Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Motor Coach Industries MC-12 Intercity

1M8RCMUA4WP050121 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenFeb 5, 2025
TX
Last seenApr 8, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8RCMUA4WP050121
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
MC-12 Intercity
Model year
1998
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
RCMUA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
050121

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 · 13 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
MC-12 Intercity

Prefix basis · 13 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
1998

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
MC-12 Intercity

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 · Feb 5, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 8, 2026TXI · Full0G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC 1130462U24847/TX
Jan 12, 2026TXI · Full2G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC 1130462U41107/TX
Apr 21, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC 1130462U41107/TX
Mar 25, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC 1130462U41107/TX
Feb 5, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC 1130462U41107/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INC1130462Feb 5, 2025Apr 8, 20265FL
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.
U24847TXG4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INCApr 8, 2026Apr 8, 20261
U41107TXG4S SECURE SOLUTIONS USA INCFeb 5, 2025Jan 12, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026