Enter the 17-character VIN of your Micro 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 the 17-character VIN of a Micro and the decoder reads three things from it: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data for the brand includes two models, Lite and Microlino, with version data for model years 2018 to 2022. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN does not record accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, so the decoder cannot show them. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
The first three characters are the WMI, the world manufacturer identifier. The code we map to Micro is TCC, and it belongs to Switzerland. If a VIN begins with TCC, the decoder reports Micro as the manufacturer and Switzerland as the country. Our list of codes is not complete, so a VIN that starts differently is not a problem in itself. TCC is simply the code we recognise for this brand.
Position 10 carries the model year. For the years in our Micro data the letters are J for 2018, K for 2019, L for 2020, M for 2021 and N for 2022. A VIN with an L in tenth place therefore points to model year 2020.
The rest follows the general VIN layout. Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, position 9 is the check digit, position 11 marks the plant and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. The check digit is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position in a different way. A check digit that does not match the North American method therefore tells you nothing here. Letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which helps when you copy one by hand.
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. The usual places are a plate or stamping near the base of the windscreen or in the door frame, but the exact spot differs between vehicles.
The first three characters are the WMI. TCC is the code we map to Micro, and it stands for Switzerland as the country of manufacture. Other codes may exist that are not in our list yet.
Check the tenth character. In our Micro data, J means 2018, K 2019, L 2020, M 2021 and N 2022. The decoder reads this character for you.
It shows only what is encoded in the 17 characters: manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture. Accidents, mileage, theft records and the number of owners are not stored in a VIN.
Make sure the VIN on the registration document matches the one on the car, and that the model year the decoder gives fits the seller's description. Whether the car is a Lite or a Microlino, ask for service records and look at the car in person before you pay.