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Mitsubishi VIN Decoder

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

  • 17 characters
  • Mitsubishi WMI
  • Check digit

Mitsubishi

MAKE DATA
Countries
Japan · United States · South KoreaFrom the WMI codes below
WMI
JA3 · 4A3 · 4A4 · JA7 · JA4 · KPH …7 maker codes in our patterns
Models
21 VIN patterns listed below
Years
1990–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit
North American, position 9

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01About

About Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi has generated its brand within the U. s. States with an array of cars and Sports utility vehicles that often offer above-average performance and elegance. Parents company has its own roots in creating commercial automobiles because of its real estate market of Japan.

It had not been until 1960, using the launch from the compact Mitsubishi 500, that the organization started creating passenger automobiles on the massive. That decade also saw the launch of other Mitsubishi light passenger automobiles such as the 360 Van and 360 Pickup. The organization also distinguished itself around the racetrack throughout this decade, taking top honors in Japan's Grand Prix.

To be able to bypass the strict import rules and to alleviate the tensions backward and forward companies, Mitsubishi and Chrysler founded a brand new vehicle manufacturing company in Normal, Illinois underneath the title Gemstone-Star Motors which began production later. The mixers arrived on the scene of the plant range from the Mitsubishi Bald eagle, the Bald eagle Talon and also the Plymouth Laser.

Mitsubishi's automobile production arm was formally spun off right into a company of their own using the establishment of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in 1970. The business's Colt made its method to American shores in 1971, exactly the same year by which Chrysler bought a 15 % stake within the new company. However, the Colt wasn't offered underneath the Mitsubishi title, but instead underneath the Dodge brand, reflecting Chrysler's curiosity about the organization. Through the finish from the decade, Mitsubishi was creating greater than a million cars each year.

02Models

Mitsubishi 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.

Mitsubishi models 3000GT to Lancer Sportback
ModelYearVIN pattern
3000GT1999JA3AM44HXY
Diamante1995JA3AP47HSY
Eclipse19924A3CT64UNE
Eclipse Spyder20124A37L5EFCE
Endeavor20054A4MM21S5E
Expo1994JA3ED59GRZ
Galant20054A3AB26F5E
i-MiEV2012JA3215H1CU
Lancer2004JA3AJ26E4U
Lancer Evolution2012JA32W5FVCU
Lancer Sportback2004JA3AD69F4U
Mitsubishi models Mighty Max Pickup to Vanwagon
ModelYearVIN pattern
Mighty Max Pickup1996JA7LS21GTP
Mirage1996JA3AA26ATU
Montero1993JA4MR41HPJ
Montero Sport2000JA4MT31HYP
Outlander2014JA4JZ4AXEZ
Outlander Sport20134A4AR4AUDE
Precis1991KPHVD12JMU
Raider20061Z7HT28K6S
Sigma1990JA3XB47SLY
Vanwagon1990JA7FN23WLA

JA3 maker code (WMI) · AM44H vehicle descriptor · X model-year code · Y 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 Mitsubishi 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 Mitsubishi VIN breaks down

The 2014 Outlander pattern from the table, JA4JZ4AX·EZ, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 Mitsubishi Outlander · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & countryJA4 · Mitsubishi, Japan
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineJZ4AX · Outlander
9CheckCalc.
10YearE · 2014
11PlantZ
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern
WMI · 1–3JA3, JA7, JA4 for Japan; 4A3, 4A4, 1Z7 for United States; KPH for South Korea.
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, X is 1999 and S is 1995.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.
05API

Decode Mitsubishi 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": "<Mitsubishi 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"] …