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Ford VIN Decoder

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

  • 17 characters
  • Ford WMI
  • Check digit

Ford

MAKE DATA
Countries
United States · South Korea · Mexico · Canada · TurkeyFrom the WMI codes below
WMI
1FM · KNJ · 1FA · 3FA · 2FA · 1FT …12 maker codes in our patterns
Models
59 VIN patterns listed below
Years
1990–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit
North American, position 9

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01About

About Ford

In excess of a century now, Ford Motor Company continues to be selling mass-created automobiles within the U. s. States and round the globe. Known among the Large Three American producers, Ford has attracted countless loyal clients with an array of automobiles that provide considerable value. The automaker's trucks and Sports utility vehicles happen to be especially popular. For many years, Ford's F-Series truck continues to be the very best-selling vehicle in the usa.

The Ford Model T was reliable, practical and economical, which managed to get a large hit in america, where it had been marketed because the middle-class man's vehicle. The car's success compelled Ford to grow his business and layout the fundamentals of mass production concepts in 1913 with the development of the earth's first vehicle set up line. By 1912, production figures for that Model T alone arrived at nearly 200,000 models.

This business innovation introduced within the vehicle construction area permitted Ford to lessen chassis set up time up to 10 hrs, shedding from 12 ½ h to 2h 40 min.

The organization began by Henry Ford in 1903. Ford imagined of creating a vehicle for that public, and that is just what he did, most particularly using the immortal Model T of 1908-'27. The second was bought by 16.5 million People in america throughout its 20-year lifespan and was affordable enough for Ford's own factory employees to buy. Ford's early years were also distinguished by its introduction from the moving set up line. It had been the very first to make use of this more cost-effective approach to production, and it is innovation grew to become a mainstay from the manufacturing process.

02Models

Ford 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.

Ford models Aerostar to F-250
ModelYearVIN pattern
Aerostar19911FMCA41XMZ
Aspire1996KNJLT06HT6
Bronco19901FMEU15NLL
Bronco II19901FMCU12TLU
C-Max Energi20141FADP5CUEL
C-Max Hybrid20131FADP5BUDL
Contour19953FALP663SM
Contour SVT19981FAFP68GWK
Crown Victoria19942FALP74WRX
E-15019941FTEE14NRH
E-25019981FTPE242WH
E-35019941FMHE31MRH
E-Series Van20121FTNE1ELCD
E-Series Wagon20121FBSS3BSCD
Econoline Cargo20011FTSE34S1H
Econoline Wagon20021FMNE31F2H
Edge20072FMDK46C7B
Escape20021FMYU0312K
Escape Hybrid20061FMCU95H6K
Escort19971FAFP13PVW
Excursion20021FMNU40F2E
Expedition20111FMJK1H5BE
Expedition EL20081FMFK1558L
Explorer20051FMZU65W5Z
Explorer Sport20011FMYU70E1U
Explorer Sport Trac20051FMDU67K5U
F-15020061FTPX14V6N
F-150 Heritage20042FTRX17W4C
F-150 SVT Lightning19951FTDF15RSL
F-25019921FTHX25HNK
Ford models F-250 Super Duty to Windstar Cargo
ModelYearVIN pattern
F-250 Super Duty20051FTSW2155E
F-35019973FTHF36FVM
F-350 Super Duty20131FT8W3C6DE
F-450 Super Duty20111FT8W4DTBE
Festiva1992KNJBT05HN6
Fiesta20143FADP4TJEM
Five Hundred20051FAFP2815G
Flex20132FMHK6D8DB
Focus20041FAHP3434W
Focus ST20131FADP3L9DL
Freestar20062FMZA5166B
Freestyle20061FMZK0116G
Fusion20123FAHP0L3CR
Fusion Energi20143FA6P0SUER
Fusion Hybrid20133FA6P0LUDR
GT20051FAFP90S5Y
LTD Crown Victoria19902FACP78FLX
Mustang19911FACP40MMF
Mustang SVT Cobra19961FALP47VTF
Probe19901ZVPT21UL5
Ranger19991FTYR10CXT
Shelby GT50020071FAHT88S75
Taurus19981FAFP521WG
Taurus X20081FMDK07W8G
Tempo19931FAPP31UPK
Thunderbird19921FABP604NH
Transit Connect2012NM0LS7CNCT
Windstar19962FMDA514TB
Windstar Cargo19952FTDA54USB

1FM maker code (WMI) · CA41X vehicle descriptor · M model-year code · Z 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 Ford 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 Ford VIN breaks down

The 2014 C-Max Energi pattern from the table, 1FADP5CU·EL, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 Ford C-Max Energi · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & country1FA · Ford, United States
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineDP5CU · C-Max Energi
9CheckCalc.
10YearE · 2014
11PlantL
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern
WMI · 1–31FM, 1FA, 1FT… for United States; KNJ for South Korea; 3FA, 3FT for Mexico; 2FA, 2FM, 2FT for Canada; NM0 for Turkey.
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, M is 1991 and T is 1996.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.
05API

Decode Ford 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": "<Ford 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"] …