Enter the 17-character VIN of your SsangYong 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 SsangYong VIN and the decoder reads the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture from the characters themselves. Our data for the brand covers 16 models, from Actyon, Chairman and Family to Rexton, Tivoli and Torres, with model years running from 1982 to the present. The body styles in it are SUV, Sedan and Convertible, and the highest power figure listed is 306 hp.
A VIN describes how a car was built, not what has happened to it since. Accidents, mileage, theft records and previous owners are not stored in it, and that information comes from a paid vehicle history report. The decoder itself is free and needs no registration.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. For SsangYong we recognise two of them: PNB, which belongs to Malaysia, and WAX, which belongs to Germany. That is where the country of manufacture in the result comes from. Our list is not exhaustive, so a VIN that begins with other characters simply falls outside the codes we map to this brand.
Characters 4 to 8 are the descriptor section, where the maker encodes details of the vehicle type. Character 9 is the check digit. North America requires it, while many European VINs fill that position differently, so it is not a reliable test everywhere. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN, which helps when you are copying one from a worn plate or a document.
Character 10 gives the model year, and this is the one most people want. A J there means 2018 and a K means 2019, while a digit such as 7 means 2007. Letters repeat over time, so C can mean 1982 or 2012. Both fall inside the 1982 to present range of our SsangYong data, which is why it helps to look at the car itself as well. Character 11 marks the plant, and characters 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.
Look at the vehicle registration document first, since it prints the full 17 characters. On the car, the VIN is usually shown on a plate or stamping, often near the base of the windscreen or on the door pillar. Copy it exactly and remember that I, O and Q do not occur.
The first three characters are the WMI. We map PNB (Malaysia) and WAX (Germany) to SsangYong, and the decoder uses them to show the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. A VIN with a different start is not wrong, it just is not one of the codes we recognise for this brand.
Check the 10th character. For example, J stands for 2018, K for 2019 and L for 2020. Because the letters repeat every 30 years, an early letter such as C can point to 1982 or 2012, so compare it with the look and equipment of the car.
It reads only the VIN, so it cannot show accidents, mileage, theft status or previous owners. It also tells you nothing about the car's current condition or service record.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the registration document and any service paperwork. Then compare the model year character with the age the seller claims. Finally, ask for service records and have the car inspected in person, since the VIN alone cannot tell you how it was used.