Enter the 17-character VIN of your Lada 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 Lada VIN decoder reads the 17 characters of a VIN and shows the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data covers 30 Lada models, from the 1111 Oka and the 2101 through to the Granta, Vesta and XRAY, with model years running from 1970 to the present. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN does not contain accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. The code we map to Lada is XTA, and it belongs to Russia. A VIN that begins with XTA is therefore decoded as a Lada built in Russia. Our list of codes is not complete, so it only shows the ones we recognise for the brand. A VIN that starts differently is simply not covered by it.
The tenth character gives the model year. A J stands for 2018, a K for 2019 and an L for 2020. The letters repeat every thirty years, so a B can mean 1981 or 2011. The body style, the documents and the age of the car usually settle which one is meant. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, so they cannot appear anywhere in the 17 characters. Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, the eleventh marks the plant and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number.
The ninth character is a check digit. North America requires it, but many European VINs fill that position differently, so do not treat it as a test of a Lada VIN. Our version data starts in 1970, while the 17-character format applies to cars built since 1981. For the earliest years there may be no 17-character VIN to enter.
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 compare it with the number on the car itself. It is usually stamped on the body and often visible at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side.
XTA is the WMI we map to Lada, and it belongs to Russia. It tells you who built the car and in which country, not which model or trim it is.
Check the tenth character. For example, J means 2018 and K means 2019. Because the letters repeat every thirty years, a B could be 1981 or 2011, so check it against the car itself.
It shows the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture, nothing more. Accidents, mileage, theft and previous owners are not stored in the VIN.
Make sure the VIN in the documents matches the one on the car and that it has 17 characters without I, O or Q. Then see whether the model year character fits the year the seller states. Our data includes hatchback, sedan, wagon, SUV and roadster body styles, so the body should also fit the model you are being offered.