Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Thomas Built HDX

1T7YR4E21F1286702 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenDec 28, 2023
CA
Last seenDec 30, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1T7YR4E21F1286702
Make
Thomas Built
Model
HDX
Model year
2015
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 26, 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
YR4E2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
286702

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 · 9 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
HDX

Prefix basis · 9 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
2015

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 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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 28, 2023 – Dec 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 30, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 28083511461444/CA
Dec 26, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 28083511461444/CA
Dec 28, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2808351146444/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2808351Dec 28, 2023Dec 30, 20253CA
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.
1461444CALYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTDec 26, 2024Dec 30, 20252
146444CALYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTDec 28, 2023Dec 28, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 26, 2026