9H33491SC001048 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJan 23, 2025
FL
Last seenJan 14, 2026
FL
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2P9H33491SC001048
Make
Prevost
Model
H3 Passenger Coach
Model year
2025
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
2P9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
H3349

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
001048

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
PREVOST

Prefix basis · 70 decoded VINs at 98.6% prefix purity.

Model
H3 Passenger Coach

Prefix basis · 70 decoded VINs at 98.6% 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
PREVOST

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
H3 Passenger Coach

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
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 · Jan 23, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 14, 2026FLI · Full0A CANDIES COACHWORKS INC 1515652C996BA/TN
Oct 14, 2025GAI · Full1A CANDIES COACHWORKS INC 1515652C996BA/TN
Jul 31, 2025USI · Full0A CANDIES COACHWORKS INC 1515652C996BA/FL
Jan 23, 2025FLI · Full0A CANDIES COACHWORKS INC 1515652C996BA/TN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
A CANDIES COACHWORKS INC1515652Jan 23, 2025Jan 14, 20264FL
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.
C996BATNA CANDIES COACHWORKS INCJan 23, 2025Jan 14, 20263
C996BAFLA CANDIES COACHWORKS INCJul 31, 2025Jul 31, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026