CarFlow AINissan VIN Decoder
Enter a Nissan VIN to see the model, model year, engine, drive type and the plant that built it.
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 Nissan VIN
Nissans built in the United States start with 1N4 for cars, 1N6 for trucks and 5N1 for SUVs. JN1 and JN8 are cars and SUVs from Japan, and 3N1 is a car from Mexico.
A few Nissans were built by other companies and keep those codes: KNM is registered to Renault Samsung in South Korea, SJK to Nissan's UK plant, and 4N2 to Ford, which built a Nissan minivan in the 1990s.
Position 4 is the engine type and position 11 the plant. In the sample VIN 1N4AL3APXFC100001, a 2015 Altima, the letter C stands for Smyrna, Tennessee. The X in position 9 is not a typo: the check digit can be 0 to 9 or X.
Nissan 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 Nissan.
| Code | Registered to | Vehicle type | Assigned to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1N4 | Nissan North America, Inc. | Passenger Car | United States |
| 1N6 | Nissan North America, Inc. | Truck | United States |
| 3N1 | Nissan Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. | Passenger Car | Mexico |
| 3N6 | Nissan Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. | Truck | Mexico |
| 3N8 | Nissan Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Mexico |
| 3PC | Nissan North America, Inc. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Mexico |
| 4N2 | Ford Motor Company | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| 4N3 | Ford Motor Company | Incomplete Vehicle | United States |
| 4N4 | Ford Motor Company | Truck | United States |
| 5BZ | Nissan North America, Inc. | Bus | United States |
| 5N1 | Nissan North America, Inc. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| JN1 | Nissan Motor Company, Ltd | Passenger Car | Japan |
| JN3 | Nissan Motor Company, Ltd | Incomplete Vehicle | Japan |
| JN6 | Nissan Motor Company, Ltd | Truck | Japan |
| JN8 | Nissan Motor Company, Ltd | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Japan |
| KNM | Renault Samsung Motors Co., Ltd | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | South Korea |
| SJK | Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd | Passenger Car | United Kingdom |
The country comes from the first two characters of the code, following the international allocation.
Where to find the VIN on a Nissan
Windshield
Driver side of the dashboard, visible from outside.
Driver door jamb
On the certification label in the door opening.
Engine bay
Stamped on the firewall, and on the frame rail on the Frontier, Titan and Armada.
Paperwork
On the title, registration and insurance documents.
Nissan models you can decode
The decoder covers every Nissan sold in the United States. Among the most common:
- Nissan Altima
- Nissan Sentra
- Nissan Rogue
- Nissan Pathfinder
- Nissan Frontier
- Nissan Murano
- Nissan Versa
- Nissan Maxima
- Nissan Titan
- Nissan Armada
Nissan VIN questions
1N4, 1N6 and 5N1 for vehicles built in the United States, JN1 and JN8 for Japan, 3N1 for Mexico.
The first character answers that: J is Japan, 1 and 5 are the United States, 3 is Mexico. The decoder also shows the plant city.
Yes. Position 9 is the check digit, and when the calculation gives 10 it is written as X.
Infiniti uses its own manufacturer codes, but the decoder on the main page reads them the same way.
Decoders for other makes
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