Enter the 17-character VIN of your HSV 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 a HSV for free, with no registration. It reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture straight from the characters of the VIN. Our data for the brand lists seven models, among them Avalanche, Calais, Caprice, Clubsport, Colorado, GTS and GTSR, with model years from 1987 to 2018.
A VIN does not record accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, so the decoder cannot tell you any of that. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
Every 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. Right now we have no WMI codes mapped to HSV, so we cannot list any here. Our list is not complete, and a VIN that starts with other characters is not a problem in itself.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is a check digit. North American VINs require it, while many European VINs fill that position differently. The tenth character is the model year. For HSV models in our data, a car from 2010 shows A there, a 2014 car shows E, and a 2018 car shows J. The letter H stands for 1987 and also for 2017, and both years fall inside our range.
Character 11 marks the plant where the car was built, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. Our data shows the body styles SUV, Sedan and Wagon, and a highest power figure of 462 hp. The VIN itself does not tell you which body style or engine a particular car has.
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 base of the windscreen on the driver's side, on the sticker in the door frame, and in the registration papers. The numbers should match everywhere. Any VIN of a car built since 1981 has 17 characters.
The first three characters are the WMI, which names the manufacturer. We have no WMI codes mapped to HSV at the moment, so the decoder may not name the manufacturer from those characters. That reflects our list, not the VIN.
Check the tenth character. A is 2010, E is 2014, G is 2016 and J is 2018, for example. Our version data covers 1987 to 2018, and H in that position means 1987 or 2017.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in a VIN. It also cannot confirm the condition of a specific car.
Make sure the VIN is the same on the car and in the papers, has 17 characters and contains no I, O or Q. Check that the tenth character fits the model year in the advert. Ask the seller for service records and proof of ownership, and inspect the car in person.