17 digit ISO 3779 VIN information

Here is the breakdown of ALL US/Canadian 17 digit ISO 3779 VINs

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World Manufacturer Indicator (WMI)

 The first digit of the VIN determines the area it is from:
The second digit determines the country:
NOTE: The letters "I", "O", and "Q" are not used to avoid confusion
VIN- Country VIN 1 & 2Comments
1- United States 1A-10All
2- Canada 2A-20All
3- Mexico 3A-3W
3- Costa Rica 3X-37
4- United States 4A-40All
5- United States 5A-50All
6- Australia 6A-6W
7- New Zealand 7A-7E
8- Argentina 8A-8E
8- Chile 8F-8J
8- Ecuador 8L-8R
8- Peru 8S-8W
8- Venezuela 8X-82
9- Brazil 9A-9E; 93-99
9- Columbia 9F-9J
9- Paraguay 9L-9R
9- Uraguay 9S-9W
9- Trinidad and Tabago 9X-92
0- *South America Unused* 
A- South Africa AA-AH
A- Cote d'Ivoire AJ-AN
A- Lesotho AP
A- Botswana AT
A- Nambia AX
B- Angolia BA-BE
B- Kenya BF-BK
B- United Republic of Tanzania BL-BR
C- Benin CA-CE
C- Malagasy CF-CKNow is Madagascar
C- Tunisia CL-CR
D- Egypt DA-DE
D- Morocco DF-DK
D- Zambia DL-DR
E- Ethiopia EA-EE
E- Mozambique EF-EK
F- Ghana FA-FE
F- Nigeria FF-FK
G- Madagascar GA-GE
H- *Africa Unused* 
J- Japan JA-J0All
K- Sri Lanka KA-KE
K- Isreal KF-KK
K- Korea KL-KR
K- Jordan KS
L- China LA-L0All
M- India MA-ME
M- Indonesia MF-MK
M- Thailand ML-MR
N- Iran NA
N- Pakistan NF-NK
N- Turkey NL-NR
N- Uzbekistan NS
P- Philippines PA-PE
P- Singapore PF-PK
P- Malaysia PL-PR
P- Bangladesh PS
R- United Arab Emirates RA-RE
R- Taiwan RF-RK
R- Vietnam RL-RR
R- Saudi Arabia RS
S- England SA-SM
S- Germany SN-STOriginally assigned to West Germany
S- Poland SU-SZ
S- Lativa S1
T- Switzerland TA-TH
T- Czechoslovakia TJ-TP
T- Hungary TR-TV
T- Portugal TW-T1
U- Denmark UH-UM
U- Ireland UN-UT
U- Romania UV-UZ
U- Macedonia U1-U2
U- Slovakia U5-U7
V- Austria VA-VE
V- France VF-VR
V- Spain VS-VW
V- Yugoslavia VX-V2
V- Croatia V3-V5
V- Estonia V6-V0
W- Germany WA-W0All
X- Bulgaria XA-XE
X- Greece XF-XK
X- The Netherlands XL-XR
X- USSR XS-XWNo longer used after split
X- Luxembourg XX-X2
X- Russia X3-X0
Y- Belgium YA-YE
Y- Finland YF-YK
Y- Malta YL-YR
Y- Sweeden YS-YW
Y- Norway YX-Y2
Y- Belarus Y3-Y5
Y- Ukraine Y6-Y0
Z- Italy ZA-ZR
Z- Slovenia ZX-Z2
Z- Lithuania Z3-Z5
Lots of info obtained off of Frans Angevaare's page
If you want to play around with VIN's, go to Analog X's VIN decoder
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8th digit - Usually Engine

 GM Engines
Ford Engines
Mopar Engines
Jeep Engines

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Check Digit - 9th digit

 For now, here's a link... me need sleepy at 7am...
See how it's calculated, thanks to Mustang35th.com

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Year - 10th digit
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My [old] Contour is an example
3FALP6532 TM113079

3FA
  • North America Mexico - 3F
  • Ford Motor Company- FA
L
  • Active Belts with Dual Airbags
P
  • Passenger Car
65
  • Contour
3
  • 2.0L DOHC I-4 Zetec Gas, 125hp, 130lb/ft
2
  • Check digit
T
  • 1996
M
  • Cuautitlan, Mexico
113079
  • if 100001 was first VIN, then I've got the 13,078th off the line

My Contour SVT is an Example
1FALP68G2 WK152586

1FA
  • North America United States - 1F
  • Ford Motor Company - FA
L
  • Active Belts with Dual Airbags
P
  • Passenger Car
68
  • Contour SVT
G
  • 2.5L HO DOHC V-6 Duratec Gas, 190hp, 165lb/ft
2
  • Check digit
W
  • 1998
K
  • Kansas City - Claycomo, Missouri, USA
  • Each SVT individually inspected by SVT team
152586
  • If 100001 was first VIN, then I've got 52,585th off the line
  • I've got SVT #2219 of 6535 for model year 1998 (W)

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Links

 Great Old Cars have EXCELLENT links to VIN info for older cars!

Some cool info on VINs

Here is VIN decoding for 1962-1980 Mopars!

Can't forget the decoding info for 1967-1980 GM's!

Neon VIN decoding

More decoding links from checkmyvin.com

Check out this site, you can make up VINs and it will decode them!


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