Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMBA9HW068345 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections13
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 13
First seenAug 22, 2023
TX
Last seenJul 23, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2MG3JMBA9HW068345
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 17, 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
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
068345

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 · Aug 22, 2023 – Jul 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 23, 2026TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Apr 6, 2026TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Jan 8, 2026TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Oct 15, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Aug 6, 2025TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Apr 15, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Feb 25, 2025TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Oct 28, 2024TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Oct 17, 2024TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Aug 28, 2024TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 5701781MBP104/TX
Apr 30, 2024TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 570178T85029/TX
Feb 27, 2024TXI · Full0OK TOURS LLC 570178T85029/TX
Aug 22, 2023TXV · Vehicle-only0OK TOURS LLC 570178T85029/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
OK TOURS LLC570178Aug 22, 2023Jul 23, 202613TX
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.
1MBP104TX1OK TOURS LLCAug 28, 2024Jul 23, 202610
T85029TXOK TOURS LLCAug 22, 2023Apr 30, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026