Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Intercity/E4500

1M8TRMPA4YP061123 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
22 mo
Inspections16
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 16
First seenSep 24, 2023
TX
Last seenJul 1, 2025
US
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 22 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
1M8TRMPA4YP061123
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500
Model year
2000
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
1M8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
TRMPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2000 or 2030

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

North American serial sequence
061123

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 · 31 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500

Prefix basis · 31 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
2000

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 24, 2023 – Jul 1, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 1, 2025USI · Full3OOSTURISTICA MERLO INC 327707194Y930V/TX
May 2, 2025TXI · Full9OOSCARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Apr 25, 2025USI · Full2CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Apr 3, 2025USI · Full2CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Sep 30, 2024USV · Vehicle-only2CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Jan 6, 2024TXI · Full2CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Dec 31, 2023TXI · Full0CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Dec 23, 2023TXI · Full3CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Dec 12, 2023TXI · Full2OOSCARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Dec 2, 2023TXI · Full1CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Nov 22, 2023TXI · Full1CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Nov 15, 2023TXI · Full0CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Oct 18, 2023TXI · Full0CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Oct 7, 2023TXI · Full3CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Sep 26, 2023TXI · Full0CARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
Sep 24, 2023TXI · Full1OOSCARDUAN TOURS LLC 2438602K163120/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TURISTICA MERLO INC3277071Jul 1, 2025Jul 1, 20251TX
CARDUAN TOURS LLC2438602Sep 24, 2023May 2, 202515TX
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.
94Y930VTXTURISTICA MERLO INCJul 1, 2025Jul 1, 20251
K163120TXCARDUAN TOURS LLCSep 24, 2023May 2, 202515
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026