Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2003 Motor Coach Industries J4500

1M83JMPA43P062031 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenAug 30, 2023
SC
Last seenMay 19, 2026
SC
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M83JMPA43P062031
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2003
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 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
1M8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3JMPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2003 or 2033

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

North American serial sequence
062031

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 · 22 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J4500

Prefix basis · 22 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
2003

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 30, 2023 – May 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 19, 2026SCI · Full0RICE TOURS LLC 3005176BC7748/SC
Mar 14, 2024NCII · Walk-around0RICE TOURS LLC 3005176BC7748CC/SC
Aug 30, 2023SCV · Vehicle-only0RICE TOURS LLC 3005176BC7748/SC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RICE TOURS LLC3005176Aug 30, 2023May 19, 20263SC
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.
BC7748SCRICE TOURS LLCAug 30, 2023May 19, 20262
BC7748CCSCRICE TOURS LLCMar 14, 2024Mar 14, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 25, 2026