Enter the 17-character VIN of your ZAZ 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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This free decoder reads the 17-character VIN of a ZAZ and shows the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture, with no registration needed. Our data for the brand lists 10 models, among them 1102, 1103, 1105, 1125, 1140, 965, 966, 968, Chance and Sens, with model years from 1960 to 2018.
A VIN does not contain accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners. That information comes from a paid vehicle history report.
Every VIN has 17 characters, and the letters I, O and Q are never used. The first three characters are the WMI, the code for the manufacturer. We do not have any WMI codes mapped to ZAZ at the moment, so there is no code or country to quote here. Our list is not complete, and a code missing from it says nothing about any particular VIN.
Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle, and character 9 is the check digit. North American VINs must use it, while many European VINs fill that position differently. Character 10 is the model year, character 11 the assembly plant, and characters 12 to 17 the serial number. For example, a J in position 10 means model year 2018, the latest year in our ZAZ data, and a 5 means 2005.
Year letters repeat every 30 years, so a B can mean 1981 or 2011. Both fall inside the range of our ZAZ data, which is why the rest of the VIN and the car itself matter too. The 17-character format covers cars built since 1981. Our data starts in 1960, so the earliest years may not have a VIN of this kind.
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 registration papers, which normally print the full VIN. On the car it is usually on a plate or stamped into the body, and on many cars it can be read at the base of the windshield. The exact spot differs from car to car.
The first three characters are the WMI, which identifies the manufacturer. We have no WMI codes mapped to ZAZ yet, so we cannot list them here, and that says nothing about whether a given VIN is right.
Look at the 10th character. A J stands for 2018 and a 5 for 2005, for instance. This works for cars built since 1981, because earlier cars do not have the 17-character VIN.
It reads only the VIN, so it gives the manufacturer, model year and country of manufacture. It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft or previous owners, because none of that is stored in the VIN.
Make sure the VIN on the car matches the one in the papers, and ask for service records. Have a mechanic look at the body and running gear, and take a test drive. If the car was built before 1981, expect its identification number to look different from a 17-character VIN.