Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Thomas Built HDX

1T7Y84F24G1097271 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
23 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenFeb 15, 2024
CA
Last seenJan 7, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 23 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1T7Y84F24G1097271
Make
Thomas Built
Model
HDX
Model year
2016
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 7, 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
1T7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
Y84F2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
097271

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
THOMAS BUILT

Prefix basis · 435 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
HDX

Prefix basis · 435 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
THOMAS BUILT

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
HDX

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 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 15, 2024 – Jan 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 7, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only1NUVIEW UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT 26214261468025/CA
Jan 23, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 28105621468025/CA
Mar 14, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only1NUVIEW UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT 26214261468025/CA
Feb 15, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0NUVIEW UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT 26214261504208/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NUVIEW UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT2621426Feb 15, 2024Jan 7, 20263CA
MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2810562Jan 23, 2025Jan 23, 20251CA
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.
1468025CANUVIEW UNION SCHOOL DISTRICTMar 14, 2024Jan 7, 20262
1468025CAMORENO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJan 23, 2025Jan 23, 20251
1504208CANUVIEW UNION SCHOOL DISTRICTFeb 15, 2024Feb 15, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 7, 2026