Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2001 Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Intercity/E4500

1M8TRMPAX1P061584 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenNov 30, 2023
MI
Last seenNov 12, 2025
MI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8TRMPAX1P061584
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500
Model year
2001
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 25, 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
TRMPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
2001 or 2031

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

North American serial sequence
061584

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 · 31 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

Prefix basis · 31 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
2001

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

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 30, 2023 – Nov 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 12, 2025MIV · Vehicle-only0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC55107/MI
Dec 19, 2024MIV · Vehicle-only0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC43138/MI
Nov 30, 2023MIV · Vehicle-only0GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC 259886RC31202/MI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INC259886Nov 30, 2023Nov 12, 20253MI
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.
RC55107MIGREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INCNov 12, 2025Nov 12, 20251
RC43138MIGREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INCDec 19, 2024Dec 19, 20241
RC31202MIGREAT LAKES MOTORCOACH INCNov 30, 2023Nov 30, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 25, 2026