Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Motor Coach Industries 102DL3 Intercity/D4500

1M8PDMBA9JP014960 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections20
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 20
First seenOct 19, 2023
NJ
Last seenJan 6, 2026
NJ
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8PDMBA9JP014960
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102DL3 Intercity/D4500
Model year
2018
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
PDMBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
014960

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 · 236 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102DL3 Intercity/D4500

Prefix basis · 236 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
102DL3 Intercity/D4500

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 · Oct 19, 2023 – Jan 6, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 6, 2026NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Dec 3, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Sep 29, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Aug 18, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Jul 9, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Apr 18, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Mar 14, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Dec 27, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Oct 28, 2024NJI · Full0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Sep 16, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Sep 5, 2024NJI · Full0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Aug 25, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Aug 4, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Jul 28, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Jun 10, 2024NJIII · Driver-only1NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Feb 22, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Nov 27, 2023NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Nov 20, 2023NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Oct 22, 2023NJIII · Driver-only1OOSNEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
Oct 19, 2023NJIII · Driver-only0NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION 74293OYB4389/NJ
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION74293Oct 19, 2023Jan 6, 202620NJ
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.
OYB4389NJNEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATIONOct 19, 2023Jan 6, 202620
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026