Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Motor Coach Industries D4505

1M86DMBA6EP013301 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenOct 6, 2023
TX
Last seenMay 13, 2026
US
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M86DMBA6EP013301
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
D4505
Model year
2014
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 6, 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
6DMBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
013301

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 · 123 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
D4505

Prefix basis · 123 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
2014

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
D4505

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 · Oct 6, 2023 – May 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 13, 2026USI · Full3LANSDOWNE COACH LLC 2996906P163987/VA
Sep 19, 2025OHII · Walk-around0LANSDOWNE COACH LLC 2996906P163987/VA
Dec 7, 2023USV · Vehicle-only0LANSDOWNE COACH LLC 2996906P163987/VA
Oct 6, 2023TXI · Full3OOSLANSDOWNE COACH LLC 2996906P163598/VA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LANSDOWNE COACH LLC2996906Oct 6, 2023May 13, 20264VA
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.
P163987VALANSDOWNE COACH LLCDec 7, 2023May 13, 20263
P163598VALANSDOWNE COACH LLCOct 6, 2023Oct 6, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 6, 2026