Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMBA9EW066803 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
8 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 10
First seenOct 10, 2023
TX
Last seenJun 3, 2024
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 8 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
2MG3JMBA9EW066803
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 18, 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
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
066803

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 · Oct 10, 2023 – Jun 3, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 3, 2024TXV · Vehicle-only0CONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLC 937374T89638/TX
Apr 21, 2024TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Apr 13, 2024TXI · Full3MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Mar 28, 2024TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Mar 15, 2024TXI · Full1MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Jan 11, 2024TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Jan 2, 2024TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Dec 24, 2023TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Dec 23, 2023TXI · Full3OOSMERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/TX
Oct 10, 2023TXI · Full0MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD 2131974T89638/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 LLC937374Jun 3, 2024Jun 3, 20241TX
MERY INVESTMENTS GV LTD2131974Oct 10, 2023Apr 21, 20249TX
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.
T89638TXCONTINENTAL BUSLINES LLCJun 3, 2024Jun 3, 20241
T89638TXMERY INVESTMENTS GV LTDOct 10, 2023Apr 21, 20249
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026