Vehicle identification number

thumb|VIN on a Chinese moped

thumb|VIN on a 1996 [[Porsche 911 GT2 (993)]]

thumb|VIN visible in the windscreen

thumb|VIN recorded on a Chinese vehicle licence

A vehicle identification number (VIN; also called a chassis number or frame number) is a unique code, including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, as defined by the International Organization for Standardization in ISO 3779 (content and structure) and ISO 4030 (location and attachment).

There are vehicle history services in several countries that help potential car owners use VINs to find vehicles that are defective or have been written off.

History

VINs were first used in 1954 in the United States. From 1954 to 1965, there was no accepted standard for these numbers, so different manufacturers and even divisions within a manufacturer used different formats. Many were little more than a serial number. Starting in January 1966 the US government mandated that a 13-character VIN be used. This specification was phased in over several years. US manufacturers used them starting in January 1966; by January 1, 1969, all cars sold in the US were required to have the 13-character VIN. The 1966 US specification stated only that the year of manufacture, the engine type, and a unique six-digit number (making up the last six characters) were required—the individual manufacturers could use the remaining five spaces for whatever they liked. This was not much better than what was in use by some US manufacturers before 1966.

In 1981, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States standardized the format.

Classification

There are at least four competing standards used to calculate the VIN.

FMVSS 115, Part 565: Used in United States and Canada
ISO 3779: Used in Europe and many other parts of the world
SAE J853: Very similar to the ISO standard
ADR 61/2 used in Australia, referring to ISO 3779 and 3780

Components

Modern VINs are based on two related standards, originally issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1979 and 1980: ISO 3779 and ISO 3780, respectively. Compatible but different implementations of these ISO standards have been adopted by the European Union and the United States.

The VIN consists of 17 characters, and only uses capital letters (excluding I, O and Q) and digits (0-9). It comprises the following sections:

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!ISO 3779

|colspan=3|World manufacturer identifier

|colspan=6|Vehicle descriptor section

|colspan=8|Vehicle identifier section

!European Union

more than 500 vehicles/year

|colspan=3|World manufacturer identifier

|colspan=6|Indication of "the general characteristics of the vehicle"

|colspan=8|Indication that provides "clear identification of a particular vehicle"

!European Union

The first character of the WMI is typically the region in which the manufacturer is located. In practice, each is assigned to a country of manufacture, although in Europe the country where the continental headquarters is located can assign the WMI to all vehicles produced in that region. (Example: When Adam Opel AG was still with General Motors, Opel/Vauxhall cars designed in that era used to carry a "German" WMI (e.g. W0L, W0V), because Adam Opel AG was based in Rüsselsheim, Germany, no matter if vehicles were produced in Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland or South Korea. When Opel changed hands and became part of PSA, this changed for newer models, which obtained "French" WMIs.)

Company mergers and acquisitions can lead to seemingly confusing allocations. For instance, Stellantis, the result of the merger of PSA (France) and FCA (Italy), is technically a Dutch corporation headquartered in Amsterdam. VINs of European-made vehicles or their brands, though, still carry WMIs from France and Italy. Additionally, it may not be immediately obvious what particular local subsidiary of the corporation manages type approvals of vehicles and application for WMIs, since this does not necessarily depend on the perceived country association of the respective brand. For example, in at least one case, a model that was newly released years after the merger by an Italian brand (ex-FCA) carries VINs with new French WMIs (the 2024 Lancia Ypsilon – incidentally manufactured in Spain). It is to be expected that assignment policies of this kind, often for unpublished reasons, can be found at other manufacturers as well.

In the notation below, assume that letters precede numbers and that zero is the last number. For example, 8X–82 denotes the range 8X, 8Y, 8Z, 81, 82, excluding 80.

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!A–C = Africa

!H–R = Asia

!E, S–Z = Europe

!1–5, 7 = North America

!6 = Oceania

!8–9 = South America

|- valign="top"

AA-AH South Africa

AJ-AK Côte d'Ivoire

AL-AM Lesotho

AN-AP Botswana

AR-AS Namibia

AT-AU Madagascar

AV-AW Mauritius

AX-AY Tunisia

AZ-A1 Cyprus

A2-A3 Zimbabwe

A4-A5 Mozambique

BA-BB Angola

BC Ethiopia

BF-BG Kenya

BH Rwanda

BL Nigeria

BR Algeria

BT Swaziland

BU Uganda

B3-B4 Libya

CA-CB Egypt

CF-CG Morocco

CL-CM Zambia

H China

J Japan

KF-KH Israel

KL-KR South Korea

KS-KT Jordan

K1-K3 South Korea

K5 Kyrgyzstan

L China

MA-ME India

MF-MK Indonesia

ML-MR Thailand

MS Myanmar

MU Mongolia

MX Kazakhstan

MY-M0 India

NA-NE Iran

NF-NG Pakistan

NJ Iraq

NL-NR Turkey

NS-NT Uzbekistan

NV Azerbaijan

NX Tajikistan

NY Armenia

N1-N5 Iran

N7-N8 Turkey

PA-PC Philippines

PF-PG Singapore

PL-PR Malaysia

PS-PT Bangladesh

PV Cambodia

P5-P0 India

RA-RB United Arab Emirates

RF-RK Taiwan

RL-RN Vietnam

RP Laos

RS-RT Saudi Arabia

R1-R7 Hong Kong

E Russia

SA-SM United Kingdom

SN-ST Germany (former East Germany)

SU-SZ Poland

S1-S2 Latvia

S3 Georgia

S4 Iceland

TA-TH Switzerland

TJ-TP Czech Republic

TR-TV Hungary

TW-T2 Portugal

T3-T5 Serbia

T6 Andorra

T7-T8 Netherlands

UA-UC Spain

UH-UM Denmark

UN-UR Ireland

UU-UX Romania

U1-U2 North Macedonia

U5-U7 Slovakia

U8-U0 Bosnia and Herzegovina

VA-VE Austria

VF-VR France

VS-VW Spain

VX-V2 France

V3-V5 Croatia

V6-V8 Estonia

W Germany (former West Germany)

XA-XC Bulgaria

XD-XE Russia

XF-XH Greece

XJ-XK Russia

XL-XR Netherlands

XS-XW Russia (former USSR)

XX-XY Luxembourg

XZ-X1 Russia

YA-YE Belgium

YF-YK Finland

YN Malta

YS-YW Sweden

YX-Y2 Norway

Y3-Y5 Belarus

Y6-Y9 Ukraine

ZA-ZU Italy

ZX-ZZ Slovenia

Z1 San Marino

Z3-Z5 Lithuania

Z6-Z0 Russia

1 United States

2 Canada

3A-3X Mexico

34 Nicaragua

35 Dominican Republic

36 Honduras

37 Panama

38-39 Puerto Rico

4 United States

5 United States

7 United States

6 Australia

6Y-61 New Zealand

8A-8E Argentina

8F-8G Chile

8L-8N Ecuador

8S-8W Peru

8X-8Z Venezuela

82 Bolivia

84 Costa Rica

9A-9E Brazil

9F-9G Colombia

9S-9V Uruguay

91–90 Brazil

Vehicle descriptor section

The fourth to ninth positions in the VIN are the vehicle descriptor section or VDS. This is used, according to local regulations, to identify the vehicle type, and may include information on the automobile platform used, the model, and the body style. Each manufacturer has a unique system for using this field. Most manufacturers since the 1980s have used the eighth digit to identify the engine type whenever there is more than one engine choice for the vehicle. Example: for the 2007 Chevrolet Corvette (C6 Vette), U is for a 6.0-liter V8 engine, and E is for a 7.0-liter V8.

North American check digits

One element that is inconsistent is the use of position nine as a check digit, compulsory for vehicles in North America and China, but not Europe.

Vehicle identifier section

The 10th to 17th positions are used as the vehicle identifier section or VIS. This is used by the manufacturer to identify the individual vehicle in question. This may include information on options installed or engine and transmission choices, but often is a simple sequential number.

Model year encoding

The North American implementation of the VIS uses the 10th digit to encode the model year of the vehicle. Besides the three letters that are not allowed in the VIN itself (I, O and Q), the letters U and Z and the digit 0 are not used for the model year code. Outside of North America the 10th digit is usually 0.

The year 1980 was encoded by some manufacturers, especially General Motors and Chrysler, as "A" (since the 17-digit VIN was not mandatory until 1981, and the "A" or zero was in the manufacturer's pre-1981 placement in the VIN), yet Ford and AMC still used a zero for 1980. Subsequent years increment through the allowed letters, so that "Y" represents the year 2000. 2001 to 2009 are encoded as the digits 1 to 9, and subsequent years are encoded as "A", "B", "C", etc.

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! Code !! Year !! || Code !! Year !! || Code !! Year !! || Code !! Year !! || Code !! Year !! || Code !! Year

| A || 1980 || || L || 1990 || || Y || 2000 || || A || 2010 || || L || 2020 || || Y || 2030

| B || 1981 || || M || 1991 || || 1 || 2001 || || B || 2011 || || M || 2021 || || 1 || 2031

| C || 1982 || || N || 1992 || || 2 || 2002 || || C || 2012 || || N || 2022 || || 2 || 2032

| D || 1983 || || P || 1993 || || 3 || 2003 || || D || 2013 || || P || 2023 || || 3 || 2033

| E || 1984 || || R || 1994 || || 4 || 2004 || || E || 2014 || || R || 2024 || || 4 || 2034

| F || 1985 || || S || 1995 || || 5 || 2005 || || F || 2015 || || S || 2025 || || 5 || 2035

| G || 1986 || || T || 1996 || || 6 || 2006 || || G || 2016 || || T || 2026 || || 6 || 2036

| H || 1987 || || V || 1997 || || 7 || 2007 || || H || 2017 || || V || 2027 || || 7 || 2037

| J || 1988 || || W || 1998 || || 8 || 2008 || || J || 2018 || || W || 2028 || || 8 || 2038

| K || 1989 || || X || 1999 || || 9 || 2009 || || K || 2019 || || X || 2029 || || 9 || 2039

On April 30, 2008, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration adopted a final rule amending 49 CFR Part 565, "so that the current 17 character vehicle identification number (VIN) system, which has been in place for almost 30 years, can continue in use for at least another 30 years", in the process making several changes to the VIN requirements applicable to all motor vehicles manufactured for sale in the United States. There were three notable changes to the VIN structure that affect VIN deciphering systems:

The make may only be identified after looking at positions one through three and another position, as determined by the manufacturer in the second section or fourth to eighth segment of the VIN.
In order to identify the exact year in passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 or less, one must read position 7 as well as position 10. For passenger cars, and for multipurpose passenger vehicles and trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of or less, if position seven is numeric, the model year in position 10 of the VIN refers to a year in the range 1980–2009. If position seven is alphabetic, the model year in position 10 of VIN refers to a year in the range 2010–2039.
The model year for vehicles with a GVWR greater than , as well as buses, motorcycles, trailers and low-speed vehicles, may no longer be identified within a 30-year range. VIN characters 1–8 and 10 that were assigned from 1980 to 2009 can be repeated beginning with the 2010 model year.

Plant code

Compulsory in North America and China is the use of the 11th character to identify the assembly plant at which the vehicle was built. Each manufacturer has its own set of plant codes.

Production number

In the United States and China, the 12th to 17th digits are the vehicle's serial or production number. This is unique to each vehicle, and every manufacturer uses its own sequence.

Check-digit calculation

A check-digit validation is used for all road vehicles sold in the United States and Canada.

When trying to validate a VIN with a check digit, first either (a) remove the check digit for the purpose of calculation or (b) use a weight of zero (see below) to cancel it out. The original value of the check digit is then compared with the calculated value. If the calculated value is 0–9, the check digit must match the calculated value. If the calculated value is 10, the check digit must be X. If the two values do not match (and there was no error in the calculation), then there is a mistake in the VIN. However, a match does not prove the VIN is correct, because there is still a 1/11 chance that any two distinct VINs have a matching check digit: for example, the valid VINs (correct with leading five) and (incorrect with leading character "S"). The VINs in the Porsche image, , and the GM-T body image, , do not pass the North American check-digit verification.

Transliterating the numbers

Transliteration consists of removing all of the letters, and replacing them with their appropriate numerical counterparts. These numerical alternatives (based on IBM's EBCDIC) are in the following chart. I, O, and Q are not allowed in a valid VIN. Numerical digits use their own values.

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|+Transliteration key: values for VIN decoding

|A: 1 ||B: 2 ||C: 3 ||D: 4 ||E: 5 ||F: 6 ||G: 7 ||H: 8 ||

|J: 1 ||K: 2 ||L: 3 ||M: 4 ||N: 5 || ||P: 7|| ||R: 9

| ||S: 2 ||T: 3 ||U: 4 ||V: 5 || W: 6||X: 7 ||Y: 8 || Z: 9

S is 2, and not 1. There is no left-alignment linearity.

Weights used in calculation

The following is the weight factor for each position in the VIN. The 9th position is that of the check digit. It has been substituted with a 0, which will cancel it out in the multiplication step.

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|+style="white-space:nowrap"| Weight factor table

!Position

||1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17

!Weight

||8||7||6||5||4||3||2||10||0||9||8||7||6||5||4||3||2

Worked example

Consider the hypothetical VIN , where the underscore will be the check digit.

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!style="font-size:85%; font-family:sans-serif"|VIN

||1||M||8||G||D||M||9||A|| ||K||P||0||4||2||7||8||8

!Value

||1||4||8||7||4||4||9||1||0||2||7||0||4||2||7||8||8

!Weight

||8||7||6||5||4||3||2||10||0||9||8||7||6||5||4||3||2

!Products

||8||28||48||35||16||12||18||10||0||18||56||0||24||10||28||24||16

The VIN's value is calculated from the above transliteration table. This number is used in the rest of the calculation.
Copy the weights from the weight factor row above.
The products row is the result of the multiplication of the columns in the Value and Weight rows.
The products (8, 28, 48, 35 ... 24, 16) are all added together to yield a sum, 351.
Find the remainder after dividing by 11
The remainder is the check digit. If the remainder is 10, the check digit is X. In this example, the remainder is 10, so the check digit is transliterated as X.

With a check digit of X, the VIN is written .

A VIN with straight-ones (seventeen consecutive 1s) has the nice feature that its check digit 1 matches the calculated value 1. This is because a value of one multiplied by 89 (sum of weights) is 89, and 89 divided by 11 is 8 with remainder ; thus 1 is the check digit. This is a way to test a VIN-check algorithm.

VIN scanning

The VIN is marked in multiple locations: normally in the lower corner of the windscreen on the driver's side, under the bonnet next to the latch, at the front end of the vehicle frame, and inside the door pillar on the driver's side. On newer vehicles VINs may be optically read with barcode scanners or digital cameras, or digitally read via OBD-II. There are smartphone applications that can pass the VIN to websites to decode the VIN.

List of common WMI

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) assigns the WMI (world manufacturer identifier) to countries and manufacturers. The following list shows a selection of world manufacturer codes.

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! WMI !! Country !! Manufacturer

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Africa

| AAA ||rowspan=19| South Africa || Audi South Africa made by Volkswagen of South Africa

| AAK || FAW Vehicle Manufacturers SA (PTY) Ltd.

| AAM || MAN Automotive (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd. includes VW Truck & Bus

| AAV || Volkswagen of South Africa

| ABJ || Mitsubishi Colt & Triton pickups made by Mercedes-Benz South Africa 1994–2011

| ABJ || Mitsubishi Fuso made by Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa

| ABM || BMW Southern Africa

| ACV || Isuzu Motors South Africa 2018-

| AC5 || Hyundai Automotive South Africa (cars)

| ADD || UD Trucks Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd

| ADM || General Motors South Africa includes Isuzu through 2018

| ADN || Nissan South Africa (Pty) Ltd

| ADR || Renault Sandero made by Nissan South Africa (Pty) Ltd

| ADX || Tata Automobile Corporation (SA) Ltd.

| AFA || Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa & Samcor

| AFB || Mazda BT-50 made by Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

| AHH || Hino South Africa

| AHM || Honda Ballade made by Mercedes-Benz South Africa 1982–2000

| AHT || Toyota South Africa Motors

| MMA MMB || Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand)

| MMH || Tata

| MMK || Toyota (Toyota Auto Works plant)

| MMM || Chevrolet

| MML || MG

| MMR || Subaru

| MMS || Suzuki

| MMT || Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand)

| MMU || Holden

| MNA || Ford (Ford-Mazda AAT plant) for Australia/New Zealand export

| MNB || Ford (Ford-Mazda AAT plant) for other right-hand drive markets

| MNC || Ford (Ford-Mazda AAT plant) for left-hand drive markets

| MNK || Hino Motors Manufacturing Thailand Co Ltd

| MNT || Nissan Motor Thailand

| MPA || IMCT Isuzu Motors Company Thailand

| MPB || Ford (FTM plant)

| MP1 || IMCT Isuzu Motors Company Thailand

| MP2 || Mazda BT-50 pickup built by Isuzu Motors (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

| MP5 || Foton

| MRH || Honda car

| MR0 || Toyota (Ban Pho and Samrong plant)

| MR1 || Toyota (Samrong plant) (Fortuner)

| MR2 || Toyota (Gateway plant)

|MRX

|BYD AUTO (THAILAND) CO.,LTD.

| MS0 ||rowspan=2| Myanmar|| SSS MOTORS Myanmar/Kia

| MS3 || Suzuki Myanmar Motor Co., Ltd.

| MXV ||rowspan=2| Kazakhstan|| IMZ-Ural Ural Motorcycles

| MX3 || Hyundai Trans Auto

|N3C

| rowspan="7" |Iran

|Kavir motor Company (Yektaz)

|N58

|Kavir motor Company (EURASIA)

| NAA || Iran khodro Company

| NAD || Saipa Diesel

| NAG || Bahman Industrial Group

| NAP || Pars Khodro

| NAS || Saipa Co.

| NC0 || row span =“2” | South Africa || BMW South Africa

| NFB || rowspan="2" | Pakistan || Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Ltd

| NG3 || Lucky Motor Corporation

| NLA ||rowspan=17| Turkey || Honda cars

| NLC|| Askam Kamyon Imalat Ve Ticaret A.S.

| NLH|| Hyundai Assan Otomotiv car/SUV

| NLJ|| Hyundai Assan Otomotiv van

| NLN || Karsan Automotive Industry & Trade

| NLR|| Otokar

| NLT|| TEMSA

| NL1|| Togg

| NMA || MAN Türkiye A.Ş.

| YTN || Saab NEVS

| YTM || Jakob Mining Vehicles built in Sweden

| YU7 || Husaberg Swedish built

| YV1 || Volvo Cars car

| ZAR || Alfa Romeo car

| 1GC || Chevrolet truck

| 1GD || GMC incomplete vehicles

| 5XX || Kia car

| 5XY || Kia/Hyundai SUV

| 5Y2 || Pontiac Vibe made by NUMMI

| 5Y4 || Yamaha Motor Company ATV, UTV

| 5YA || Indian Motorcycle Company Kings Mountain, NC

| 5YF || Toyota car made by TMMMS

| 5YJ || Tesla

| 6ZZ || Low Volume (Grey) Import Vehicles which don't have 17 Digit VIN. Uses NON ISO VIN with "Filler 0's between WMI & Non Iso VIN – I.e Japanese VIN PV35-400637 would become 6ZZ0000PV35400637

| 7A1 ||rowspan=7| New Zealand || Mitsubishi

| 7A3 || Honda

| 7A4 || Toyota

| 7A5 || Ford

| 7A7 || Nissan New Zealand

| 7A8 || NZ Transport Agency (pre-2009)

| 7AT || NZ Transport Agency (post–2009)

|- class="sortbottom"

!colspan=3|

North America

| 7FA || rowspan="21" | United States || Honda SUV made by Honda Manufacturing of Indiana

| 7FC || Rivian truck

| 7GZ || GMC incomplete vehicles made by Navistar International

| 7G2 || Tesla Cybertruck & Tesla Semi

| 7H4 || Hino truck

| 7JR || Volvo Cars car

| 7JZ || Proterra From mid-2019 on

| 7KG || Vanderhall Motor Works

| 7MM || Mazda SUV made by MTMUS (Mazda-Toyota Joint Venture)

| 7MU || Toyota SUV made by MTMUS (Mazda-Toyota Joint Venture)

| 7NA || Navistar Defense

| 7NY || Lordstown Motors

| 7PD || Rivian SUV

| 7RZ || Electric Last Mile Solutions

| 7R4 || Icon Electric Vehicles

| 7SA || Tesla SUV 2022+

| 7SU || Blue Arc electric trucks made by The Shyft Group

| 7SV || Toyota SUV made by TMMTX

| 7SX || Global Electric Motorcars

|7YA

|Hyundai Ioniq SUV made by HMGMA

| 7Z0 || Zoox

|- class="sortbottom"

!colspan=3|

South America

| 8AC ||rowspan=20| Argentina || Mercedes-Benz vans (for South America)

| 8AD || Peugeot

| 8AE || Peugeot van

| 8AF || Ford Motor Argentina

| 903 || Royal Enfield assembled by Grupo Multi

| 906 || PACE (Planta Automotiva do Ceará)

| 92Z || Great Wall Motors

| 92V || BYD Cars assembled in Camaçari - Bahia

| 932 || Harley-Davidson

| 935 || Citroën

| 936 || Peugeot

| 937 || Dodge

| 93C || General Motors do Brasil Chevrolet SUV (Mexico)

| 93H || Honda car/SUV

| 93K || Volvo Trucks

| 93P || Volare

| 93S || Navistar International

| 93U || Audi 1999–2006

| 93V || Navistar International

| 93W || Fiat Ducato made by Iveco 2000–2016

| 93X || Souza Ramos – Mitsubishi Motors / Suzuki Jimny

| 93Y || Renault do Brasil

| 93Z || Iveco

| 94D || Nissan

| 94G || Indabra

| 94M || HVR-Busscar

| 94N || RWM Brazil

| 94T || Troller Veículos Especiais

| 953 || VW Truck & Bus / MAN Truck & Bus

| 95P || CAOA / Hyundai & CAOA Chery

| 95V || Dafra Motos (motorscooters from SYM) & Ducati, KTM, MV Agusta, BMW Motorrad, Royal Enfield - assembled by Dafra

| 95Z || Buell Motorcycle Company assembled by Harley-Davidson Brazil

| 96P || Kawasaki

| 97N || Triumph Motorcycles Ltd

| 988 || Jeep and Fiat (made at the Goiana plant)

| 98M || BMW car/SUV

| 98R || Chery

| 99A || Audi 2016-

| 99J || Jaguar Land Rover

| 99K || Haojue & Kymco assembled by JTZ Indústria e Comércio de Motos

| 99L || BYD Bus chassis assembled in Campinas - São Paulo

| 99Z || BMW Motorrad Motorcycle assembled by BMW since 2017

| 9FB ||rowspan=3| Colombia || Sofasa (Renault)

| 9FC || Compañía Colombiana Automotriz S.A. (Mazda)

| 9GA || GM Colmotores S.A. (Chevrolet)

| 9UJ ||rowspan=5| Uruguay || Chery assembled by Chery Socma S.A.

| 9UK || Lifan

| 9UW || Kia made by Nordex S.A.

| 9V7 || Citroen made by Nordex S.A.

| 9V8 || Peugeot made by Nordex S.A.

References

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ISO 3779:2009
FMVSS 115, Part 565
VIN Decoder by NHTSA

History

Classification

Components

Vehicle descriptor section

North American check digits

Vehicle identifier section

Model year encoding

Plant code

Production number

Check-digit calculation

Transliterating the numbers

Weights used in calculation

Worked example

VIN scanning

List of common WMI

Africa

North America

South America

See also

References

External links