Enter the 17-character VIN of your Lister 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 VIN of a Lister. Enter the 17 characters and the decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. It is free and needs no registration.
Our data for the brand covers two models, LFT-666 and Storm, with version data for model years 1993 to 2018. We have no body style or power figures for Lister, and a VIN never holds accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
The first three characters of a VIN are the WMI, the world manufacturer identifier. At the moment we have no WMI code mapped to Lister, so there is no list of codes or countries to show on this page. That is a gap in our list and says nothing about any particular car. If your VIN begins with other characters, the decoder still reads the rest of it.
The model year sits at position 10. For the years our Lister data covers, P stands for 1993 and J for 2018, and the characters in between follow the standard sequence, with digits taking over from 2001 to 2009. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, so you will not find them in any position.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, position 9 is the check digit, position 11 marks the plant and positions 12 to 17 are the serial number. The check digit is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position differently, so an unusual ninth character on a European car is not a reason for concern.
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.
It is written in the registration papers, and on the car it is normally on a plate or stamping in a visible place such as the base of the windscreen. Compare the two and make sure they read the same.
The first three characters are the WMI and identify the manufacturer. We do not yet have a WMI code mapped to Lister, so we cannot name one here, but the decoder will still read the other positions.
Look at the 10th character. Within the range of our Lister data, P means 1993 and J means 2018. A digit from 1 to 9 covers the years 2001 to 2009.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. For Lister we also have no body style or power data to display.
Confirm that the VIN on the car matches the one in the papers, that it has 17 characters and that the 10th character fits the stated year of the car. Then ask the seller for service records and proof of the car's past, since the VIN alone does not tell you that.