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In an American car like the Ford Escape, you can find the VIN located at the bottom of the dashboard where it meets the windshield on the driver's side. The VIN, or vehicle identification number, is like a unique fingerprint for your car, with 17 characters made up of digits and capital letters. This code distinguishes your vehicle from every other one on the road. The VIN not only helps to identify your car, but it also has safety implications. For instance, you can use the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's VIN lookup tool to check if a particular vehicle has undergone safety recalls in the past 15 years.
My Ford Escape's vehicle identification number is located on the door jamb, not the dashboard.
A VIN number for a Ford Escape can be found at the bottom of the dashboard where it meets the windshield on the driver's side.