Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Intercity/E4500

2MGTRMEA99W065175 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenOct 26, 2023
IN
Last seenMay 19, 2026
US
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2MGTRMEA99W065175
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500
Model year
2009
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
TRMEA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

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

North American serial sequence
065175

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 · 7 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

Prefix basis · 7 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
2009

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 26, 2023 – May 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 19, 2026USV · Vehicle-only0THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC 1345892176231/IN
Dec 12, 2025INV · Vehicle-only0THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC 1345892176231/IN
Jul 31, 2025INV · Vehicle-only0THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC 1345892176231/IN
Apr 30, 2025INV · Vehicle-only0THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC 1345892176231/IN
Dec 3, 2024INV · Vehicle-only0THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC 1345892176231/IN
Oct 26, 2023INV · Vehicle-only0THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC 1345892176231/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INC134589Oct 26, 2023May 19, 20266IN
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.
2176231INTHE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INCDec 3, 2024May 19, 20265
2176231ILTHE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM INCOct 26, 2023Oct 26, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026