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A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is a unique 17-character code assigned to every motor vehicle. It encodes the manufacturer, vehicle type, country of origin, engine, model year, and a unique serial number. Think of it as a fingerprint for a car — no two vehicles share the same VIN.

The most common locations are: the driver-side dashboard visible through the windshield, the driver-side door jamb sticker, the vehicle title and registration documents, and insurance cards. VINs are also stamped on the engine block and other major components.

BatchVIN returns all data available from the NHTSA vPIC database for a given VIN. This includes year, make, model, trim, body style, vehicle type, engine configuration, displacement, horsepower, cylinders, fuel type, transmission, drive type, number of doors, seating, country and plant of manufacture, series, and more. Not all fields are populated for every vehicle.

No — BatchVIN decodes vehicle specifications only. Accident history, title status, odometer records, and ownership history are not available here. For that information you would need a paid service such as CARFAX or AutoCheck.

Switch to the Batch tab and paste up to 20 VINs — one per line, comma-separated, or space-separated. BatchVIN will detect and validate each VIN automatically, then decode them all in a single request to the NHTSA API. Results appear in a sortable table that you can expand for full detail on any vehicle, and export to CSV with one click.

Yes, completely free. No account, no email, no credit card. BatchVIN uses the publicly available NHTSA vPIC API which is maintained by the US government at no cost. There are no hidden charges and your VINs are not stored or logged.

BatchVIN is useful for anyone who needs to quickly look up vehicle specs — used car buyers researching a vehicle before purchase, dealers and fleet managers verifying inventory, insurance professionals, mechanics, auto writers, and anyone who needs to decode multiple VINs at once without a paid subscription.

Every VIN follows a standardized 17-character structure defined by ISO 3779. The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI) — position 1 encodes the country of origin, positions 2–3 identify the manufacturer. Positions 4–8 form the Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS), which encodes model, body style, engine, and restraint systems — the exact meaning of each digit varies by manufacturer. Position 9 is a mathematical check digit used to validate the VIN hasn't been tampered with. Position 10 encodes the model year using a standardized letter or number code (for example, R = 2024, S = 2025). Position 11 identifies the assembly plant. Positions 12–17 are the production sequence number — the serial number assigned to that specific vehicle as it came off the line. BatchVIN shows a full breakdown of each position when you decode a single VIN.

Yes — every single VIN decode automatically runs a recall check against the NHTSA recall database and displays results directly below the spec data. You'll see the number of open recalls, the affected component, a summary of the defect, the safety consequence, and the manufacturer's remedy. One important caveat: the NHTSA recall API searches by make, model, and year — not by individual VIN. This means results show all recalls issued for that model year, but not every recall applies to every vehicle in the production run. To confirm whether your specific vehicle is included in a recall, visit nhtsa.gov/recalls and enter your full VIN. Recall repairs are always performed free of charge at any authorized dealer.