Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMNA3LW069818 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
19 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenDec 14, 2023
PA
Last seenJul 28, 2025
MD
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 19 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
2MG3JMNA3LW069818
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2020
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 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
2MG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3JMNA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
069818

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 · 131 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J4500

Prefix basis · 131 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
2020

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 · Dec 14, 2023 – Jul 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 28, 2025MDV · Vehicle-only0ADVENTURES BY DAWN L L C 779981044P71/MD
Jul 17, 2025MAV · Vehicle-only0A YANKEE LINE INC 189328044P71/MD
Jan 10, 2025MDV · Vehicle-only0ADVENTURES BY DAWN L L C 779981044P71/MD
Jun 20, 2024MDV · Vehicle-only0ADVENTURES BY DAWN L L C 779981044P71/MD
Jan 17, 2024MDV · Vehicle-only0ADVENTURES BY DAWN L L C 779981044P71/MD
Dec 14, 2023PAII · Walk-around1ADVENTURES BY DAWN L L C 779981044P71/MD
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ADVENTURES BY DAWN L L C779981Dec 14, 2023Jul 28, 20255MD
A YANKEE LINE INC189328Jul 17, 2025Jul 17, 20251MA
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.
044P71MDADVENTURES BY DAWN L L CDec 14, 2023Jul 28, 20255
044P71MDA YANKEE LINE INCJul 17, 2025Jul 17, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026