Enter the 17-character VIN of your VUHL 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 VUHL decoder reads what is built into the number itself: the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Our data for the brand covers one model, the 05, a Roadster, with version data for the model years 2013 to 2017 and a highest listed output of 385 hp. The decoder is free and needs no registration.
A VIN does not contain accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report, which is a separate step after decoding.
Pick a VUHL model to see how its VIN works.
Every VIN on a car built since 1981 has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer. Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, character 9 is a check digit, character 10 gives the model year, character 11 the plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number.
For VUHL we currently have no WMI codes mapped, so we cannot list a code or a country of manufacture here. Our list of codes is not complete, and a VIN that starts with characters we do not know is not wrong because of that. We simply have nothing to match it against yet.
The model year is the easiest part to check by hand. For a VUHL 05 within the years in our data, the 10th character would be D for 2013, E for 2014, F for 2015, G for 2016 or H for 2017. Note that the check digit in position 9 is required in North America, while many European VINs fill that position differently.
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 registration or title documents first, since the VIN is printed there. On the car itself the VIN is shown on the vehicle, and the exact spot can differ, so compare both and make sure they match.
The first three characters are the WMI, which tells you who built the vehicle. We have no WMI codes mapped to VUHL at the moment, so the decoder may not be able to name the manufacturer from them. That says nothing about whether your VIN is valid.
Use the 10th character of the VIN. In the range covered by our version data, D means 2013, E 2014, F 2015, G 2016 and H 2017.
It reads only the VIN, so it cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or past owners. None of that is stored in the number.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the VIN in the paperwork, and check that the 10th character fits the model year you were told. Then inspect the car in person and ask the seller for service records.