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[edit] World Manufacturer Identifier

The first three characters uniquely identify the manufacturer of the vehicle using the World Manufacturer Identifier or WMI code. A manufacturer that builds fewer than 500 vehicles per year uses a 9 as the third digit and the 12th, 13th and 14th position of the VIN for a second part of the identification. Some manufacturers use the third character as a code for a vehicle category (e.g., bus or truck), a division within a manufacturer, or both. For example, within 1G (assigned to General Motors in the United States), 1G1 represents Chevrolet passenger cars; 1G2, Pontiac passenger cars; and 1GC, Chevrolet trucks.

[edit] WMI Regions

The first character of the WMI is the region in which the manufacturer is located. In practice, each is assigned to a country of manufacture. Common auto-manufacturing countries are noted.

WMI Region Notes
A-H Africa AA-AH = South Africa
J-R Asia J = Japan
KL-KR = South Korea
L = China
MA-ME = India
MF-MK = Indonesia
ML-MR = Thailand
PA-PE = Philippines
PL-PR = Malaysia
S-Z Europe SA-SM = United Kingdom
SN-ST, W = Germany
SU-SZ = Poland
TA-TH = Switzerland
TJ-TP = Czech Republic
TR-TV = Hungary
VA-VE = Austria
VF-VR = France
VS-VW = Spain
VX-V2 = Yugoslavia
XL = The Netherlands
XS-XW = USSR
X3-X0 = Russia
YA-YE = Belgium
YF-YK = Finland
YS-YW = Sweden
ZA-ZR = Italy
1-5 North America 1, 4, 5 = United States
2 = Canada
3 = Mexico
6-7 Oceania 6A-6W = Australia
7A-7E = New Zealand
8-0 South America 8A-8E = Argentina
8F-8J = Chile
8X-82 = Venezuela
9A-9E, 93-99 = Brazil
9F-9J = Colombia

[edit] List of common WMIs

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in the US assigns WMIs to countries and manufacturers.[1] The following table contains a list of commonly used WMIs, although there are many others assigned.

WMI Manufacturer
A3 Mitsubishi
JA Isuzu
JF Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru)
JH Honda
JK Kawasaki (motorcycles)
JM Mazda
JN Nissan
JS Suzuki
JT Toyota
KL Daewoo General Motors South Korea
KM8 Hyundai
KMH Hyundai
KNA Kia
KNB Kia
KNC Kia
KNM Renault Samsung
L56 Renault Samsung
L5Y MERATO MOTORCYCLE Taizhou Zhongneng
LSY Brilliance Zhonghua
LTV Toyota Tian Jin
LVS Ford Chang An
LZM MAN China
LZE Isuzu Guangzhou
MA3 Suzuki India
SAL Land Rover
SAJ Jaguar
SCC Lotus Cars
SCE DeLorean Motor Cars N. Ireland (UK)
SHS Honda UK
SJN Nissan UK
SDB Peugeot UK
TMB Škoda
TMT Tatra
TRA Ikarus Bus
TRU Audi Hungary
TSM Suzuki, (Hungary)
UU1 Renault Dacia, (Romania)
VF1 Renault
VF3 Peugeot
VF6 Renault (Trucks)
VF7 Citroën
VF8 Matra
VSS SEAT
VSX Opel Spain
VS6 Ford Spain
VSG Nissan Spain
VSE Suzuki Spain (Santana Motors)
VWV Volkswagen Spain
WAU Audi
WBA BMW
WBS BMW M
WDB Mercedes-Benz
WDC DaimlerChrysler
WDD McLaren
WF0 Ford Germany
WMW MINI
WP0 Porsche
W0L Opel
WVW Volkswagen
WV1 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
WV2 Volkswagen Bus/Van
XL9 Spyker
XTA Lada/AutoVaz (Russia)
YK1 Saab
YS2 Scania AB
YS3 Saab
YV1 Volvo Cars
YV4 Volvo Cars
YV2 Volvo Trucks
YV3 Volvo Buses
ZAM Maserati Biturbo
ZAP Piaggio/Vespa/Gilera
ZAR Alfa Romeo
ZCG Cagiva SpA
ZDM Ducati Motor Holdings SpA
ZDF Ferrari Dino
ZD4 Aprilia
ZFA Fiat
ZFC Fiat V.I.
ZFF Ferrari
ZHW Lamborghini
ZLA Lancia
ZOM OM
1C3 Chrysler
1D3 Dodge
1FA Ford Motor Company
1FB Ford Motor Company
1FC Ford Motor Company
1FD Ford Motor Company
1FM Ford Motor Company
1FT Ford Motor Company
1FU Freightliner
1FV Freightliner
1F9 FWD Corp.
1G General Motors USA
1GC Chevrolet Truck USA
1GT GMC Truck USA
1G1 Chevrolet USA
1G2 Pontiac USA
1G3 Oldsmobile USA
1G4 Buick USA
1G6 Cadillac USA
1GM Pontiac USA
1G8 Saturn USA
1H Honda USA
1HD Harley-Davidson
1J4 Jeep
1L Lincoln USA
1ME Mercury USA
1M1 Mack Truck USA
1M2 Mack Truck USA
1M3 Mack Truck USA
1M4 Mack Truck USA
1N Nissan USA
1NX NUMMI USA
1P3 Plymouth USA
1R9 Roadrunner Hay Squeeze USA
1VW Volkswagen USA
1XK Kenworth USA
1XP Peterbilt USA
1YV Mazda USA
2C3 Chrysler Canada
2D3 Dodge Canada
2FA Ford Motor Company Canada
2FB Ford Motor Company Canada
2FC Ford Motor Company Canada
2FM Ford Motor Company Canada
2FT Ford Motor Company Canada
2FU Freightliner
2FV Freightliner
2FZ Sterling
2G General Motors Canada
2G1 Chevrolet Canada
2G2 Pontiac Canada
2G3 Oldsmobile Canada
2G4 Buick Canada
2HG Honda Canada
2HK Honda Canada
2HM Hyundai Canada
2M Mercury
2P3 Plymouth Canada
2T Toyota Canada
2WK Western Star
2WL Western Star
2WM Western Star
3D3 [Dodge]] Mexico
3FE Ford Motor Company Mexico
3G General Motors Mexico
3H Honda Mexico
3N Nissan Mexico
3P3 Plymouth Mexico
3VW Volkswagen Mexico
4F Mazda USA
4M Mercury
4S Subaru-Isuzu Automotive
4T Toyota
4US BMW USA
4UZ Frt-Thomas Bus
4V1 Volvo
4V2 Volvo
4V3 Volvo
4V4 Volvo
4V5 Volvo
4V6 Volvo
4VL Volvo
4VM Volvo
4VZ Volvo
5F Honda USA-Alabama
5L Lincoln
5N1 Nissan USA
5NP Hyundai USA
5T Toyota USA - trucks
6F Ford Motor Company Australia
6G2 Pontiac Australia (GTO)
6H General Motors-Holden
6MM Mitsubishi Motors Australia
6T1 Toyota Motor Corporation Australia
8AG Chevrolet Argentina
8GG Chevrolet Chile
8AP Fiat Argentina
8AF Ford Motor Company Argentina
8AD Peugeot Argentina
8GD Peugeot Chile
8A1 Renault Argentina
8AK Suzuki Argentina
8AJ Toyota Argentina
8AW Volkswagen Argentina
93V Audi Brazil
9BG Chevrolet Brazil
935 Citroën Brazil
9BD Fiat Brazil
9BF Ford Motor Company Brazil
93H Honda Brazil
9BM Mercedes-Benz Brazil
9BS Scania Brazil
93Y Renault Brazil
93R Toyota Brazil
9BW Volkswagen Brazil

[edit] Vehicle Descriptor Section

The 4th through 9th positions in the VIN are the Vehicle Descriptor Section or VDS. This is used, according to local regulations, to identify the vehicle type and may include information on the platform used, the model, and the body style. Each manufacturer has a unique system for using this field.

[edit] North American Check Digits

One element that is fairly consistent is the use of position 9 as a check digit, compulsory for vehicles in North America and used fairly consistently even outside this rule.

[edit] Vehicle Identifier Section

The 10th through 17th positions are used as the Vehicle Identifier Section or VIS. This is used by the manufacturer to identify the individual vehicle in question. This may include information on options installed or engine and transmission choices, but often is a simple sequential number. In fact, in North America, the last five digits must be numeric.

[edit] North American Model Year

One consistent element of the VIS is character number 10, which is required (in North America) to encode the model year of the vehicle.

[edit] North American Plant Code

Another consistently-used element (which is compulsory in North America) is the use of the 11th character to encode the factory of manufacture of the vehicle. Although each manufacturer has their own set of plant codes, their location in the VIN is standardized.

[edit] Model year encoding

Besides the three letters that are not allowed in the VIN itself (I, O and Q), the letters U and Z and the digit 0 are not used for the year code. Note that the year code can be the calendar year in which a vehicle is built, or a model or type year allocated by the manufacturer. The year 1980 was encoded by some manufacturers, especially General Motors and Chrysler, as "A" (since the 17-digit VIN wasn't mandatory until 1981, and the "A" or zero was in the manufacturer's pre-1981 placement in the VIN), yet Ford and AMC still used a zero for 1980. Subsequent years increment through the allowed letters, so that "Y" represents the year 2000. 2001 through 2009 are encoded as the digits 1 through 9, and subsequent years are encoded as "A", "B", "C", etc.

Code Year Code Year Code Year Code Year
A 1980 L 1990 Y 2000 A 2010
B 1981 M 1991 1 2001 B 2011
C 1982 N 1992 2 2002 C 2012
D 1983 P 1993 3 2003 D 2013
E 1984 R 1994 4 2004 E 2014
F 1985 S 1995 5 2005 F 2015
G 1986 T 1996 6 2006 G 2016
H 1987 V 1997 7 2007 H 2017
J 1988 W 1998 8 2008 J 2018
K 1989 X 1999 9 2009 K 2019

[edit] Check Digit Calculation

Firstly, find the numerical value associated with each letter in the VIN. (I, O and Q are not allowed.) Numerical digits use their own values.

A: 1 J: 1
B: 2 K: 2 S: 2
C: 3 L: 3 T: 3
D: 4 M: 4 U: 4
E: 5 N: 5 V: 5
F: 6 W: 6
G: 7 P: 7 X: 7
H: 8 Y: 8
R: 9 Z: 9

Secondly, look up the weight factor for each position in the VIN except the 9th (the position of the check digit).

1st: ×8 5th: ×4 10th: ×9 14th: ×5
2nd: ×7 6th: ×3 11th: ×8 15th: ×4
3rd: ×6 7th: ×2 12th: ×7 16th: ×3
4th: ×5 8th: ×10 13th: ×6 17th: ×2

Thirdly, multiply the numbers and the numerical values of the letters by their assigned weight factor, and sum the resulting products. Divide the sum of the products by 11. The remainder is the check digit. If the remainder is 10, the check digit is the letter X. Valid check digits also run through the numbers zero to 9.

[edit] Worked example

Consider the hypothetical VIN 1M8GDM9A_KP042788, where the underscore will be the check digit.

     VIN:  1  M  8  G  D  M  9  A  _  K  P  0  4  2  7  8  8
   Value:  1  4  8  7  4  4  9  1  0  2  7  0  4  2  7  8  8
  Weight:  8  7  6  5  4  3  2 10  0  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2
Products:  8 28 48 35 16 12 18 10  0 18 56  0 24 10 28 24 16

The sum of all 16 products is 351. Dividing by 11 gives a remainder of 10, so the check digit is "X" and the complete VIN is 1M8GDM9AXKP042788.= Possible conflict of interest ==

You might have a conflict of interest putting links to motoverse.com on Wikipedia. motoverse.com is designed by Friday Systems Inc. Friday Systems Inc also did auto-locate.com, which according to your website, you designed. --Matt 15:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for visiting my site! Did you Google me to find it? I'll certainly stop adding links to any articles until I sort this situation out. Some editors appreciate the links I have added and have kept them in articles, so I see no reason to remove them. Corey Salzano 15:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] AfD nomination of List of Ford VIN codes

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[edit] Rezko/Clinton image

Please see my response to your statement. Thanks. --rogerd (talk) 21:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Carfax article

Greetings. I noticed you took exception to my edits on the Carfax article. As an aside, I didn't think your comment on the talk page was fair. I had hoped editors would assume good faith. I genuinely tried to create a more professional article than had been the case, and I had hoped criticisms would be discussed on the talk page instead of making the change on the article.

To get to the crux of the matter, I intentionally left off the lawsuit issue for several reasons. First, in a story about the basics of the company -- and I understand we may disagree -- I do not believe the lawsuit rises to the level of inclusion material. Second, lawsuits about companies come and go; I reviewed other corporate articles in wikipedia and seldom found references to lawsuits, and found none where the case was settled for so little. Even the plaintiffs objected to the settlement:

[1]

I noticed you have written about VINS and motorcycles, among other edits. And I noted in two articles you created, both businesses, you neglected to mention lawsuits there:

[2]

[3]

In the case of S&S, they were sued by a pretty big player for a pretty important reason. Also, Ironhorse had a fairly notable recall that didn't make it to the wikipedia article.

My point is this -- you should not have included those issues in the articles, any more than a lawsuit settled by Carfax should be included. Additionally, I do object to referencing the lawsuit the way you did -- I do not feel the reference uses an even-handed approach. If we are going to include the reference, then I would argue we need to include how it turned out. Finally, I disagree that a lawsuit in this circumstance merits a subheading, and will ask that if the material is included that it be done in a way that fits in and flows with the article. If attention-grabbing headlines is the goal, then we could put a subhead about how Carfax got cited two straight cycles as a great place to work. But I don't think that's an "even-handed" subhead either.

Before reverting and attempting further changes, I would like to see whether it's possible we can reach some consensus that you and other editors think is fair.

So, I have several questions. You seem to have a lot of experience in this field. I have shared my "bias" and hope you will do same. Were you a party to the lawsuit? Are you a former customer? Are or were you affiliated in some manner with a competitor website? Are or were you ever affiliated with S&S Cycle or American Ironhorse? Of course, you don't have to answer any of these, but in the spirit of consensus, fairness and open discussion I hope you will do so.

Second, if you still believe the lawsuit should remain, for how long do you believe it should remain? Is the lawsuit still relevant 10 years from now? Just wondering what your opinion is.

Finally, if you believe the lawsuit material should stand, would you be willing to provide edits to the articles on S&S Cycle and Ironhorse to reference in a similar manner their lawsuits? If not, why are those different?

You may respond here or on my talk page. Thank you. Vehiclehist (talk) 13:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

  • I read your response. I have asked you to state that you have no conflict of interest with the articles you created, but you didn't respond. Can you state that you have no relationship with the owners of either of those businesses? I think it would clear up this matter. Second, can you state that you were not a party to the lawsuit re Carfax and you do not have any other biases that would be relevant? It seems as if you have an ax to grind, and I think it's important you clarify this. Finally, I have asked your opinion as to how long you think the lawsuit content should stand on an article when the company was never found guilty of anything. Again, please answer the question. In another edit you had made, I believe you criticized someone for not answering questions, and I was disappointed your response didn't do that. Thank you in advance for answering these questions. Vehiclehist (talk) 21:30, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


Sorry, I don't log into Wikipedia to take orders from other editors or disclose personal details. My opinion means very little here, as this is an encyclopedia.
WP:5 explains "Wikipedia is not the place to insert personal opinions, arguments or experiences."
I have an axe to grind? Thanks for assuming good faith. I do not edit anonymously, and you have made it clear that you are willing to read through every edit I have made in the past. You're trying pretty hard to expose some sinister motive in my edits, and in that search I wish you luck. While you're snooping, look at the improvements I made to the Carfax article before you ever came along.
After comments like these, why would I help you in your dig for dirt? How will that help me avoid wasting more time discussing this matter with you? I don't have a conflict of interest with Carfax, or I would have refrained from editing the article. This situation exists because you do and you did.
WP:NPOV clearly states "Let the facts speak for themselves"
If you want to debate my edits, let us have those debates on articles where other editors can help. I don't have to participate in a debate about my life and every edit I have made just because I stopped you from a company clean up and you don't like it. You have demonstrated that you are only looking to discredit me, and I am done responding to such trash. Corey Salzano (talk) 22:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image of Obama's house

In order to be included in the article, an image of Obama's house must first be published in a reliable secondary source. This is a privacy concern. Please see WP:BLP for details. Ronnotel (talk) 17:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I did not add the image to the article, user Letowskie did. I restored an image that he removed from the article and replaced with his user created house image. Please see the image's discussion page[4] where I have raised concerns with this image even being used in Wikipedia at all because it is lacking photo credits. Corey Salzano (talk) 18:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, my bad. Ronnotel (talk) 18:21, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
No problem, my friend. Please feel free to raise your concerns at the image, as they are valid. Corey Salzano (talk) 18:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] AfD nomination of Domain Registry Support

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