What is this car, exactly?
Enter any VIN and get the factory truth — year, make, model, trim, engine and where it was built — straight from the U.S. government vehicle database.
VIN decode
1HGCR2F3XGA000000
Year
2016
Make
Honda
Model
Accord LX
Engine
2.4L · 4-cyl
Fuel
Gasoline
Built in
Marysville, USA
Illustrative result. Data source: NHTSA vPIC.
How to read a VIN
Every VIN is 17 characters in three sections. You never need to decode it by hand — that's what the tool above is for — but here's what it encodes.
Who built it
The world manufacturer identifier: country and maker. A VIN starting with 1, 4 or 5 was built in the United States.
What it is
The vehicle descriptor: model, body style, engine and restraint system — the part that tells a parts counter exactly which components fit.
This exact car
A check digit, the model year, the assembly plant, and the serial number. No two vehicles share these last characters.
VIN questions, answered
Where do I find my VIN?
Look at the driver's side of the dashboard where it meets the windshield — it's readable from outside the car. It's also on the driver's door-jamb sticker, your registration, your insurance card, and the title.Is a VIN lookup free?
This one is, completely. It reads the U.S. government's public vehicle database (NHTSA vPIC), which decodes what the vehicle is: year, make, model, trim, engine, transmission, and where it was built. No account, no payment, no limit.Does a VIN decoder show accident or ownership history?
No. A VIN decode tells you what the vehicle IS, not what happened to it. Accident, title and ownership history come from paid services like Carfax or AutoCheck, and lien or title status from your state DMV. Be wary of 'free VIN history' sites — the free part is this decode, which you get here.Why does my VIN come back invalid?
The two usual culprits: a VIN is exactly 17 characters, and it never contains the letters I, O or Q — what looks like an O is a zero, and what looks like an I is a one. Vehicles from before 1981 used shorter VINs that this decoder doesn't cover.What can I do with the decoded info?
Confirm a used-car listing matches what the seller claims, check the exact engine before ordering parts, verify what you're insuring, and check for open safety recalls — which Fixxr's recall tool does free with the same VIN.
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