VIN Decoder turns a 17-character vehicle identification number into the vehicle behind it: make, model, model year, trim, body style, engine, transmission, drivetrain, where it was built and its safety equipment.
Use it to check that a car for sale matches its paperwork, fill in vehicle details from a VIN on an insurance or finance form, or identify a vehicle from the number stamped on the dashboard or door frame. It decodes more than 140 fields and is most complete for vehicles built for the North American market.
What you can do
- decode_vin — decode one VIN into make, model, year, engine, body, plant and safety details
Who it's for
Used-car buyers and dealers, insurers and lenders, fleet managers and mechanics who need vehicle details from a VIN fast.
How to use it
- Read the VIN from the windscreen corner, the driver's door frame or the registration document
- Call decode_vin with it
- For older or ambiguous VINs, pass model_year to sharpen the decode
- Compare make, model and year with the listing or paperwork; a mismatch is a red flag
Getting started
Pass a VIN such as "1HGCM82633A004352".
