Enter the 17-character VIN of your Honda City 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 the 17-character VIN of the car Honda City into the free decoder and it tells you the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. In our database the car Honda City covers 1986 - 2020. It has 5 versions in total, is offered as Hatchback, Sedan and lists power of 122 hp. The decoder reads the world manufacturer identifier in characters 1 to 3, the model year in character 10 and the plant in character 11 where one is coded.
The VIN identifies the car but does not describe its life. Records of accidents, mileage, theft or owners have to be looked up separately from the decoding. A quick test for the model Honda City: the 10th character encodes the model year, so it should fit the year the seller states. Also remember that I, O and Q never occur in a genuine VIN.
1986 - 2020
Production years
76 - 122 hp
Power
2
Body styles
5
Versions
Versions and generations in our data. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
| Version | Years | Body | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honda City II | 1986 - 1994 | Hatchback | 76 - 100 hp |
| Honda City Sedan III | 1996 - 2002 | Sedan | 95 - 105 hp |
| Honda City ZX Sedan IV (facelift 2005) | 2005 - 2008 | Sedan | 83 hp |
| Honda City VI (facelift 2017) | 2017 - 2019 | Sedan | 99 - 119 hp |
| Honda City VII | 2019 - 2020 | Sedan | 98 - 122 hp |
The 10th character of the VIN is the model year. For the Honda City, with model years 1986 - 2020 in our data, these are the characters to expect. The letters repeat every 30 years, so always confirm the year against the car itself.
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.
Our data lists model years 1986 - 2020 across 5 versions of the Honda City. The VIN of a particular car shows its model year in the 10th character.
It is the 10th character. For the Honda City the characters to expect are V (1997), W (1998), X (1999), Y (2000), 1 (2001), 2 (2002), 3 (2003), 4 (2004), 5 (2005), 6 (2006), 7 (2007), 8 (2008), 9 (2009), A (2010), B (2011), C (2012), D (2013), E (2014), F (2015), G (2016), H (2017), J (2018), K (2019), L (2020).
5 versions, in 2 body styles, with power up to 122 hp. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
Look at the base of the windshield on the driver's side, where the VIN is visible from outside the car. It is also printed on the door frame of the driver's door and in the registration document.
It confirms the basic identity of the car, such as maker, model year and country. It says nothing about damage, mileage, theft or owners, so for those you would need a paid vehicle history report.
Yes, the decoding itself costs nothing and works without signing up. Only the separate vehicle history reports are paid.