How Do You Read A Cars VIN Number (Vehicle Identification Number)?
The VIN number, or Vehicle Identification Number is a 17-character alphanumeric identifier that acts a serial number for your car. The VIN number contains four relevant parts and helps to identify: 1) “World Manufacturer” of the vehicle, 2) “Vehicle Description”, 3) “VIN accuracy check digit”, 4) “Vehicle Identification”. Here is how you read it The first part of your VIN number is called the World Manufacturer’s Identification. It is the first three characters out of the 17 total characters of your VIN number. The first character in the WMI sequence represents the country where the vehicle was manufactured and can be either a letter or a number. The second character refers to the manufacturer, and can also be a letter or number. The third character represents the vehicle type or manufacturing division. The second part of your VIN number is called the Vehicle Description Section. The vehicle description section consists of five characters and they represent the 4th to 8th characters of
