Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMBA6EW066872 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections16
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 16
First seenAug 27, 2023
TX
Last seenOct 16, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2MG3JMBA6EW066872
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2014
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
066872

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
2014

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 27, 2023 – Oct 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 16, 2025TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Oct 17, 2024TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Jul 6, 2024NYIII · Driver-only0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Jan 30, 2024USV · Vehicle-only0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Dec 27, 2023TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Dec 25, 2023TXI · Full1OOSSTAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Dec 14, 2023TXI · Full1STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Dec 13, 2023TXI · Full1OOSSTAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Dec 5, 2023TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Nov 28, 2023TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Nov 24, 2023TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Nov 14, 2023TXI · Full1OOSSTAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Oct 8, 2023TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Oct 3, 2023TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Sep 26, 2023TXI · Full0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
Aug 27, 2023TXII · Walk-around0STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC 3090389K096237/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
STAR CITY CHARTERS LLC3090389Aug 27, 2023Oct 16, 202516TX
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.
K096237TXSTAR CITY CHARTERS LLCAug 27, 2023Oct 16, 202516
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026