Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMBA5DW066375 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
21 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 11
First seenApr 18, 2024
CA
Last seenJan 29, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 21 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
2MG3JMBA5DW066375
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2013
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
2MG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3JMBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
066375

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 · 664 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J4500

Prefix basis · 664 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
2013

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Apr 18, 2024 – Jan 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 29, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only1AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
May 24, 2025CAI · Full2AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
May 23, 2025CAII · Walk-around1AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Apr 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around3AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Apr 11, 2025CAII · Walk-around1AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Feb 19, 2025CAI · Full1AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Oct 7, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only1AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Jul 12, 2024CAII · Walk-around2OOSAMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Jul 1, 2024CAII · Walk-around0AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Jun 13, 2024USI · Full0AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC 3248302EP21591/CA
Apr 18, 2024CAII · Walk-around0CAWB TRAVEL INC 2935858EP11413/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLC3248302Jun 13, 2024Jan 29, 202610CA
CAWB TRAVEL INC2935858Apr 18, 2024Apr 18, 20241CA
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.
EP21591CAAMERICA DISCOVERY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION LLCJun 13, 2024Jan 29, 202610
EP11413CACAWB TRAVEL INCApr 18, 2024Apr 18, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026