Enter the 17-character VIN of your Mitsubishi 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 Mitsubishi decoder reads what is built into the number itself: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data covers 61 Mitsubishi models, from the 3000 GT, Colt and Galant to the ASX, Eclipse Cross, L200, Outlander and i-MiEV. Model years run from 1970 to the present, since some models are still built. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN does not record accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, so the decoder cannot tell you any of that. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report, which is a separate service from this free tool.
Pick a Mitsubishi model to see how its VIN works.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For Mitsubishi we recognise these codes: 1Z3, 1Z7, 6MM, JA3, JA4, JMB, ML3, MMB, MMC, MMT, TYB and XMC. Together they belong to six countries: United States, Australia, Japan, Thailand, Portugal and the Netherlands. That is why two Mitsubishi cars of the same model can start with quite different characters. Codes beginning with J, such as JA3, JA4 and JMB, come from the block assigned to Japan. The list is not complete, so a VIN that starts with something else is not a reason for concern.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and our version data for the brand includes body styles such as Convertible, SUV, Sedan, Hatchback and Wagon. Character 9 is the check digit. It is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position differently. Character 10 is the model year, and character 11 usually points to the plant. Characters 12 to 17 are the serial number.
The tenth character is a letter or a digit that stands for a year. A 5 means 2005, K means 2019, and L means 2020. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN. Standard 17-character VINs apply to cars built since 1981, so an older Mitsubishi from our 1970 starting point may carry a shorter number that the decoder cannot read.
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 base of the windscreen on the driver's side, on the door pillar sticker, and in the registration papers. Check that the number is the same in each place, and copy all 17 characters exactly.
The first three characters are the WMI, which names the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. We map 1Z3, 1Z7, 6MM, JA3, JA4, JMB, ML3, MMB, MMC, MMT, TYB and XMC to Mitsubishi, covering six countries from Japan to Portugal.
Look at the tenth character. For example, 8 stands for 2008, B for 2011 and R for 2024. Letters repeat after 30 years, so the decoder uses the other characters of the VIN to tell the cycles apart.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It also cannot read pre-1981 numbers that do not follow the 17-character format.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the one in the papers, then decode it and see if the model year and country fit what the seller says. After that, inspect the car in person and ask for service records.