Vehicle Identification Number

The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Derivative is located in one place on the engine and is a seventeen digit number stamped or laser etched onto the block at the vehicle assembly plant. If reading the identification number the following information can be obtained:

• The first three digits identify the vehicle make.
• The fourth digit is the vehicle line.
• The fifth digit identifies the chassis type.
• The sixth & seventh digits are the grade type.
• The eight digit is the engine.
• The ninth digit is a check digit.
• The tenth digit is the model year.
• The eleventh digit is the manufacturing plant.
• The twelfth to seventeenth digits are the serial number.
  Fig 1: Identifying Vehicle Identification Number

  Courtesy of SUZUKI OF AMERICA CORP.

The engine block is marked with the VIN on a pad area on the left rear side (1).