Your Infiniti’s VIN—or vehicle identification number—can be decoded to reveal lots of information about your car, including the manufacturing location, year of production, and more. Locate your VIN by looking through the windshield at the driver’s side dashboard.

You may have been asked to provide your Infiniti’s VIN on occasion, but do you have any idea what the number means? Believe it or not, it’s not just a random string of letters and numbers—each position denotes a unique piece of information about your vehicle.

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How to check your Infiniti’s VIN

The most common place to look for your Infiniti’s VIN is on the driver’s side dashboard. Take a look through the windshield to find it easily. If you have trouble reading this VIN plate, look for a sticker on your driver’s side door jamb as a backup.

You can also find your VIN on two documents—your insurance cards and your DMV-issued registration cards.

How to decode an Infiniti VIN

VINs have been around since the ‘50s, but they weren’t standardized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) until 1981. Any vehicle manufactured worldwide since then has been assigned a 17-digit code, regardless of its make, model, or the continent it’s from.

If your vehicle was made before 1981, it may still have a VIN—but it could contain a different amount of numbers, as well as a different meaning.

Modern VINs are made up of a combination of numerical digits 0-9, as well as 23 letters of the English alphabet. (Letters I, O, and Q are excluded because they look too similar to 1, 0, and 9.)

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Positions 1-3: world manufacturer identifier

The first three positions of any VIN comprise the world manufacturer identifier (WMI). The WMI will tell you where the car was made, its manufacturer, and the type of vehicle.

Most Infinitis are manufactured in Japan, so the first position is usually J. However, sometimes an Infiniti is manufactured in the USA, making the first position 5.

The second position will always contain the letter N, which represents Infiniti. As for the third position, it might contain K, R, X, or 3, depending on whether it's a passenger or multi-purpose vehicle.

Positions 4: engine type

For an Infiniti, the fourth position of the VIN will always be a letter denoting engine type. Currently, 12 different letters are used to denote 12 different Infiniti engines.

Positions 5: model line

Similarly, the fifth position will tell you about your Infiniti model. Once again, this will always be a letter that corresponds with a particular line.

Position 6: model specifics

Because each model line contains multiple trims, this position will offer you additional clarification as to the exact model of your Infiniti. This position will be a number 0-9.

Position 7: body type

This position can contain any of the following numbers to describe your Infiniti’s body type:

1: Four-door sedan

4: Two-door coupe

5: Four-door wagon

6: Two-door convertible

8: Wagon

Position 8: miscellaneous equipment information

Here, you’ll find additional miscellaneous information about your Infiniti. For example, a Y means that your car has four-wheel drive, while A, C, D, and E represent different airbag systems.

Position 9: check digit

The digit in this position is used by the Department of Transportation to confirm that your VIN is genuine.

Position 10:

This will tell you exactly when your Infiniti was manufactured. Here are the codes used for the last 20 years:

Code	Year
1	2001
2	2002
3	2003
4	2004
5	2005
6	2006
7	2007
8	2008
9	2009
A	2010
B	1981 or 2011
C	1982 or 2012
D	1983 or 2013
E	1984 or 2014
F	1985 or 2015
G	1986 or 2016
H	1987 or 2017
J	1988 or 2018
K	1989 or 2019
L	1990 or 2020
M	1991 or 2021

Position 11: plant code

Want to know exactly which factory your Infiniti came from? Check out this chart and look for the corresponding code in position 11 of your VIN:

Code	Factory
T	Tochigi or Oppama
M	Tochigi
W	Kyushu

Positions 12-17: vehicle serial number

The last six digits of your Infiniti’s VIN are the serial number, which is used to identify your individual vehicle. Serial numbers are not standardized by an outside institution, so Infiniti developed its own system for creating serial numbers.

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