Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Volvo B13R

3CEU3W523S5218283 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
17 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 9
First seenOct 30, 2024
US
Last seenMar 23, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3CEU3W523S5218283
Make
Volvo
Model
B13R
Model year
2025
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
3CE

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
U3W52

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
218283

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
VOLVO

Prefix basis · 54 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
B13R

Prefix basis · 54 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VOLVO

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
B13R

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 · Oct 30, 2024 – Mar 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 23, 2026TXI · Full1AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530148M665N/TX
Jan 29, 2026TXI · Full0AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530172U576N/TX
Nov 17, 2025USIII · Driver-only0AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530180RB4Y/MX
Oct 31, 2025TXI · Full0AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530171N420N/TX
Aug 7, 2025MIIII · Driver-only0AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530111N287N/TX
Jul 16, 2025USI · Full5AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530180RB4Y/MX
Apr 16, 2025USIII · Driver-only0AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530180RB4Y/MX
Mar 12, 2025USI · Full2OOSAUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530180RB4Y/MX
Oct 30, 2024USI · Full0AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC 306530180RB4Y/MX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLC3065301Oct 30, 2024Mar 23, 20269TX
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.
48M665NTXAUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLCMar 23, 2026Mar 23, 20261
72U576NTXAUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLCJan 29, 2026Jan 29, 20261
80RB4YMXAUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLCOct 30, 2024Nov 17, 20255
71N420NTXAUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLCOct 31, 2025Oct 31, 20251
11N287NTXAUTOBUSES LA SULTANA LLCAug 7, 2025Aug 7, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026