Enter the 17-character VIN of your Daewoo 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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Type or paste a 17-character Daewoo VIN into the decoder and it returns the manufacturer, the model year and the country where the car was built. It is free and you do not need to register. Our data for the brand covers 25 models, from the Tico and Matiz to the Nubira, Leganza and Musso, with model years from 1986 to 2013.
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, which you can look at once you know the VIN decodes to the car you expect.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For Daewoo we recognise KLY, SUL and SUP. KLY is a South Korean code, while SUL and SUP point to Poland, so two cars of the same model can legitimately show different countries of manufacture. These are the codes we map to the brand, and our list is not exhaustive.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and the exact meaning is set by the manufacturer. Character 9 is a check digit. It is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position differently, so do not read too much into it on its own. Character 10 is the model year, and character 11 usually identifies the plant. Characters 12 to 17 are the serial number.
For Daewoo the model year character works like this. A G in position 10 means 1986, which is the start of our range. A 1 means 2001, and a D means 2013, the end of it. Letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which helps when a handwritten number is hard to read.
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 vehicle registration document first, then check the car itself. The number is commonly visible at the base of the windscreen and on a plate or sticker in the door frame. Compare the two, since they should match exactly.
They are the WMI codes we map to Daewoo. KLY is a South Korean code, while SUL and SUP belong to Poland. A VIN that starts with other characters is not necessarily a problem, because our list of codes is not complete.
Read the 10th character. In the range we cover, G stands for 1986, 1 for 2001, A for 2010 and D for 2013. The character gives the model year, which is not always the same as the year the car was first registered.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft status or how many owners the car has had, because none of that is encoded in the VIN. It also does not confirm the condition of the car in front of you.
Make sure the VIN on the car, in the paperwork and in the decoder result all agree, and that the model year fits the car you are shown. The cars in our data were built between 1986 and 2013, so age-related wear deserves a careful look in person, including the bodywork and underside.