Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Prevost X3 Passenger Coach

2P9G33497SC001616 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
14 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenSep 26, 2024
NY
Last seenNov 15, 2025
NY
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 14 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2P9G33497SC001616
Make
Prevost
Model
X3 Passenger Coach
Model year
2025
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 2, 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
2P9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
G3349

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
001616

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
PREVOST

Prefix basis · 47 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
X3 Passenger Coach

Prefix basis · 47 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
PREVOST

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
X3 Passenger 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
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 · Sep 26, 2024 – Nov 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 15, 2025NYIII · Driver-only0PINE HILL-KINGSTON BUS CORP 1735247199PF/NY
May 16, 2025NYI · Full0PINE HILL-KINGSTON BUS CORP 1735247199PF/NY
Sep 26, 2024NYI · Full0TRANSIT TEC INC 49292112459DRW/MN
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PINE HILL-KINGSTON BUS CORP17352May 16, 2025Nov 15, 20252NY
TRANSIT TEC INC492921Sep 26, 2024Sep 26, 20241MN
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.
47199PFNYPINE HILL-KINGSTON BUS CORPMay 16, 2025Nov 15, 20252
12459DRWMNTRANSIT TEC INCSep 26, 2024Sep 26, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026