Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMBA3HW068244 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenDec 14, 2023
PA
Last seenApr 7, 2026
NJ
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2MG3JMBA3HW068244
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2017
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 30, 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
3JMBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
068244

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 · 664 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
J4500

Prefix basis · 664 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
2017

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 14, 2023 – Apr 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 7, 2026NJIII · Driver-only0PANORAMA TOURS INC 637916AZ992X/NJ
May 21, 2024PAI · Full0PANORAMA TOURS INC 637916AT501X/NJ
Feb 15, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0PANORAMA TOURS INC 637916AT501X/NJ
Feb 1, 2024NJIII · Driver-only0PANORAMA TOURS INC 637916AT501X/NJ
Dec 14, 2023PAII · Walk-around1PANORAMA TOURS INC 637916AT501X/NJ
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PANORAMA TOURS INC637916Dec 14, 2023Apr 7, 20265NJ
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.
AZ992XNJPANORAMA TOURS INCApr 7, 2026Apr 7, 20261
AT501XNJPANORAMA TOURS INCDec 14, 2023May 21, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026