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Jeep VIN Decoder

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

  • 17 characters
  • Jeep WMI
  • Check digit

Jeep

MAKE DATA
Country
United StatesFrom the WMI codes below
WMI
1J4 · 1J7 · 1J8 · 1C44 maker codes in our patterns
Models
10 VIN patterns listed below
Years
1990–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit
North American, position 9

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01About

About Jeep

If you are considering buying an automobile rugged enough to finesse rocky trails, odds are, one make involves mind: Jeep. This niche automotive manufacturer includes a lengthy good reputation for creating trucks and Sports utility vehicles able to off-highway adventures — a lot to ensure that the word jeep is used by lots of to consult all Sports utility vehicles, if the vehicle under consideration is really a true Jeep or otherwise.

Although, it had already hired the champion, the united states military grew to become worried about Willys because of their impracticality of moving production to a different plant if needed and due to the business's rather small size that built them into susceptible to espionage and sabotage actions. Thus, the Military commissioned among the runner-ups, Ford, to construct jeeps too.

Through the seventies, Jeep had transformed possession all over again, using the acquisition of Kaiser-Jeep by American Motors Corporation. New models such as the CJ-7 and also the Scrambler were folded out. Furthermore, the organization revealed some new technology with the development of the earth's first automatic full-time four-wheel-drive system. Named Quadra-Trac, it had been obtainable in the CJ-7 also as with full-size Jeep trucks and wagons. Throughout this decade, Jeep's fortunes jumped as four-wheel-drive automobiles grew to become progressively well-liked by large parts of American purchasers.

The vehicle was declined although it absolutely was better built compared to competitors' models. Its is broadly thought that Wyllis-Overland, a business comparable in dimensions to Bantam, which had joined the race for an american military contract had accessibility latter's blueprints and technical data. After winning anything, Wyllis continued to create what can later become present day jeep in their factory in Toledo, Ohio.

02Models

Jeep 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.

Jeep models Cherokee to Wrangler
ModelYearVIN pattern
Cherokee19951J4FJ27SSL
Comanche19901J7GT36LLL
Commander20091J8HG58P9C
Compass20131C4NJCEBDD
Grand Cherokee20141C4RJFDJEC
Grand Wagoneer19911J4GS587MP
Liberty20111J4PP2GKBW
Patriot20081J8FF28W8D
Wagoneer19901J4FN78LLL
Wrangler20051J4FA49S5P

1J4 maker code (WMI) · FJ27S vehicle descriptor · S model-year code · L 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 Jeep 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 Jeep VIN breaks down

The 2014 Grand Cherokee pattern from the table, 1C4RJFDJ·EC, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & country1C4 · Chrysler or Jeep, United States
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineRJFDJ · Grand Cherokee
9CheckCalc.
10YearE · 2014
11PlantC
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern
WMI · 1–31J4, 1J7, 1J8… for United States.
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, S is 1995 and L is 1990.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.
05API

Decode Jeep 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": "<Jeep 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"] …
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