Enter the 17-character VIN of your IMSA 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 IMSA decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture straight from the code. Our data for the brand lists three models, among them G-Class, RXR One and S-class, and the version data we hold is for model year 2017.
The decoder reads only the VIN itself. It does not show accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners, because none of that is stored in the number. 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 and the country of manufacture. At the moment we have no WMI codes mapped to IMSA, so we cannot list codes or countries here. Our list is not complete, and a VIN that begins differently from anything we know is not a sign of a problem.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is a check digit. North American VINs are required to use it, while many European VINs fill that position differently. Character 11 usually points to the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number.
The tenth character is the model year. For the 2017 year covered by our IMSA data it is the letter H. Because these letters repeat in a 30-year cycle, an H could also point to 1987, which is why the rest of the VIN and the vehicle itself should be looked at together.
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.
On most cars it is stamped on a plate at the base of the windscreen, printed on a label in the door frame and written in the registration documents. Compare these places and make sure they all show the same 17 characters.
The first three characters are the WMI, which names the manufacturer and country. We have no WMI codes mapped to IMSA right now, so we cannot name specific codes. The decoder shows what it can read from the VIN you enter.
Our version data for IMSA covers model year 2017 only. The model year itself is read from the tenth character of the VIN, and for 2017 that character is H.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft status or the number of owners, since a VIN does not contain them. It also gives no body style or power figures for IMSA, as we have none in our data.
Check that the VIN on the car matches the one in the registration papers and that the characters look untouched. Ask for service records, and have the car inspected in person, especially as our data for the brand is limited.