Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Motor Coach Industries D4505

1M86DMBA4JP014828 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections16
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 16
First seenSep 19, 2023
NC
Last seenJul 16, 2026
NC
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M86DMBA4JP014828
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
D4505
Model year
2018
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
6DMBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
014828

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 · 123 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
D4505

Prefix basis · 123 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
D4505

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 19, 2023 – Jul 16, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 16, 2026NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Jan 28, 2026NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Oct 2, 2025NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Oct 2, 2025NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Jul 23, 2025NCV · Vehicle-only0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
May 21, 2025NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
May 1, 2025NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Nov 29, 2024NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Oct 14, 2024NCV · Vehicle-only0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Oct 9, 2024NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Jul 30, 2024NCV · Vehicle-only0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Jul 30, 2024NCV · Vehicle-only0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Jan 9, 2024NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Jan 3, 2024NCV · Vehicle-only0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Nov 1, 2023NCI · Full0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
Sep 19, 2023NCV · Vehicle-only0TROLLEYS INC 1167599LA28396/NC
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TROLLEYS INC1167599Sep 19, 2023Jul 16, 202616NC
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
LA28396NC1TROLLEYS INCSep 19, 2023Jul 16, 202616
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026