Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MG3JMBAXGW067722 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
27 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenMay 1, 2024
CA
Last seenAug 10, 2026
AK
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 27 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
2MG3JMBAXGW067722
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2016
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Aug 2, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
067722

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
2016

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 · May 1, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 10, 2026AKV · Vehicle-only0ALASKA INDEPENDENT COACH TOURS LLC 1341337MAT200/AK
May 14, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0TRANSPORTATION CHARTER SERVICES INC 385886EP11084/CA
May 1, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0TRANSPORTATION CHARTER SERVICES INC 385886EP11084/CA
May 1, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0TRANSPORTATION CHARTER SERVICES INC 385886EP11084/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ALASKA INDEPENDENT COACH TOURS LLC1341337Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 20261AK
TRANSPORTATION CHARTER SERVICES INC385886May 1, 2024May 14, 20253CA
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.
MAT200AK1ALASKA INDEPENDENT COACH TOURS LLCAug 10, 2026Aug 10, 20261
EP11084CATRANSPORTATION CHARTER SERVICES INCMay 1, 2024May 14, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 2, 2026