Free VIN decoder and recall check

Enter a 17-character VIN to see the car's year, make, model, engine and body style from NHTSA's official vehicle database, plus any safety recalls for that model.

Find it on the driver-side dashboard (look through the windshield), the driver's door jamb, your title, registration or insurance card.

Decoding uses the U.S. Department of Transportation's vPIC database, and recalls come from NHTSA. Lookups pass through our server to NHTSA. Results are cached briefly to speed up repeat lookups; we don't keep a log of VINs.

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