Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Van Hool Tourist Coach

YE2YA81B9J2041236 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenApr 8, 2024
US
Last seenJan 21, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
YE2YA81B9J2041236
Make
Van Hool
Model
Tourist Coach
Model year
2018
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
YE2

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
YA81B

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
Not established

Not asserted outside North American WMIs; positions 12–17 may follow another regional convention.

No source established for this field.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
VAN HOOL

Prefix basis · 12 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Tourist Coach

Prefix basis · 12 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
VAN HOOL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Tourist 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
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • serial sequence (positions 12–17 are only asserted for North American VINs)
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Apr 8, 2024 – Jan 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 21, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0SURERIDE CHARTER INC 701846EP02051/CA
Nov 19, 2025USV · Vehicle-only0SURERIDE CHARTER INC 701846EP02051/CA
Feb 4, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SURERIDE CHARTER INC 701846EP02051/CA
Apr 8, 2024USV · Vehicle-only0SURERIDE CHARTER INC 701846EP02051/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SURERIDE CHARTER INC701846Apr 8, 2024Jan 21, 20264CA
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.
EP02051CASURERIDE CHARTER INCApr 8, 2024Jan 21, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026