Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Intercity/E4500

1M8TRMPA7WP060190 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenSep 26, 2023
US
Last seenNov 16, 2025
NY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8TRMPA7WP060190
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
102EL3 Intercity/E4500
Model year
1998
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
060190

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
1998

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 · Sep 26, 2023 – Nov 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 16, 2025NYII · Walk-around2VIP RIDES LLC 2521847PWV8338/OH
Jan 23, 2025OHV · Vehicle-only0VIP RIDES LLC 2521847PWV8337/OH
May 21, 2024OHV · Vehicle-only3OOSVIP RIDES LLC 2521847PWV8337/OH
May 9, 2024OHII · Walk-around1VIP RIDES LLC 2521847PWV8337/OH
Sep 26, 2023USV · Vehicle-only0VIP RIDES LLC 2521847PLM6761/OH
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
VIP RIDES LLC2521847Sep 26, 2023Nov 16, 20255OH
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.
PWV8338OHVIP RIDES LLCNov 16, 2025Nov 16, 20251
PWV8337OHVIP RIDES LLCMay 9, 2024Jan 23, 20253
PLM6761OHVIP RIDES LLCSep 26, 2023Sep 26, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026