Equipment unit · NHTSA vPIC identity

2020 Motor Coach Industries 102DL3 Intercity/D4500

1M8PDMNA0LP015896 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
17 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenFeb 21, 2024
NJ
Last seenJul 3, 2025
NJ
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 17 months
These observations show where this VIN appeared, not who owned the vehicle. Sales, leases or owner-operator moves may explain carrier changes. A shared VIN alone is not a fraud finding. Compare dates and sources in the timeline below.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8PDMNA0LP015896
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102DL3 Intercity/D4500
Model year
2020
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Aug 25, 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
PDMNA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
015896

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 · 112 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102DL3 Intercity/D4500

Prefix basis · 112 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.

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 · Feb 21, 2024 – Jul 3, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 3, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0—NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB8920/NJ
Feb 21, 2024NJV · Vehicle-only0—ACADEMY LINES LLC 943538AW278T/NJ
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION74293Jul 3, 2025Jul 3, 20251NJ
ACADEMY LINES LLC943538Feb 21, 2024Feb 21, 20241NJ
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.
OYB8920NJ—NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATIONJul 3, 2025 → Jul 3, 20251
AW278TNJ—ACADEMY LINES LLCFeb 21, 2024 → Feb 21, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 25, 2026