Enter the 17-character VIN of your ORA 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.
See the factory basics for free, and order a full report for the history behind the VIN.
Enter a 17-character VIN and the ORA decoder reads what is built into it: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data for the brand covers five models, 03, 07, Cat, iQ and R1, with model years from 2018 to 2024 and body styles Hatchback, Sedan and SUV. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN does not record accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report, which is a separate step from the decoder.
Every VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used, so they are not confused with 1 and 0. The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. At the moment we have no WMI codes mapped to ORA, so we cannot list any here. Our list is not complete, and a VIN that starts with other characters is not a sign of a problem.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and position 9 is the check digit. North America requires it, while many European VINs fill it differently. Position 10 is the model year. For the years in our ORA data, 2018 to 2024, the letters run J (2018), K (2019), L (2020), M (2021), N (2022), P (2023) and R (2024). Position 11 is the plant, and positions 12 to 17 are the serial number.
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.
The VIN is usually printed on a plate at the base of the windscreen on the driver's side, and on the vehicle registration papers. You can also look for it on a sticker in the door frame. Compare the characters carefully, since I, O and Q never appear.
The first three characters are the WMI, which names the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. We have no WMI codes mapped to ORA yet, so the decoder may not name the brand for every VIN. That says nothing about whether the VIN is genuine.
Look at the 10th character. In our data for ORA, J means 2018, K 2019, L 2020, M 2021, N 2022, P 2023 and R 2024. A VIN with L in that position, for example, points to model year 2020.
It reads only the VIN itself, so it cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners. None of that is stored in the 17 characters.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the one on the registration papers, and that the plate and the stamped number show no signs of tampering. Then check that the model year and body style match what the seller says, whether Hatchback, Sedan or SUV. Ask for service records and take a test drive.