Enter the 17-character VIN of your PUCH 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.
The PUCH decoder reads a 17-character VIN and shows the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data for the brand covers two models, G-modell and Pinzgauer, with version data from 1971 to 2007 and power figures up to 354 hp. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
It works from the VIN alone, so it does not show accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
A VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. The first three characters are the WMI, the code that identifies the manufacturer. At the moment we have no WMI codes mapped to PUCH, so there is no list of codes or countries to show here. That says nothing about your VIN, our list is simply not complete, and you can enter any VIN you have.
The tenth character gives the model year. A 7 in that position means 2007, the last year in our PUCH version data, an L means 1990 and a Y means 2000. Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, character 9 is a check digit (required in North America, while many European VINs fill it differently), character 11 marks the plant and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number.
The 17-character VIN applies to cars built since 1981, while our version data for PUCH starts in 1971. If your vehicle comes from the earlier part of that range, the number in its papers may not follow the 17-character pattern, and the decoder can only read 17 characters.
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 in the vehicle registration papers first, then on the vehicle itself, where the VIN is usually stamped or shown on a plate. The exact spot depends on the vehicle, so use the documents as your guide.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and, through the first character or two, the region. We have no WMI codes on file for PUCH, so we cannot list any here.
Check the tenth character of the VIN. For example, L stands for 1990, Y for 2000 and 7 for 2007. Our version data for the brand runs from 1971 to 2007, and the standard 17-character VIN only covers cars built since 1981.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in a VIN. It also does not give a full specification of a single vehicle.
Make sure the VIN in the papers matches the one on the vehicle, character for character, and that it has 17 characters if the vehicle was built since 1981. Then ask for service records and look at the vehicle in person.