Enter the 17-character VIN of your RAM 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 RAM decoder reads what is encoded in it: the manufacturer, the model year and the country where the vehicle was built. Our RAM data covers two models, among them the 1500 and the 2500/3500, with version data from 2010 to the present, since some models are still being built. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN does not record accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, so the decoder cannot show any of that. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For RAM we recognise 1C6, 3C6 and 3C7. Between them these codes point to the United States and Mexico as countries of manufacture. Our list is not complete, so a VIN that starts with other characters is not a problem. These are simply the codes we can match to the brand.
Characters 4 to 8 form the descriptor section, which the manufacturer uses to describe the vehicle. Character 9 is the check digit, which is required in North America and is therefore part of every VIN that starts with one of the codes above. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which helps when a handwritten character is hard to read.
Character 10 is the model year. For a RAM from our covered range, A stands for 2010, L for 2020 and P for 2023. Character 11 identifies the assembly plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number of that particular vehicle.
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 usually visible through the windshield at the base on the driver's side, and it is also printed on a label in the door frame and on the registration papers. Compare the number in more than one place and copy all 17 characters exactly.
They are the first three characters of the VIN, the WMI, and they are the codes we map to RAM. Together they cover the United States and Mexico as countries of manufacture.
Look at the 10th character. A is 2010, B is 2011, and the letters continue through the alphabet, skipping I, O, Q, U and Z, with L for 2020, P for 2023 and T for 2026. Our RAM version data starts in 2010.
It cannot tell you about accidents, mileage, theft or how many owners the vehicle has had, because none of that is stored in the VIN. It also does not confirm the condition of a specific vehicle.
Make sure the VIN on the vehicle matches the VIN in the ownership papers, and that the model year character agrees with what the seller says. Then inspect the vehicle in person and ask for service records.