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Chrysler VIN Decoder

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

  • 17 characters
  • Chrysler WMI
  • Check digit

Chrysler

MAKE DATA
Countries
United States · Canada · Mexico · ItalyFrom the WMI codes below
WMI
1C3 · 2C3 · 1A8 · 2C4 · 3C3 · 4C3 …9 maker codes in our patterns
Models
19 VIN patterns listed below
Years
1991–2013Sample years in the table
Check digit
North American, position 9

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01About

About Chrysler

Chrysler is usually considered area of the Large Three, a title that refers back to the traditional triumvirate of domestic car manufacturers. The present precision of the classification is open for debate, there is however no discussing the truth that Chrysler has experienced a revival of sorts in the last couple of years.

Today, the selection continues to be pared lower to a set of sedans, a convertible along with a minivan. However, after many years of getting lackluster records within the essential midsize vehicle category, Chrysler made major enhancements within the performance, design and excellence of its midsize sedan entry, the 200. The most recent 300 also stands like a prime option for reasonably limited full-size sedan. Still, it remains seen whether this and future product releases is going to be enough to revive the organization to the former glory.

The Chambers title was dropped, whist Maxwell was re-top quality like a Plymouth. By 1931, the Plymouth brand had already be a fierce competitor within the small vehicle segment and was insistently knocking on Ford stronghold's door, yelling to create room or evict the area. Although Ford was essentially hanging out because of our prime sales registered by their model A, the greater advanced Plymouth did much better. Sporting hydraulic brakes, more flowing body lines and a “floating power”engine, the Plymouth cast an awfully large cloud of doubt over Ford's headquarters.

Chrysler Corporation began in 1925 by Walter P. Chrysler, a noted machinist he'd bought the Maxwell Motor Corporation of Detroit and tried on the extender because the foundation for his new company. The car maker rapidly gained a status for advanced engineering. In 1928, Chrysler Corporation broadened when purchasing Dodge and the development of the DeSoto and Plymouth divisions.

02Models

Chrysler 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.

Chrysler models 200 to Le Baron
ModelYearVIN pattern
20020131C3CCBCGDN
30020132C3CCAGTDH
300M20012C3AE66G1H
Aspen20071A8HW58N7F
Cirrus19991C3EJ56HXN
Concorde19961C3HD56TTF
Crossfire20041C3AN69L4X
Grand Voyager20002C4GJ44RYR
Imperial19921C3XV56LND
Le Baron19933C3XA563PT
Chrysler models LHS to Voyager
ModelYearVIN pattern
LHS19952C3HC56FSH
New Yorker19921C3XC66RND
Pacifica20042C4GM6844R
Prowler20021C3EW65G2V
PT Cruiser20053C3EY45X5T
Sebring19954C3AU52NSF
TC1991ZC2FS120MB
Town and Country20112A4RR6DGBR
Voyager20021C4GJ45R2B

1C3 maker code (WMI) · CCBCG vehicle descriptor · D model-year code · N 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 Chrysler 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 Chrysler VIN breaks down

The 2013 200 pattern from the table, 1C3CCBCG·DN, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2013 Chrysler 200 · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & country1C3 · Chrysler or Dodge, United States
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineCCBCG · 200
9CheckCalc.
10YearD · 2013
11PlantN
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern
WMI · 1–31C3, 1A8, 4C3… for United States; 2C3, 2C4, 2A4 for Canada; 3C3 for Mexico; ZC2 for Italy.
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 · 10D is 2013 here. In the table, 1 is 2001 and 7 is 2007.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.
05API

Decode Chrysler 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": "<Chrysler 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"] …