Enter the 17-character VIN of your KTM 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 KTM VIN and the decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture straight from the number. Our data for the brand is small: one model, the X-Bow, a roadster, with model years covered from 2007 to the present, since some are still built.
A VIN only identifies a vehicle. It does not record accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report, while the decoder itself is free and needs no registration.
Pick a KTM model to see how its VIN works.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For KTM the code we map is VBK, and it belongs to Austria. If your VIN begins with VBK, the decoder will name KTM as the maker and Austria 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, where the manufacturer encodes details of the vehicle. Character 9 is the check digit. It is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position in a different way, so a European KTM should not be judged by it. Characters 12 to 17 are the serial number, and character 11 marks the plant.
The model year sits in position 10. For a KTM from our covered range, a 7 there means 2007 and an 8 means 2008. Later years switch to letters, so a B in that position stands for 2011. Letters I, O and Q are never used in any VIN, which helps when you are copying a number from a document.
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 and at the identification plate or stamping on the vehicle itself. Compare both, because the number you decode should be the one on the vehicle.
The first three characters are the WMI. The code we map to KTM is VBK, which belongs to Austria. A VIN starting with other characters is not necessarily a problem, since our list of codes is not complete.
Check the 10th character. In the range we cover, 7 means 2007, 8 means 2008, 9 means 2009 and A means 2010, with B for 2011 and so on in the standard sequence.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It reads only the 17 characters and returns the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture.
Make sure the VIN on the vehicle matches the one in the paperwork, and that the decoded model year and country fit the seller's description. For an X-Bow, also confirm that the body style is the roadster you expect.