Introduction
Important remark
Decoding Example

Digit 1-3: Make

Digit 4-7 in "AA00" format
     Digit 4: Engine
     Digit 5: Safety System
     Digit 6-7: Model

Digit 4-7 in "00AA" format
     Digit 4-5: Model
     Digit 6: Engine
     Digit 7: Safety System

Digit 8: Market
Digit 9: Check Digit
Digit 10: Model Year
Digit 11: Plant
Digit 12-17: Serialnumber

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Digit 9: Check Digit

Code	Description
A or P	Specific Japanese versions (See Digit 8: Market)
0 - 9 or X (specific calculation)	North America, Middle East (>2007), Latin America (>2006), China (>2006) and Europe (since 12Cilindri)
0	All other markets/models

For specific markets (see above), the ninth digit of the VIN represents the "Check Digit". This digit provides a way to verify the validity of all other characters in positions 1-8 and 10-17. The check digit is calculated by using this mathematical computation:

STEP 1: Assign to each number in the VIN its mathematical value and assign to each letter the value specified below:

A = 1	G = 7	N = 5	V = 5
B = 2	H = 8	P = 7	W = 6
C = 3	J = 1	R = 9	X = 7
D = 4	K = 2	S = 2	Y = 8
E = 5	L = 3	T = 3	Z = 9
F = 6	M = 4	U = 4

STEP 2: Multiply the assigned value for each VIN character by the Position weight factor specified below:

VIN position	Weight factor	VIN position	Weight factor
1st	8	10th	9
2nd	7	11th	8
3rd	6	12th	7
4th	5	13th	6
5th	4	14th	5
6th	3	15th	4
7th	2	16th	3
8th	10	17th	2
9th	to be calculated

STEP 3: Add the resulting products and divide this total by 11.

The numerical remainder is the check digit. If the remainder is 10 the letter 'X' shall be used to designate the check digit.

For an easy check of the check digit, see below or go to the VIN Decoder.

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