Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Motor Coach Industries D4505

1M86DMBA5FP013842 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
24 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenMay 8, 2024
US
Last seenMay 21, 2026
MA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 24 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M86DMBA5FP013842
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
D4505
Model year
2015
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 6, 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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
013842

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
2015

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 · May 8, 2024 – May 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 21, 2026MAV · Vehicle-only0THE LANDLINE COMPANY 342502616ARL/MA
Feb 17, 2025MAIII · Driver-only0MCGINN BUS COMPANY INC 18432BU38553/MA
Jan 1, 2025MAIII · Driver-only0MCGINN BUS COMPANY INC 18432BU38553/MA
May 8, 2024USI · Full0MCGINN BUS COMPANY INC 1843238553/MA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
THE LANDLINE COMPANY3425026May 21, 2026May 21, 20261CO
MCGINN BUS COMPANY INC18432May 8, 2024Feb 17, 20253MA
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.
16ARLMATHE LANDLINE COMPANYMay 21, 2026May 21, 20261
BU38553MAMCGINN BUS COMPANY INCJan 1, 2025Feb 17, 20252
38553MAMCGINN BUS COMPANY INCMay 8, 2024May 8, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 6, 2026