Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MGD1W915SW109471 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
23 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenFeb 28, 2024
CA
Last seenJan 21, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 23 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2MGD1W915SW109471
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2025
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
D1W91

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
109471

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2025

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
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 28, 2024 – Jan 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 21, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0PACIFIC COACHWAYS CHARTER SERVICES INC 469591EP19286/CA
Jan 14, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0PACIFIC COACHWAYS CHARTER SERVICES INC 469591EP19286/CA
Mar 19, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0PACIFIC COACHWAYS CHARTER SERVICES INC 46959112449DRW/MN
Feb 28, 2024CAI · Full0TRANSIT TEC INC 49292112449DRW/MN
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PACIFIC COACHWAYS CHARTER SERVICES INC469591Mar 19, 2024Jan 21, 20263CA
TRANSIT TEC INC492921Feb 28, 2024Feb 28, 20241MN
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.
EP19286CAPACIFIC COACHWAYS CHARTER SERVICES INCJan 14, 2025Jan 21, 20262
12449DRWMNPACIFIC COACHWAYS CHARTER SERVICES INCMar 19, 2024Mar 19, 20241
12449DRWMNTRANSIT TEC INCFeb 28, 2024Feb 28, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026