Your Isuzu’s VIN can be found on the driver’s side door jamb or dashboard, on the steering column or engine, or on your vehicle registration. The 17 digits contain codes for the vehicle’s country of origin, manufacturer, model year, and assembly plant.

A car’s

vehicle identification number

(VIN) is similar to a strand of DNA—it contains information about where the car was made, what features it includes, and a unique serial number. But the 17 digit-long sequence of numbers and letters can be overwhelming if you don’t know what you’re looking at.

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How to check your Isuzu’s VIN

A VIN is a vehicle identification number—it’s a unique set of 17 digits that can be used to identify your car for legal, repair, and registration purposes.

You can find the VIN for your Isuzu in the following places:

Your insurance documentation

Your

vehicle registration

and

certificate of title

On the driver’s side of your dashboard—there should be a sticker visible if you look at the dash through the windshield

A sticker on the driver’s side doorjamb

The steering column

The engine

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How to decode an Isuzu VIN

Your car’s VIN is used for all kinds of car-related services—but what makes it so important?

VINs have been around since the 1950s, but it wasn’t until the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (

NHTSA

) standardized them in 1981 that VINs really took off. Those 17 digits are organized the same way whether you’re buying a car made in Japan, the Netherlands, or the U.S.

First position: country of origin

A VIN’s first three digits make up the world manufacturer identifier (WMI) code. In Isuzu’s case, the first digit stands for the vehicle’s country of origin.

If the first digit is a number between 1 and 4, that means your Isuzu was made in America. For vehicles made in Japan, a J will be used.

Positions 2-3: manufacturer information

The two digits after indicate the manufacturer. The type of vehicle is also included in this code.

Positions 4-8: vehicle-specific information

Vehicle-specific information is covered by the next five digits in your Isuzu’s VIN. This code includes the engine and transmission specifications to safety features included in your model. These digits are also useful in narrowing down the exact trim and model type you’re driving.

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Position 9: the VIN check digit

The 9th digit of your VIN is a special “check digit”—it doesn’t refer to anything about your vehicle, but it does help authenticate your VIN. This digit keeps people from making up a VIN and helps protect the unique identity of your vehicle.

Position 10: model year

The more vehicles that are produced, the more digits are required to indicate what year a model was manufactured. This leads to some digits being reused over time.

Isuzu uses letters to indicate newer model years, repeating codes from older models. Here are the VIN model year codes from the past twenty 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: assembly plant

The 11th digit of a VIN points to which factory the vehicle was assembled in. Isuzu has plants in Japan, America, and India.

Positions 12-17: vehicle serial number

You may already be familiar with the last six digits of your Isuzu’s VIN—this sequence is your vehicle’s unique serial number. This number is used to accurately identify individual vehicles for registration and legal procedures.

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