page_title: Vehicle identification number
section_title: Components
hierarchical_section_title: Vehicle identification number / Components
caption_attribution_description: English: VIN - Vehicle Identification Number right side the seat of an GM T-car mid 1990 Series (modified code to prevent fraud - test calculation of checksum will fail!) Deutsch: Fahrgestellnummer rechts neben dem Beifahrersitz eines GM T-Platform PKW Mitte der 1990er Jahre. (Die Seriennummer wurde verändert um Betrug zu verhindern, eine Prüfsummenerrechnung wird fehlschlagen)
context_page_description: A vehicle identification 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 in ISO 3779 and ISO 4030.
  VINs were first used in 1954 in the United States. From 1954 to 1981, there was no accepted standard for these numbers, so different manufacturers used different formats.
  In 1954, at the request of the US government, the US auto manufacturers and the Automobile Manufacturers Association were involved in the creation of the new, standardized vehicle identification numbering system named the Vehicle Identification Number with an agreed upon digit sequence and concealed chassis markings of this VIN. Up to that time, states used the engine number to register and title cars and trucks which became a problem if the engine was replaced, which was fairly common at the time.
  In 1981, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States standardized the format. It required all on-road vehicles sold to contain a 17-character VIN, which does not include the letters O, I, and Q.
context_section_description: 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, respectively.
  The VIN comprises the following sections:
caption: VIN in a GM-T-Platform body next to a passenger seat
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