Enter the 17-character VIN of your Aixam 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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Enter a 17-character VIN and the Aixam decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture straight from the code. Our data for the brand covers five models, among them eAIXAM, EMOTION, Mega Track, MINAUTO and SENSATION, with model years from 2016 to 2023 and the body styles Hatchback and Coupe.
The decoder reads only the VIN itself, so it says nothing about accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report. The decoder stays free and needs no registration.
Pick a Aixam model to see how its VIN works.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For Aixam we map one code: VLG, which belongs to France. A VIN that starts with VLG will therefore be shown with Aixam as the manufacturer and France as the country of manufacture. Our WMI list is not complete, so these are simply the codes we recognise for the brand.
Characters 4 to 8 form the descriptor section, which the manufacturer uses to describe the vehicle. Character 9 is the check digit. North America requires it, while many European VINs fill that position in a different way, so do not read much into it on a French-built car. The tenth character gives the model year, and the eleventh points to the plant.
For the years in our Aixam data, the tenth character runs from G for 2016 through H for 2017, J for 2018, K for 2019, L for 2020, M for 2021 and N for 2022 up to P for 2023. The last six characters, 12 to 17, are the serial number. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, so they cannot appear anywhere in the 17 characters.
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.
Look at the registration document first, since it normally prints the full 17 characters. On the vehicle itself the VIN is on a plate or stamped into the body, and the exact spot differs between models, so the owner's manual is the best guide.
VLG is the WMI code we map to Aixam, and it belongs to France. The decoder uses these first three characters to name the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. Other starting characters are not a sign of a problem, because our list of codes is not complete.
Check the tenth character. A G stands for 2016, an L for 2020 and a P for 2023, which covers the span of years in our Aixam data. The decoder translates the letter for you.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It also does not list equipment or technical figures for a particular car. It gives you the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture.
Compare the VIN on the vehicle with the one in the paperwork and make sure they match exactly. Then see that the decoded model year and country fit the advert, and ask the seller for service records. Inspect the car in person before you pay anything.