Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Motor Coach Industries 102EL3 Intercity/E4500

1M8TRMPA7WP060402 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenNov 13, 2023
WV
Last seenOct 8, 2024
VA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M8TRMPA7WP060402
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
Aug 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
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
060402

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 · Nov 13, 2023 – Oct 8, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 8, 2024VAV · Vehicle-only0ABBOTT BUS LINES INC 8428335729P/VA
Nov 13, 2023WVII · Walk-around0ABBOTT BUS LINES INC 8428378964P/VA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ABBOTT BUS LINES INC84283Nov 13, 2023Oct 8, 20242VA
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.
35729PVAABBOTT BUS LINES INCOct 8, 2024Oct 8, 20241
78964PVAABBOTT BUS LINES INCNov 13, 2023Nov 13, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 25, 2026