Enter the 17-character VIN of your AITO to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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This page decodes the 17-character VIN of an AITO. Enter the VIN and you get the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture that the code points to. Our data for the brand covers four models, 7, M5, M7 and M9, with model years from 2021 to 2023, all listed as SUV.
The decoder reads only the VIN itself, so it says nothing about a particular car's past: accidents, mileage, theft records and previous owners are not stored in the number. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. At the moment we have no WMI codes mapped to AITO, so there is no list of codes to show on this page. That only reflects the limits of our list, which is not complete. It says nothing about any VIN you hold.
Characters 4 to 8 are the descriptor section, where the maker encodes details of the vehicle. Character 9 is the check digit. It is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position differently. Character 10 is the model year, and for the years in our AITO data the letters are M for 2021, N for 2022 and P for 2023. A VIN with M in the tenth position therefore points to model year 2021.
Character 11 usually marks the assembly plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number of the individual vehicle. Reading these positions one by one is a quick way to check that the number on the car matches what the decoder reports.
Every VIN has six parts. This is what each of them means.
| Part | Characters | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| WMI | 1 to 3 | World manufacturer identifier: who built the vehicle and where |
| VDS | 4 to 8 | Vehicle descriptor: model, body type and engine, as set by the manufacturer |
| Check digit | 9 | Control value that helps confirm the VIN is valid |
| Model year | 10 | Code for the model year |
| Plant | 11 | Code for the assembly plant |
| Serial | 12 to 17 | Production sequence number of this vehicle |
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
It is usually visible at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side, and it is printed in the registration documents. Many cars also carry it on a sticker in a door frame. Compare the number in each place before you type it in.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country. We have no WMI codes mapped to AITO yet, and our list is incomplete, so a VIN starting with any characters can still be entered and decoded.
Look at the tenth character. For the years in our AITO data, M means 2021, N means 2022 and P means 2023.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or owners, because none of that is contained in a VIN. The decoder gives only what the 17 characters encode: manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture.
Make sure the VIN on the car, in the documents and in the decoder result all agree, and that the model year fits the 7, M5, M7 or M9 being offered. Then ask the seller for service records and inspect the car in person.