Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Motor Coach Industries J3500

2MGKJMXA6LW021061 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under3
30 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenDec 15, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 12, 2026
UT
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 30 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
2MGKJMXA6LW021061
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J3500
Model year
2020
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
KJMXA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
021061

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 · 25 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J3500

Prefix basis · 25 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
J3500

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 15, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 12, 2026UTI · Full0RAMBLIN EXPRESS INC 533527EIK077/CO
Sep 27, 2024CAI · Full0LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543981925E3/CA
Aug 31, 2024CAII · Walk-around3LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY 112543981925E3/CA
Dec 15, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0WEDRIVEU INC 228699597868J3/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RAMBLIN EXPRESS INC533527Jun 12, 2026Jun 12, 20261CO
LUX BUS AMERICA COMPANY1125439Aug 31, 2024Sep 27, 20242CA
WEDRIVEU INC2286995Dec 15, 2023Dec 15, 20231CA
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.
EIK077CO1RAMBLIN EXPRESS INCJun 12, 2026Jun 12, 20261
81925E3CALUX BUS AMERICA COMPANYAug 31, 2024Sep 27, 20242
97868J3CAWEDRIVEU INCDec 15, 2023Dec 15, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026