| Once you've found a few used cars you are considering
for purchase, always remember this important point. Always know the
vehicle's history. As a buyer, you have a right to know the complete
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You can find your vehicle's VIN number from the car
itself. A VIN is visible on the lower right hand (driver's side) corner
of the dash when looking through the front windshield.
The VIN is also printed inside the drivers door on the frame. You
may also find the VIN on registrations, titles and proof of insurance
cards.
Once you have the VIN number, you can use it to do a
Vehicle Title Search on our website above. It's that easy! |
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Deciphering you his number of VIN
Date: Jan 25, 2005
Contributor: Fernando Disbrow
The first three characters shall uniquely identify the manufacturer, make and type of vehicle (with the same exception of manufacturers that produce less than 500 vehicles). Effectively, this is the WMI (World Manufacturer Identifier). There are indeed examples of manufacturers who have more than one WMI that use the third character as a code for a vehicle category (for instance buses and/or trucks).
The second section consists of five characters (VIN positions 4-8) and identify the attributes of the vehicle. For each type of vehicle (passenger cars, MPV's, trucks, buses, trailers, motorcycles, incomplete vehicles other than trailers), different information is required. For cars, MPV's and light trucks it is required that the first two characters of this section are alphabetic, the third and fourth shall be numeric and the fifth alphanumeric.
The third section consists of one character which is the check digit, calculated over the other 16 characters of the VIN. This character can be numeric or the letter X.
The fourth VIN number guide section consists of eight characters on positions 10-17 of the VIN. The last five will be numeric for cars, MPV's and light trucks and the last four will be numeric for all other vehicles. The first character represents the vehicle model year, the second character represents the plant of manufacture. The third through eighth characters are a sequential production number (for manufacturers producing more than 500 vehicles per year). For other manufacturers, the sixth, seventh and eight position represent the sequential production number.
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