Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JM8A3JW068905 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
25 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenAug 2, 2023
NM
Last seenSep 7, 2025
AZ
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 25 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2MG3JM8A3JW068905
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2018
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
2MG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3JM8A

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
068905

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 · 337 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J4500

Prefix basis · 337 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
J4500

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 · Aug 2, 2023 – Sep 7, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 7, 2025AZI · Full0AVALON TRANSPORTATION LLC 911905AM56803/AZ
Feb 4, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0AVALON TRANSPORTATION LLC 911905AM56803/AZ
Sep 26, 2024AZII · Walk-around0AVALON TRANSPORTATION LLC 91190579T3359/AZ
Aug 2, 2023NMV · Vehicle-only0HERRERA COACHES INC 252624IRK9392/NM
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AVALON TRANSPORTATION LLC911905Sep 26, 2024Sep 7, 20253CA
HERRERA COACHES INC252624Aug 2, 2023Aug 2, 20231NM
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.
AM56803AZAVALON TRANSPORTATION LLCFeb 4, 2025Sep 7, 20252
79T3359AZAVALON TRANSPORTATION LLCSep 26, 2024Sep 26, 20241
IRK9392NMHERRERA COACHES INCAug 2, 2023Aug 2, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026