Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Motor Coach Industries 102DL3 Intercity/D4500

1M8PDMPA1YP052945 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
19 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 7
First seenNov 19, 2024
NJ
Last seenJun 24, 2026
PA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8PDMPA1YP052945
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 23, 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
052945

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 19, 2024 – Jun 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 24, 2026PAI · Full3OOSURBAN SHERPA INC 1298223A992AA/NJ
Mar 10, 2026PAI · Full3OOSURBAN SHERPA INC 1298223A992AA/NJ
Jan 24, 2026NYIII · Driver-only0URBAN SHERPA INC 1298223A992AA/NJ
Dec 20, 2025NYII · Walk-around2OOSURBAN SHERPA INC 1298223A992AA/NJ
Jul 3, 2025NJII · Walk-around0URBAN SHERPA INC 1298223AW198M/NJ
Jan 18, 2025NYII · Walk-around1URBAN SHERPA INC 1298223AW198M/NJ
Nov 19, 2024NJV · Vehicle-only0URBAN SHERPA INC 1298223AW198M/NJ
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
URBAN SHERPA INC1298223Nov 19, 2024Jun 24, 20267NJ
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.
A992AANJ1URBAN SHERPA INCDec 20, 2025Jun 24, 20264
AW198MNJURBAN SHERPA INCNov 19, 2024Jul 3, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 23, 2026