Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMEA19W065162 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
6 mo
Inspections13
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 13
First seenOct 11, 2023
TX
Last seenApr 9, 2024
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 6 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
2MG3JMEA19W065162
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2009
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
3JMEA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

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

North American serial sequence
065162

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 · 50 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J4500

Prefix basis · 50 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
2009

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 · Oct 11, 2023 – Apr 9, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 9, 2024TXI · Full1MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89652/TX
Mar 26, 2024TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89652/TX
Mar 14, 2024TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89652/TX
Dec 30, 2023TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89652/TX
Dec 23, 2023TXI · Full1MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89652/TX
Dec 13, 2023TXI · Full3MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89652/TX
Dec 12, 2023TXI · Full2OOSMERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T81549/TX
Dec 6, 2023TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T81549/TX
Nov 29, 2023TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T81549/TX
Nov 6, 2023TXI · Full1MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T81549/TX
Nov 2, 2023TXI · Full1MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T81549/TX
Oct 12, 2023TXI · Full4MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T81549/TX
Oct 11, 2023TXI · Full2OOSMERY INVESTMENTS INC 1806605T81549/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD2131974Oct 12, 2023Apr 9, 202412TX
MERY INVESTMENTS INC1806605Oct 11, 2023Oct 11, 20231TX
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.
T89652TXMERY INVESTMENTS GV LTDDec 13, 2023Apr 9, 20246
T81549TXMERY INVESTMENTS GV LTDOct 12, 2023Dec 12, 20236
T81549TXMERY INVESTMENTS INCOct 11, 2023Oct 11, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026