CarFlow AIFord VIN Decoder
Enter a Ford VIN to see the model, model year, engine, drive type and assembly plant. Works for cars, SUVs, pickups and commercial chassis.
No VIN at hand? Try an example:
- 1-31-3 · Manufacturer
- 4-84-8 · Description
- 99 · Check
- 1010 · Year
- 1111 · Plant
- 12-1712-17 · Serial number
Data from the public NHTSA vPIC database. CarFlow is not affiliated with any vehicle manufacturer; make and model names belong to their owners.
How to read a Ford VIN
Ford VINs from US plants start with 1F: 1FA for passenger cars, 1FM for SUVs and 1FT for pickups. The same letters follow a 2 for Canada and a 3 for Mexico, so 2FM is a Canadian-built SUV and 3FA a car from Mexico.
Some Fords sold in the US were built elsewhere and keep their own codes: NM0 is Ford Otosan in Turkey, WF0 is Ford-Werke in Germany and MAJ is Ford India. 1ZV belongs to AutoAlliance International, a joint plant that built the Mustang for several years.
Position 8 is the engine code on a Ford, which makes it the character to check when two trims look the same from outside. Position 11 is the plant: in the sample VIN 1FTFW1ET9DFC10312, a 2013 F-150, the letter F stands for Dearborn. A 2018 Mustang with 5 in that position came from Flat Rock.
Ford manufacturer codes
The first three characters of a VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier. These are the codes registered with NHTSA for vehicles sold as Ford.
| Code | Registered to | Vehicle type | Assigned to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Golden Age Auto Corp | Passenger Car | United States |
| 1F1 | Ford Motor Company | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| 1F6 | Detroit Chassis LLC | Incomplete Vehicle | United States |
| 1F7 | Ford Motor Company | Passenger Car | United States |
| 1FA | Ford Motor Company | Passenger Car | United States |
| 1FB | Ford Motor Company | Bus | United States |
| 1FC | Ford Motor Company | Incomplete Vehicle | United States |
| 1FD | Ford Motor Company | Incomplete Vehicle | United States |
| 1FM | Ford Motor Company | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| 1FT | Ford Motor Company | Truck | United States |
| 1ZV | Auto Alliance International, USA | Passenger Car | United States |
| 2FA | Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. | Passenger Car | Canada |
| 2FB | Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. | Bus | Canada |
| 2FC | Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. | Incomplete Vehicle | Canada |
| 2FD | Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. | Incomplete Vehicle | Canada |
| 2FM | Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Canada |
| 2FT | Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. | Truck | Canada |
| 3FA | Ford Motor Company, Mexico | Passenger Car | Mexico |
| 3FB | Ford Motor Company, Mexico | Bus | Mexico |
| 3FC | Ford Motor Company, Mexico | Incomplete Vehicle | Mexico |
| 3FD | Ford Motor Company, Mexico | Incomplete Vehicle | Mexico |
| 3FE | Ford Motor Company, Mexico | Incomplete Vehicle | Mexico |
| 3FM | Ford Motor Company, Mexico | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Mexico |
| 3FN | Blue Diamond Truck, S. de R. L. de C. V. | Truck | Mexico |
| 3FR | Blue Diamond Truck, S. de R. L. de C. V. | Incomplete Vehicle | Mexico |
| 3FT | Ford Motor Company, Mexico | Truck | Mexico |
| 5LD | Ford Motor Company | Incomplete Vehicle | United States |
| 9BF | Ford Motor Company Brasil Ltda. | Truck | Brazil |
| JC2 | Mazda Motor Corporation | Truck | Japan |
| KNJ | KIA Motors (Ford Imports) | Passenger Car | South Korea |
| MAJ | Ford India Ltd | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | India |
| NM0 | Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S., Turkey | Truck | Turkey |
| WF0 | Ford Werke AG | Passenger Car | Germany |
The country comes from the first two characters of the code, following the international allocation.
Where to find the VIN on a Ford
Windshield
Driver side of the dashboard, visible from outside through the glass.
Driver door jamb
On the safety certification label, together with the build date, axle and paint codes.
Frame
On body-on-frame trucks such as the F-150 and Super Duty the VIN is also stamped into the frame rail.
Paperwork
On the title, the registration and the window sticker that came with the vehicle.
Ford models you can decode
The decoder covers every Ford sold in the United States. Among the most common:
- Ford F-150
- Ford Super Duty
- Ford Mustang
- Ford Explorer
- Ford Escape
- Ford Bronco
- Ford Ranger
- Ford Edge
- Ford Expedition
- Ford Maverick
Ford VIN questions
1FA, 1FM and 1FT for cars, SUVs and trucks built in the United States. Replace the 1 with 2 for Canada or 3 for Mexico. Imported models use codes such as NM0 (Turkey), WF0 (Germany) and MAJ (India).
The 8th. Ford uses a single character there for the engine, and the decoder turns it into displacement, cylinder count and fuel type.
The 11th character is the plant code. Enter the VIN and the result shows the plant city and country, for example Dearborn, Flat Rock or Kansas City.
Yes. Pickups, Super Duty chassis cabs, Transit vans and cutaway chassis all have their own codes in the database, including incomplete vehicles finished by a body builder.
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