Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner B2 Bus Chassis

4UZABRDT5HCJH6356 · Incomplete - School Bus Chassis · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenAug 22, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 9, 2026
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4UZABRDT5HCJH6356
Make
Freightliner
Model
B2 Bus Chassis
Model year
2017
Body class
Incomplete - School Bus Chassis
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 4, 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
4UZ

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ABRDT

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
JH6356

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
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 330 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
B2 Bus Chassis

Prefix basis · 330 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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
B2 Bus Chassis

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete - School Bus Chassis

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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 · Aug 22, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 9, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137TIK926/CA
Jun 18, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137TIK926/CA
Apr 22, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only1SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137TIK926/CA
Aug 15, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137TIK926/CA
Aug 22, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137TIK926/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP677713Aug 22, 2023Jun 9, 20265CA
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.
7TIK926CASANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORPAug 22, 2023Jun 9, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 4, 2026