Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 New Flyer Xcelsior

5FYF8FX16JF054809 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenOct 10, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 16, 2025
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5FYF8FX16JF054809
Make
New Flyer
Model
Xcelsior
Model year
2018
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
5FY

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
F8FX1

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
054809

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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
NEW FLYER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Xcelsior

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

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 · Oct 10, 2023 – Oct 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 16, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 28081711545537/CA
Oct 16, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 28081711545537/CA
Oct 10, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only1ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 28081711545537/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY2808171Oct 10, 2023Oct 16, 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.
1545537CAORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYOct 10, 2023Oct 16, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026