Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Intercity/E4500

2MGTRMBA6CW065985 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenAug 10, 2023
CA
Last seenApr 3, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2MGTRMBA6CW065985
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500
Model year
2012
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
TRMBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
065985

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 · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

Prefix basis · 10 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
2012

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 · Aug 10, 2023 – Apr 3, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 3, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0SIERRA LINES INC 204113EP25089/CA
Aug 12, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SIERRA LINES INC 204113EP25089/CA
Aug 12, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SIERRA LINES INC 204113EP16596/CA
Jul 2, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SIERRA LINES INC 204113EP16596/CA
Jan 10, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0SIERRA LINES INC 204113EP16596/CA
Aug 10, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0SIERRA LINES INC 204113EP16596/CA
Aug 10, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0SIERRA LINES INC 204113EP16596/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SIERRA LINES INC204113Aug 10, 2023Apr 3, 20267CA
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.
EP25089CASIERRA LINES INCAug 12, 2025Apr 3, 20262
EP16596CASIERRA LINES INCAug 10, 2023Aug 12, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026