Enter the 17-character VIN of your Zastava 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 Zastava 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 four models, 10, 101, 128 Skala and Yugo, with model years from 1971 to 2008, hatchback and convertible body styles, and power up to 95 hp.
The decoder is free and needs no registration, but it only reads the VIN. It cannot tell you about accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier, or WMI. The code we map to Zastava is VX1, and it belongs to Serbia. If your VIN begins with VX1, the decoder shows Zastava as the manufacturer and Serbia as the country. Our list of codes is not complete, so a VIN that starts with other characters is not a problem in itself. VX1 is simply the one we recognise for the brand.
Characters 4 to 8 form the descriptor section, where the maker encodes details of the vehicle. Character 9 is the check digit. North America requires it, while many European VINs fill that position differently. The tenth character gives the model year, the eleventh the assembly plant, and characters 12 to 17 are the serial number. The letters I, O and Q are never used, so they cannot appear anywhere in a genuine 17-character VIN.
Here is how the model year character works in practice. A G in position 10 means 1986, a K means 1989, and an 8 means 2008, which is the last year in our Zastava data. The 17-character format applies to cars built since 1981, so a car from the earlier part of our 1971 to 2008 range may carry a different number format.
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.
Check the vehicle registration document first, since it lists the full 17 characters. On the car itself, look for a stamped or plated number, for example on the body or near the windscreen. Compare what you find on the car with the paperwork.
VX1 is the WMI code we map to Zastava, and it belongs to Serbia. These first three characters identify the manufacturer and the country. The decoder reads them before anything else.
Look at the tenth character. A G stands for 1986, a K for 1989 and an 8 for 2008, for example. This works for VINs of cars built since 1981.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or the number of owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN. The decoder only reads the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture from the 17 characters.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the registration document character by character, and that the number looks untouched. Then decode it to see if the manufacturer and model year agree with what the seller tells you. Ask to see service records and have the car inspected in person.