Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKGCSA6LF363541 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 10
First seenAug 16, 2023
NC
Last seenJul 14, 2026
NC
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKGCSA6LF363541
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2020
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
1BA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
KGCSA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
363541

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
BLUE BIRD

Prefix basis · 195 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 195 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
BB Conventional

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus - School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

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 · Aug 16, 2023 – Jul 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 14, 2026NCIII · Driver-only0MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857P882255/SC
Jul 9, 2026NCI · Full0MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857P882255/SC
Apr 27, 2026GAI · Full0MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857P882255/SC
Mar 5, 2026SCIII · Driver-only2MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857P882255/SC
Sep 17, 2025SCI · Full0MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857P882255/SC
Mar 25, 2024GAIII · Driver-only4OOSMAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857UTW986/SC
Oct 19, 2023TNI · Full0MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857UTW986/SC
Sep 15, 2023ALI · Full0MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857UTW986/SC
Aug 22, 2023KYI · Full0MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857UTW986/SC
Aug 16, 2023NCI · Full1MAK EXPEDITE LLC 3573857UTW986/SC
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MAK EXPEDITE LLC3573857Aug 16, 2023Jul 14, 202610SC
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.
P882255SC1MAK EXPEDITE LLCSep 17, 2025Jul 14, 20265
UTW986SCMAK EXPEDITE LLCAug 16, 2023Mar 25, 20245
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026