Enter the 17-character VIN of your Techrules 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 Techrules decoder reads what is built into the number itself: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data for the brand lists one model, the Ren, with model years from 2017 to the present.
The decoder does not show accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners, because none of that is stored in a VIN. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report. The decoder itself is free and needs no registration.
Pick a Techrules model to see how its VIN works.
Every VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. The first three characters are the WMI, the world manufacturer identifier, which points to the maker and the country of manufacture. We currently have no WMI code on file for Techrules, so we cannot link a particular three-character start to the brand here. That is a limit of our list, not a comment on any VIN you enter.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is a check digit. North American VINs require the check digit, while many European VINs fill that position differently. Character 10 gives the model year. For a Techrules from the start of our range, a 10th character of H means 2017, J means 2018 and K means 2019. A 2025 model carries S and a 2026 model carries T.
Character 11 marks the assembly plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. These details are part of the VIN of any car built since 1981, and the Ren is no different.
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.
Start with the vehicle registration document, where the VIN is normally printed. Then compare it with the number on the vehicle itself, and make sure both show the same 17 characters.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer and the country of manufacture. We have no WMI codes mapped to Techrules at the moment, so our list may not name the brand from those characters alone.
Look at the 10th character. Our data for the brand begins in 2017, which is the letter H, followed by J for 2018, K for 2019 and L for 2020. The letters continue in the same order for later years.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners, since a VIN does not contain them. We also have no body style or power figures for the brand in our data, so the decoder does not report them.
Make sure the VIN on the vehicle matches the one in the documents, and that the 10th character fits the model year in the advert. Then ask for service records and check the car's real condition in person, as the VIN alone will not tell you.