Vehicle Identification Numbers

A Vehicle Identification Number (or VIN Number for short) is a string of 17 alphanumberic characters that can never use "I", "O" or "Q".
==Overview of a VIN Number==
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More than 500 vehicles per year 	WMI	WMI	WMI	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Check Digit	Model Year	Plant Code	Sequence Number 	Sequence Number 	Sequence Number 	Sequence Number	Sequence Number	Sequence Number
Fewer than 500 vehicles per year	WMI	WMI	WMI	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Vehicle Details	Check Digit	Model Year	Plant Code	Manufacturer Identifier	Manufacturer Identifier	Manufacturer Identifier	Sequence Number	Sequence Number	Sequence Number
==World Manufacturing Index==
The World Manufacturing Index is a unique method to identify the manufacturer and is the first three characters. If 500 or fewer vehicles were built, a "9" would be used as the third character, while positions 12 through 14 would be used as the second part of identification.
The first character is where the manufacturer built the vehicle.
===Country Codes===
Africa (A-H)	Asia (J-R)	Europe (S-Z)	North America (1-5)	Oceania (6-7)	South America (8-9)
AA-AH: South Africa
AJ-AN: Ivory Coast
BA-BE: Angola
BF-BK: Kenya
BL-BR: Tanzania
CA-CE: Benin
CF-CK: Madagascar
CL-CR: Tunisia
DA-DE: Egypt
DF-DK: Morocco
DL-DR: Zambia
EA-EE: Ethiopia
EF-EK: Mozambique
FA-FE: Ghana
FF-FK: Nigeria	
J: Japan
KA-KE: Sri Lanka
KF-KK: Israel
KL-KR: Korean Republic
KS-K0: Kazakhstan
L: PRC China
MA-ME: India
MF-MK: Indonesia
ML-MR: Thailand
MS-M0: Myanmar
NA-NE: Iran
NF-NK: Pakistan
NL-NR: Turkey
PA-PE: Philippines
PF-PK: Singapore
PL-PR: Malaysia
RA-RE: UAE
RF-RK: Taiwan
RL-RR: Vietnam
RS-R0: Saudi Arabia	
SA-SM: UK
SN-ST, W: Germany
SU-SZ: Poland
S1-S4: Latvia
TA-TH: Switzerland
TJ-TP: Czech Republic
TR-TV: Hungary
TW-T1: Portugal
UH-UM: Denmark
UN-UT: Ireland
UU-UZ: Romania
U5-U7: Slovakia
VA-VE: Austria
VF-VR: France
VS-VW: Spain
VX-V2: Serbia
V3-V5: Croatia
V6-V0: Estonia
XA-XE: Bulgaria
XF-XK: Greece
XL-XR: Netherlands
XS-XW, X3-X0: Russia
XX-X2: Luxembourg
YA-YE: Belgium
YF-YK: Finland
YL-YR: Malta
YS-YW: Sweden
YX-Y2: Norway
Y3-Y5: Belarus
Y6-Y0: Ukraine
ZA-ZR: Italy
ZX-Z2: Slovenia
Z3-Z5: Lithuania	
1, 4, 5: USA
2: Canada
3A-3W: Mexico
3X-37: Costa Rica
38-39: Cayman Islands	
6: Australia
7: New Zealand	
8A-8E: Argentina
8F-8K: Chile
8L-8R: Ecuador
8S-8W: Peru
8X-82: Venezuela
9A-9E, 93-99: Brazil
9F-9K: Colombia
9L-9R: Paraguay
9S-9W: Uruguay
9X-92: Trinidad & Tobago
==Vehicle Details==
Positions 4 through 8 are unique to a manufacturer to identify the model in which is built. The eighth character is common for engine identification.
==Vehicle Identification==
The tenth character is the model year. Aside from the three characters that cannot be used, this does not use "U", "Z" or "0". 1980 models were chosen my vehicle manufacturers and this system was not required until 1981.
Code	Year	Code	Year	Code	Year	Code	Year	Code	Year	Code	Year
A 	1980	S 	1995	A 	2010	S 	2025	A 	2040	S 	2055
B 	1981	T 	1996	B 	2011	T 	2026	B 	2041	T 	2056
C 	1982	V 	1997	C 	2012	V 	2027	C 	2042	V 	2057
D 	1983	W 	1998	D 	2013	W 	2028	D 	2043	W 	2058
E 	1984	X 	1999	E 	2014	X 	2029	E 	2044	X 	2059
F 	1985	Y 	2000	F 	2015	Y 	2030	F 	2045	Y 	2060
G 	1986	1 	2001	G 	2016	1 	2031	G 	2046	1 	2061
H 	1987	2 	2002	H 	2017	2 	2032	H 	2047	2 	2062
J 	1988	3 	2003	J 	2018	3 	2033	J 	2048	3 	2063
K 	1989	4 	2004	K 	2019	4 	2034	K 	2049	4 	2064
L 	1990	5 	2005	L 	2020	5 	2035	L 	2050	5 	2065
M 	1991	6 	2006	M 	2021	6 	2036	M 	2051	6 	2066
N 	1992	7 	2007	N 	2022	7 	2037	N 	2052	7 	2067
P 	1993	8 	2008	P 	2023	8 	2038	P 	2053	8 	2068
R 	1994	9 	2009	R 	2024	9 	2039	R 	2054	9 	
2069
===Plant Code===
Character eleven is the plant code. It is unique to every manufacturer.
===Sequence Number===
The last six characters serve as a sequence number in which a manufacturer of the vehicle took off the assembly line.
==Check Digit==
Before you can fill in character nine, a check digit rule is applied.
For letters, this formula is used to turn them into numbers:
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
#Turn all letters into numbers
#Multiply the numbers together
#Add the final results
#Divide the sum of the results by 11
#*If the remainder is 10, the check digit is writen with "X"
==General Details==
*If the seventh character were a number for vehicles less than 10,000 lb GRV, it is built between 1980-2009. If it were a letter only, it would be built between 2010-2039. There is no GRV rule for vehicles built between 2040-2069.
*A GRV over 10,000 lb would not follow this rule (mainly for 1980-2039).
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