Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2006 Van Hool Tourist Coach

YE2TC16B162044823 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJul 21, 2023
NY
Last seenOct 7, 2025
NY
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
YE2TC16B162044823
Make
Van Hool
Model
Tourist Coach
Model year
2006
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 19, 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
YE2

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
TC16B

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
2006 or 2036

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

North American serial sequence
Not established

Not asserted outside North American WMIs; positions 12–17 may follow another regional convention.

No source established for this field.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
VAN HOOL

Prefix basis · 6 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Tourist Coach

Prefix basis · 6 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
2006

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VAN HOOL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

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

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • serial sequence (positions 12–17 are only asserted for North American VINs)
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 21, 2023 – Oct 7, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 7, 2025NYI · Full0ELEGANT WINE TOURS OF LI LTD 193909548995BB/NY
Jun 10, 2025NYI · Full0ELEGANT WINE TOURS OF LI LTD 193909548995BB/NY
Dec 3, 2024NYI · Full0ELEGANT WINE TOURS OF LI LTD 193909548995BB/NY
Jul 21, 2023NYI · Full0ELEGANT WINE TOURS OF LI LTD 193909548995BB/NY
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ELEGANT WINE TOURS OF LI LTD1939095Jul 21, 2023Oct 7, 20254NY
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.
48995BBNYELEGANT WINE TOURS OF LI LTDJul 21, 2023Oct 7, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026