Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Prevost H3 Passenger Coach

2PCH33498NC721218 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenJun 21, 2023
MT
Last seenAug 24, 2024
MO
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2PCH33498NC721218
Make
Prevost
Model
H3 Passenger Coach
Model year
2022
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
2PC

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
H3349

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
721218

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2022

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
PREVOST

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
H3 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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 21, 2023 – Aug 24, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 24, 2024MOI · Full1OTTAWA BUS SERVICE INC 87631214665/KS
Jul 4, 2023SDIII · Driver-only0OTTAWA BUS SERVICE INC 87631214665/KS
Jun 21, 2023MTI · Full1OOSOTTAWA BUS SERVICE INC 87631214665/KS
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
OTTAWA BUS SERVICE INC87631Jun 21, 2023Aug 24, 20243KS
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.
214665KSOTTAWA BUS SERVICE INCJun 21, 2023Aug 24, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026