Check vehicle information with Chrysler VIN
Looking for the VIN?
Here is there you’ll find it:
Chrysler was formed in 1925 from the remains of the Maxwell-Chalmers motor company. Their first car had features that were unheard of in competitors’ cars, quickly making Chrysler one of America’s top manufacturers. After buying Dodge Brothers and launching additional brands, Chrysler became their luxury marquis. After WWII, the brand established a solid lineup of luxury cars and started production of the legendary Hemi V8. The brand struggled in the 1970s as Americans turned to small cars. Even Ricardo Montalban’s famous commercials praising the Cordoba’s “rich Corinthian leather” wasn’t enough to drive sales. Chrysler regained their footing in the 90s and 2000s with their “cab forward” cars and the love-it-or-hate-it retro PT Cruiser. In 2005, the company launched the massively popular 300, a full size, rear wheel drive car that could be had with the new HEMI V8.
Whether you want a luxurious Pacifica minivan, a tire-burning 300C, or a classic model like the PT Cruiser, make a VIN check at EpicVIN part of your search. When you decode a Chrysler’s VIN number on our site, you’ll learn about how it was built at the factory. This includes useful information, including the trim, engine and more. Worried about buying a car with a questionable past? With a full VIN report, you’ll get a complete history of the vehicle, including accident reports, title changes and more. This makes it easy to find the Chrysler you want and avoid cars with hidden physical and legal problems.
A VIN is issued to every vehicle when it’s built. This 17 character factory record stays with the car through its life, making it easy to learn how it was built. When you use our decoder, you can find out when and where Chrysler built the vehicle, and what equipment they included in the build. Often, decoding gives you more information than you’ll get from a sales listing. It also helps you identify vehicles have been modified. It isn’t hard to slap some SRT-8 badges on a 300C RT, and claim it’s the faster, more expensive model. However, since the VIN number is all but impossible to falsify, a quick VIN check will tell you the real provenance of the vehicle.
Chrysler puts the VIN in several locations to make it hard to completely remove from the vehicles. These are the most common places you’ll find this code.
Look on the dashboard at the front driver’s side corner for a small metal plate. This plate is stamped so that it can be read through the windshield.
Open the driver’s door and look at the B pillar. You will see a large sticker either next to the door latch, or on the side of the pillar between the doors. The VIN is either above or below the bar code on this sticker.
Slide the driver’s seat all the way back, You will see a small flap of carpet sticking up between the seat rails. Lift this flap, and you will see the VIN stamped into the body.
On the 300, remove the driver’s side front inner fender liner. You will see the VIN etched into the frame rail.
Most interior body panels have a sticker with the VIN and other identifiers. Keep in mind that this number may not be correct if a salvage or replacement part was used to repair the vehicle.
There are three places to check for the VIN under the hood. The VIN may be stamped next to the driver’s side hood hinge or on the radiator support. Older Chryslers also have the VIN stamped into the engine block, just above the oil pan. Look for a raised, flat area on the side of the engine. Like the interior panels, this may not be correct for the vehicle if the engine was replaced.
Since VINs are unique, they’re used to identify vehicles on paperwork. You can find this number on most official documents, including insurance cards and titles.
The first three characters in the VIN number are the World Make Identifiers (WMI). This tells you who built the vehicle, and where. Most Chryslers are built in the United States by their parent company. These vehicles use the characters 1B3, 1B4, 1B7, 1C3, 1C4, and 1C7 for the WMI. Chrysler also contracts Steyr to build some vehicles in Austria. These vehicles use 1AB, 1C3 and 1C8 for the WMI.
The fourth character is the “security system”. This lists factory-equipped safety features, not anti-theft devices:
| Code | Equipment |
|---|---|
| A | Front and side airbags |
| B | Active seat belts |
| D | Seat belts only |
| J | Multi-stage cushion airbags |
| H and L | Multistage cushion airbags and side airbags |
| K | Front airbags |
The fifth character is the model. Here are the most common codes you’ll see on American-market Chyrslers:
| Code | Model |
|---|---|
| 1 | Caravan |
| F | Pacifica AWD |
| K | 300 and 300C with AWD |
| L | Sebring |
| M | Pacifica FWD |
| N | Crossfire |
| P | Town & Country |
| Y | Voyager and Grand Voyager |
The sixth character is the trim level. This goes from 1 to economy trims, usually reserved for fleet vehicles, to 5 for premium trims. An “S” is used for sports trims, while “X” is for special versions.
The seventh character is the body type:
| Code | BODY TYPE |
|---|---|
| 3 and 6 | Four door sedan |
| 5 | Convertible |
| 7 | Minivan |
| 8 | Hatchbacks, including crossovers |
| 9 | Coupe |
The eighth character is the engine. Here are some common codes for American Chryslers:
| Code | Engine |
|---|---|
| B | 2.0 liter Dual VVT four cylinder |
| G | High output 3.5 liter V6 |
| H | 5.7 liter HEMI V8 |
| K | 2.4 liter Dual VVT four cylinder |
| N | 3.2 liter supercharged V6 |
| R | 2.7 liter V6 |
| T | 2.7 liter flex fuel V6 |
The ninth character is used for error correction. It’s created by a mathematical formula that uses other characters in the VIN.
The tenth character is the model year. There are 30 possible characters, including letters and numbers. For example, a 2015 model has an “F” in this position.
| Code | Country | Code | Country | Code | Country | Code | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 1984 | R | 1994 | 4 | 2004 | E | 2014 |
| F | 1985 | S | 1995 | 5 | 2005 | F | 2015 |
| G | 1986 | T | 1996 | 6 | 2006 | G | 2016 |
| H | 1987 | V | 1997 | 7 | 2007 | H | 2017 |
| J | 1988 | W | 1998 | 8 | 2008 | J | 2018 |
| K | 1989 | X | 1999 | 9 | 2009 | K | 2019 |
| L | 1990 | Y | 2000 | A | 2010 | L | 2020 |
| M | 1991 | 1 | 2001 | B | 2011 | M | 2021 |
| N | 1992 | 2 | 2002 | C | 2012 | N | 2022 |
| P | 1993 | 3 | 2003 | D | 2013 | P | 2023 |
The eleventh character identifies the plant where Chrysler built the vehicle:
| Code | Plant |
|---|---|
| F | Newark, Delaware |
| B | Fenton, Missouri |
| H | Brampton, Ontario |
| R | Windsor, Ontario |
The rest of the VIN is the serial number. While this number is reused, no to vehicles will use all the same characters for the complete VIN.
What information can you get when you use our site? Here are three vehicle examples you can try with our VIN search.
Locations vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. However, there are three places you can find the code on most vehicles:
- Look through the windshield at the dashboard. On the driver’s side, you should see a small metal plate with the number stamped into it.
- Open the driver’s door. Look at the front and side of the door pillar for an I.D. sticker. It usually has the manufacturer’s logo on it. The code should be on this sticker.
- Open the hood. You may see a sticker on the firewall or near the passenger’s side strut tower. Some cars have the number engraved in one of these areas.
Since this number is used to identify the vehicle on official documents, you can also find it on the title, the window sticker, and on insurance policies.
We also decode numbers for RVs, heavy-duty trucks and motorcycles. If you need to decode an RV number, make sure it’s the one issued by the chassis manufacturer, not the RV outfitter.
No. Canadian and Mexican cars usually use the same format. Other countries use their own formats.
It’s up to the manufacturer to determine what they want to include for some parts of the number. For example, some companies don’t include information about transmissions or trim levels.
Usually, no. A few manufacturers stamp the code into the engine. If the VINs on the engine and car match, then it’s the original engine. On most vehicles, there isn’t anything that ties an engine to a specific vehicle. At most, looking up the vehicle on our website will tell you if a different type of engine was installed. For example, if someone swaps a V8 into a Ford Mustang, our site will tell you it originally came with a V6.
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