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Honda VIN Decoder

Enter a Honda VIN to read its model year, model, trim, engine and factory specs. The lamps check the format as you type.

  • 17 characters
  • Honda WMI
  • Check digit

Honda

MAKE DATA
Countries
United States · Japan · CanadaFrom the WMI codes below
WMI
1HG · 5J6 · JHM · JHL · 2HK · 4S6 …8 maker codes in our patterns
Models
20 VIN patterns listed below
Years
1991–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit
North American, position 9

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01About

About Honda

Why are Honda automobiles so highly regarded as by American motorists? Certainly, their excellent status for reliability and quality is a significant component. It has related to the general driving and possessing experience. Read any Honda review and you will likely notice common styles for example thoughtful design, an amiable character, better-than-average gas mileage and a focus to safety.

Today, Honda's selection varies. Incorporated are fuel-drinking hybrid cars, a spacious minivan, reliable family sedans, practical Sports utility vehicles or even a pickup. Even though the latest Social and Accord aren't quite the benchmarks they were in the past for his or her particular classes, Honda's brand in general remains probably the most highly regarded in the market, with countless loyal and satisfied clients.

Outdoors spots that war had produced needed to be occupied fast and Honda was quick enough to choose grounds that will later witness its growth because the fifth biggest automobile manufacturer on the planet. Soichiro Honda founded the organization in 1948. The timing was perfect as numerous vehicle or bike plants were destroyed throughout world war 2.

By the first sixties, Honda had built its first automobiles for that Japanese home market and joined F1 racing. However it wasn't until 1970 it released its first vehicle, the diminutive N600, towards the U.S. The car maker initially were built with a difficult time causing interest among American purchasers, however that all transformed in 1973 with the development of the Social. The vehicle was bigger than Honda's previous models despite the fact that it had been still very petite in comparison to compact American cars. The Civic's high fuel efficiency (an essential feature considering that decade's energy crisis) and cost managed to get Honda's first American success story. By 1976, the Social have been became a member of through the Accord, which rapidly grew to become a popular with U.S. customers too.

02Models

Honda VIN patterns

One sample year per model. The pattern is VIN positions 1–8 and 10–11: everything except the check digit and the serial.

Honda models Accord to Crosstour
ModelYearVIN pattern
Accord20061HGCM7166A
Accord Crosstour20115J6TF1H3BL
Accord Hybrid20141HGCR6F7EA
Accord Plug-In Hybrid2014JHMCR5F7EC
Civic2011JHMFA3F2BS
Civic CRX1991JHMED836MS
Civic del Sol1993JHMEH626PS
CR-V2000JHLRD174YC
CR-Z2011JHMZF1D6BS
Crosstour20135J6TF1H3DL
Honda models Element to S2000
ModelYearVIN pattern
Element20085J6YH1798L
Fit2010JHMGE8G2AS
Fit EV2013JHMZA2H4DT
Insight2004JHMZE1374T
Odyssey20002HKRL186YH
Passport19944S6CY58VR4
Pilot20115FNYF4H2BB
Prelude1994JHMBB226RC
Ridgeline20072HJYK1647H
S20002005JHMAP2145S

1HG maker code (WMI) · CM716 vehicle descriptor · 6 model-year code · A plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location
Looking through the windshield from outside: the VIN tag sits on the dashboard at the driver's side, at the base of the glass (01). The VIN sticker is on the driver's door frame (02).01 DASH TAG02JAMB

Where to find a Honda VIN

  1. Dashboard tagDriver's side, at the base of the windshield. Read it from outside the car.
  2. Door jamb stickerOpen the driver's door and look at the frame.
  3. PaperworkTitle, registration and insurance card all carry the full VIN.
04Breakdown

How a Honda VIN breaks down

The 2014 Accord Hybrid pattern from the table, 1HGCR6F7·EA, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 Honda Accord Hybrid · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & country1HG · Honda, United States
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineCR6F7 · Accord Hybrid
9CheckCalc.
10YearE · 2014
11PlantA
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern
WMI · 1–31HG, 5J6, 4S6… for United States; JHM, JHL for Japan; 2HK, 2HJ for Canada.
VDS · 4–8Model, body and engine. The decoder turns these into specs.
CHECK · 9Worked out from the other 16 characters. A typo breaks it.
YEAR · 10E is 2014 here. In the table, 6 is 2006 and B is 2011.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.
05API

Decode Honda VINs in your app

  • 22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, dimensions, mpg, features
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GET/v2.0/decode_vin
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<Honda VIN>"},
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
    timeout=10,
)
spec = r.json()["specification"]
# spec["year"], spec["model"], spec["engine"] …