Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Motor Coach Industries 102DL3 Intercity/D4500

1M8PDMPA1YP052573 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenNov 8, 2023
MD
Last seenOct 28, 2025
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8PDMPA1YP052573
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102DL3 Intercity/D4500
Model year
2000
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
PDMPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
2000 or 2030

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

North American serial sequence
052573

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 · 21 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102DL3 Intercity/D4500

Prefix basis · 21 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
2000

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Nov 8, 2023 – Oct 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 28, 2025MDV · Vehicle-only0D & J LEAK EXPRESS LLC 982218032P16/MD
Apr 14, 2025MDI · Full0D & J LEAK EXPRESS LLC 982218032P16/MD
Oct 15, 2024MDI · Full0D & J LEAK EXPRESS LLC 982218032P16/MD
Apr 25, 2024MDV · Vehicle-only2D & J LEAK EXPRESS LLC 982218032P16/MD
Nov 8, 2023MDI · Full0D & J LEAK EXPRESS LLC 982218032P16/MD
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
D & J LEAK EXPRESS LLC982218Nov 8, 2023Oct 28, 20255MD
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.
032P16MDD & J LEAK EXPRESS LLCNov 8, 2023Oct 28, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026