Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1999 Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Intercity/E4500

1M8TRMPA0XP060565 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenOct 30, 2023
MI
Last seenMay 14, 2026
MI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8TRMPA0XP060565
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500
Model year
1999
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 23, 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
TRMPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1999 or 2029

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

North American serial sequence
060565

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 · 31 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

Prefix basis · 31 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
1999

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

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 · Oct 30, 2023 – May 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 14, 2026MIII · Walk-around0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC55108/MI
Apr 17, 2026MII · Full1GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC55108/MI
Oct 16, 2025MIV · Vehicle-only0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC55108/MI
Oct 23, 2024MIV · Vehicle-only0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC43135/MI
Jun 3, 2024MII · Full0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC31203/MI
Oct 30, 2023MIV · Vehicle-only0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC31203/MI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC259886Oct 30, 2023May 14, 20266MI
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.
RC55108MIGREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INCOct 16, 2025May 14, 20263
RC43135MIGREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INCOct 23, 2024Oct 23, 20241
RC31203MIGREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INCOct 30, 2023Jun 3, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 23, 2026