vehicle identification number
Sign in to saveAlso known as chassis number, VIN number, VIN, engine number, identification number of a vehicle, vehicle body number, frame number
unique code including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- nominal number
- Subclass of
- serial number
- Has part
- integer
- Image
- VIN-FORD-Expedition.PNG
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- short name
- VIN
- Commons category
- Vehicle Identification Number
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/vin
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Encyclopedic overview
VIN on a Chinese moped VIN on a 1996 Porsche 911 GT2 (993) VIN visible in the windscreen VIN recorded on a Chinese vehicle licence
A vehicle identification number (VIN; also called a chassis number or frame number) is a unique code, including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, as defined by the International Organization for Standardization in ISO 3779 (content and structure) and ISO 4030 (location and attachment).
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