Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Motor Coach Industries J4500

2MGD1W914SW109560 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
17 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenApr 15, 2024
CA
Last seenSep 23, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 17 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
2MGD1W914SW109560
Make
Motor Coach Industries
Model
J4500
Model year
2025
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 30, 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
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
109560

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 · Apr 15, 2024 – Sep 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 23, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0ROYAL LINES CHARTERS LLC 475898EP20854/CA
Aug 5, 2025USV · Vehicle-only0ROYAL LINES CHARTERS LLC 475898EP20854/CA
Sep 9, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0ROYAL LINES CHARTERS LLC 475898EP20854/CA
Jun 12, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0ROYAL LINES CHARTERS LLC 475898EP20854/CA
Apr 15, 2024CAI · Full0TRANSIT TEC INC 49292112444DRW/MN
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ROYAL LINES CHARTERS LLC475898Jun 12, 2024Sep 23, 20254CA
TRANSIT TEC INC492921Apr 15, 2024Apr 15, 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.
EP20854CAROYAL LINES CHARTERS LLCJun 12, 2024Sep 23, 20254
12444DRWMNTRANSIT TEC INCApr 15, 2024Apr 15, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026