Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Prevost H3 Passenger Coach

2PCH33494HC713816 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenDec 16, 2023
NY
Last seenMay 29, 2026
NY
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2PCH33494HC713816
Make
Prevost
Model
H3 Passenger Coach
Model year
2017
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 2, 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
2PC

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
H3349

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
713816

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
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

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

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 16, 2023 – May 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 29, 2026NYI · Full0MELARD COACH LLC 1406759BN04498/PA
Jan 29, 2024USI · Full0MELARD COACH LLC 1406759BN04498/PA
Dec 16, 2023NYII · Walk-around0MELARD COACH LLC 1406759BN04498/PA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MELARD COACH LLC1406759Dec 16, 2023May 29, 20263PA
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.
BN04498PAMELARD COACH LLCDec 16, 2023May 29, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026