Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMBA7HW067954 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
24 mo
Inspections15
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 15
First seenOct 8, 2023
TX
Last seenOct 16, 2025
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 24 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
2MG3JMBA7HW067954
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 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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
067954

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 8, 2023 – Oct 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 16, 2025TXI · Full0CONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLC 937374T83141/TX
Jul 4, 2025TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Apr 15, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Feb 25, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Feb 3, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0CONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLC 937374T89324/TX
Oct 17, 2024TXI · Full1CONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLC 937374T89324/TX
Jul 22, 2024TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Apr 30, 2024TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Jan 10, 2024TXI · Full1OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Dec 26, 2023TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Dec 21, 2023TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Oct 23, 2023TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
Oct 19, 2023TXI · Full0CONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLC 937374T89324/TX
Oct 17, 2023TXIII · Driver-only0CONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLC 937374T89324/TX
Oct 8, 2023TXI · Full1OOSOK TOURS LLC 570178T89324/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLC937374Oct 17, 2023Oct 16, 20255TX
OK TOURS LLC570178Oct 8, 2023Jul 4, 202510TX
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.
T83141TXCONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLCOct 16, 2025Oct 16, 20251
T89324TXOK TOURS LLCOct 8, 2023Jul 4, 202510
T89324TXCONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLCOct 17, 2023Feb 3, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026