Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2002 Motor Coach Industries J4500

1M83JMPA52P061775 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 10
First seenJul 27, 2023
US
Last seenFeb 13, 2026
US
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M83JMPA52P061775
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2002
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 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
1M8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3JMPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
2002 or 2032

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

North American serial sequence
061775

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
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 22 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J4500

Prefix basis · 22 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
2002

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
J4500

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 27, 2023 – Feb 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 13, 2026USIII · Driver-only1KAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
Nov 27, 2025USIII · Driver-only1KAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
Oct 2, 2025USII · Walk-around7KAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
Jul 1, 2025USI · Full4OOSKAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
Jun 20, 2025TXI · Full10OOSKAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
May 19, 2025TXI · Full3KAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
May 13, 2025USI · Full2KAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
Oct 11, 2024TXI · Full6OOSKAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
Oct 11, 2024USIII · Driver-only0KAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
Jul 27, 2023USII · Walk-around1OOSKAUFMAN TOURS LLC 2909059K162545/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KAUFMAN TOURS LLC2909059Jul 27, 2023Feb 13, 202610TX
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.
K162545TXKAUFMAN TOURS LLCJul 27, 2023Feb 13, 202610
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026