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General Template for Fiat's VIN format (2012 - Current)

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Passenger Cars 2012-

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Position Sample Description
1 Z Nation of Origin
2 F Manufacturer
3 A Vehicle type
4 C Restraint System
5 F Brand
6 A Marketing Name
7 A Price Series, Drive Wheels, Drive Position, and Body Style
8 H Engine Type
9 0 Check digit
10 C Model year
11 X Assembly Plant
12 0 Production sequence number
13 0
14 5
15 9
16 4
17 3

Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles 2014-

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Position Sample Description
1 Z Nation of Origin
2 F Manufacturer
3 B Vehicle type
4 N GVWR, Brake System, & Restraint Systems
5 F Brand
6 Y Marketing Name & Drive Wheels
7 A Body Type, Drive Position, and Price Series
8 H Engine Type
9 0 Check digit
10 C Model year
11 3 Assembly Plant
12 0 Production sequence number
13 0
14 5
15 9
16 4
17 3

Nation of Origin

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Position 1
VIN code Description
3 Mexico
J Japan
Z Italy

Manufacturer

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Position 2
VIN code Description
C Chrysler Group
F Fiat Group Automobiles/FCA Italy

Vehicle type

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Position 3
VIN code Description
3 Passenger Car
4 Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle
A Passenger Car
B Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle

Restraint System - Passenger Cars 2012-

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Position 4
VIN code Description
C Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags & Side Airbags (all rows) ('12-'19 Fiat 500)
F Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags, Side Airbags, Head (Curtain) Airbags (all rows), & Driver's Knee Airbag ('24- Fiat 500e)

GVWR, Brake System, & Restraint Systems - Light Trucks & Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles 2014-

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Position 4
VIN code Description
C 4001-5000 lbs. GVWR, Hydraulic Brakes, Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags & Side Airbags (All Rows)
('14-'18 500L, '16-'18 500X)
N 4001-5000 lbs. GVWR, Hydraulic Brakes, Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags & Side Airbags (All Rows)
('19-'20 500L, '19-'23 500X)

GVWR=Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

Brand

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Position 5
VIN code Description
F Fiat (2012-2019 500, '24- 500e, Freemont for outside N. America, '18-'22 Ducato for Brazil & Argentina)

Marketing Name - Passenger Cars

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Position 6
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500e ('24-)
F Fiat 500 ('12-'19)

Marketing Name & Drive Wheels - Light Trucks & Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles

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Position 6
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500L ('14-'20)
X Fiat 500X Fwd ('16-'18)
Y Fiat 500X Awd ('16-'20)
3 Fiat 500X Awd ('21-'23)

Price Series, Drive Wheels, Drive Position, and Body Style

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Passenger Cars

Position 7
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500 Pop '12-'16, Fiat 500 Pop '17 (Canada), Fiat 500e Inspi(Red) Edition '24
B Fiat 500 Sport '12-'16
C Fiat 500 Lounge '12-'19, Fiat 500e Inspired By Music Edition '24, Fiat 500e Inspired By Beauty Edition '24
D Fiat 500c Pop '12-'16, Fiat 500c Pop '17 (Canada)
E Fiat 500c Lounge '12-'19
F Fiat 500 Abarth '12-'19
G Fiat 500e '13-'19
H Fiat 500 Turbo '13-16
J Fiat 500c Abarth '13-'19
K Fiat 500 Easy '16, Fiat 500 Pop '17-'19
L Fiat 500c Easy '16, Fiat 500c Pop '17-'19

Light Trucks

Position 7
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500L Pop '14-'20, 500X Pop '16-'22, 500X Pop Blue Sky Edition '18-'19, 500X 120th Anniversary Edition '19
B Fiat 500L Easy '14-'16, 500X Easy '16, 500X Sport '16-'18 (Canada), 500X Trekking '19-'22, 500X Trekking Urbana Edition '19,
500X Pop '23, 500X Sport '23
C Fiat 500L Lounge '14-'20, 500X Trekking '16-'18, 500X Trekking Urbana Edition '17-'18, 500X Sport '20-'22
D Fiat 500L Trekking '14-'20, 500L Urbana Trekking Limited Edition '15-'16, 500X Lounge '16-'18, 500X Trekking Plus '19-Early '22
E Fiat 500X Trekking Plus '16

Engine

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Engine codes for passenger cars

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Position 8
VIN Size Type Fuel Valvetrain Engine Family/Notes/Applications
H 1.4L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine. EAF: Fiat 500 Abarth ('12-'17), 500 Turbo ('13-'16),
500 GQ Edition ('14), EAM: Fiat 500, 500 Abarth ('18-'19).
R 1.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine (EAB). Fiat 500 ('12-'17).

Motor codes for Electric passenger cars

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Position 8
VIN Motor Code Fuel Drive Wheels Application/Notes
E E99 Electricity Front Fiat 500e ('13-'19).
4 ELB Electricity Front Fiat 500e ('24-).

Engine codes for light trucks

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Position 8
VIN Size Type Fuel Valvetrain Engine Family/Notes/Applications
B 2.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Sequential MPI. MultiAir2. Chrysler Tigershark Engine (ED6). Fiat 500X ('17).
B 2.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Sequential MPI. MultiAir2. Chrysler Tigershark Engine - PZEV (ED8). Fiat 500X ('18).
H 1.4L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine (EAM). Fiat 500L ('14-'20), Fiat 500X ('17-'18).
T 2.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Sequential MPI. MultiAir2. Chrysler Tigershark Engine (ED6). Fiat 500X ('16).
W 1.4L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine (EAM). Fiat 500X ('16).
1 1.3L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve
Direct injection. MultiAir3. Fiat Firefly/GSE engine (EYF). Made in Bielsko-Biala, Poland.
Fiat 500X ('19-'23).

Assembly Plant

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Position 11
Code Description
E Chrysler Saltillo Van Assembly plant, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico ('18-'22 Fiat Ducato for South America)
F FCA India Automobiles plant, Ranjangaon, Maharashtra, India (Fiat production ended in 2018)
J FCA Poland plant, Tychy, Poland
J Stellantis Vigo plant, Vigo, Spain (Fiat Doblo '23-) (Uses WMI code VYF)
K FCA Brazil Goiana plant, Goiana, Pernambuco, Brazil (Fiat Toro)
N Stellantis Mangualde plant, Mangualde, Portugal (Fiat Doblo '23-) (Uses WMI code VYF)
P Fiat Melfi (SATA) plant, Melfi, Italy
T Chrysler Toluca Assembly plant, Toluca, Mexico state, Mexico (Fiat 500 '12-'19, Freemont)
U FCA Argentina plant, Cordoba, Cordoba province, Argentina
U Fiat Tofaş plant, Bursa, Turkey ('23-)
X Fiat Mirafiori plant, Mirafiori district, Turin, Italy
Y FCA Brazil Betim plant, Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Z FCA Serbia plant, Kragujevac, Serbia (Fiat 500L)
Z Stellantis Sevel Nord plant, Lieu-Saint-Amand, France (Fiat Scudo, Ulysse '22-) (Uses WMI code VXF)
2 Fiat Sevel Sud plant, Atessa, Italy
3 Fiat Pomigliano d'Arco plant, Pomigliano d'Arco, Italy
6 Fiat Tofaş plant, Bursa, Turkey
7 Stellantis Luton plant, Luton, England, U.K. (Fiat Scudo, Ulysse '22-) (Uses WMI code VXF)
9 FCA Brazil Betim plant, Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Brazilian-built Fiat Fiorino)
9 Mitsubishi Motors Thailand plant, Laem Chabang, Chonburi Province, Thailand (Fiat Fullback)
0 Mazda plant, Hiroshima, Japan (Fiat 124 Spider '17-'20)

Fiat WMIs

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  • 3C3 - Chrysler Group Mexico (all brands) Passenger Car (Fiat 500 2012-2019)
  • 3C4 - Chrysler Group Mexico (all brands) Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (Fiat Freemont 2012-2015)
  • 3C6 - Chrysler Group Mexico (all brands) Truck (Fiat Ducato for South America '18-'22)
  • 3E4 - Chrysler Group Mexico (Fiat brand) Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (Fiat Freemont 2011)
  • 8AP - FCA/Stellantis Argentina (Cordoba plant)
  • 9BD - FCA/Stellantis Brazil (Betim plant)
  • 93W - Fiat Ducato made by Iveco in Brazil 2000–2017
  • 988 - FCA/Stellantis Brazil (Goiana plant) (Fiat Toro)
  • 9VC - Fiat Scudo made by Nordex S.A. in Uruguay
  • JC1 - Mazda Motor Corp., Japan (Fiat 124 Spider '17-'20)
  • LNP - Nanjing Fiat Automobile Co., Ltd., China (Production ended in 2006)
  • LWV - GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Co., Ltd., China (Fiat production ended in 2017)
  • MCA - FCA India Automobiles Pvt. Ltd. (Fiat production ended in 2018)
  • TSM - Fiat Sedici made by Suzuki in Hungary
  • VXF - Stellantis France, Fiat brand (Fiat Scudo, Ulysse '22-)
  • VYF - Stellantis France, Fiat brand (Fiat Doblo '23-)
  • ZFA - Fiat/FCA/Stellantis, Fiat brand (in N. America: Fiat brand Passenger Car)
  • ZFB - FCA/Stellantis, Fiat brand Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle
  • ZFC - FCA/Stellantis, Fiat brand Truck (Fiat Ducato for Mexico)