Daewoo VIN Decoder


Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

The VIN of DAEWOO vehicles was only in full compliance with the standard when delivered to the North American market. Korean factories controlled by GM-DAT that produce cars under the CHEVROLET and Daewoo brands for the Korean market, as a rule, did not calculate the checksum in the 9th position of the VIN.

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WMI for Daewoo
WMI NAME MANUFACTURER COUNTRY VEHICLE TYPE
KLA Daewoo GM DAEWOO AUTO & TECHNOLOGY COMPANY SOUTH KOREA Passenger Car




Decode VIN for Daewoo
№Description
1-3WMI
4 Model:
3 - Tico
4 - Matiz (KOR)
C - Super Salon
C - Captiva
E - Prince
G - Malibu
J - Espero / Nubira
J - Cruze
K - Spark
L - Epica / Evanda
N - Super Salon
N - Nubira (J200) / Lacetti
M - Matiz (POL)
P - Prince / Leganza / Magnus
S - Kalos
T - Racer / Nexia / Lanos (Sens)
U - Tacuma (Rezzo)
V - Royal Duke / Leganza
Y - Orlando
5 Drive and transmission type:
A - front-wheel drive, automatic gearbox
C - front-wheel drive, CVT (variator)
D - four-wheel drive, automatic gearbox
F - front-wheel drive, manual gearbox
G - four-wheel drive, manual gearbox
M - rear-wheel drive, manual gearbox
R - rear-wheel drive, automatic gearbox
6 - 7 Body type:
08 - hatchback 3 doors
19 - 6-window sedan
26 - pickup / SUV
35 - station wagon 5 doors
48 - hatchback 5 doors 4-window
55 - van
68 - hatchback 5 doors 6-window
69 - 4-window sedan
75 - minivan
8 Engine type:
0 - 1.0 liters SOHC
1 - 2.0 liter DOHC petrol (Ecotec A20DTH, 140 HP)
2 - 2.2 liters DOHC
3 - 1.8 liter DOHC (Korean made, D-TEC II, T18SED, 122 hp)
4 - 0.8 liters SOHC (3 cylinders)
5 - 1.8 liter DOHC (Korean F18D4, 141 hp)
5 - 3.0 liter DOHC V6 (Ecotec, LFV, 263 HP)
6 - 1.6 liters DOHC (A16DMS, 106 HP)
6 - 1.6 liters DOHC (F16D3, 106/109 HP)
7 - 1.4 liters DOHC (Korean / Australian F14D3, 94 hp)
8 - 1.8 liters SOHC
8 - 1.3 liters SOHC (Sens cars made by "ZAZ" (Ukraine) with welding and painting of the body and a power unit MEMZ-307, 70 hp)
9 - 1.4 liters SOHC (Lanos 1.4 cars produced by "ZAZ" (Ukraine) with welding and painting of the body and the MEMZ-317 engine, 77 hp)
A - 1.4 liters SOHC (F14S3, 83 hp)
A - 1.5 liters (XQ CIH)
A - 1.4 liters DOHC (Korean / Australian F14S3, 82 hp)
B - 1.8 liter DOHC (Australian, E-TEC III, F18D3, 122 HP)
C - 1.3 liters SOHC (A13SMS, 75 HP)
D - 1.2 liters DOHC
E - 1.6 liter DOHC (Korean F16D4, 113 hp)
E - 2.0 liters SOHC (SCIH.)
F - 2.0 liters SOHC (ECIH.) - old
F - 2.4 liters DOHC (new, Z24SED, 136 hp)
G - 1.5 liter SOHC (Korean G15MF, 75 hp)
G - 3.2 liter DOHC V6 (new, 10HM, 230 hp)
H - 1.5 liter OHC longitudinal
H - 1.8 liters SOHC
K - 2.0 liter OHC TBI - old
K - 2.0 liter DOHC R6 across - (new, X20D1, 143 hp)
L - 2.5 liters DOHC R6 across (new, X25D1, 156 hp)
M - 0.8 liter DOHC (3 cylinders)
P - 2.0 liters DOHC (LPG) (propane-butane)
R - 2.0 liter DOHC diesel (Z20S1, 150 hp)
S - 2.0 liters SOHC (LPG) (propane-butane)
T - 1.2 liter SOHC (Korean B12S1, 73 hp)
T - 1.5 liters OHC
U - 2.0 liter DOHC diesel (Z20S, 120 hp)
U - 2.4 liter DOHC petrol (Ecotec LE5 A24LE, 167 hp)
V - 1.5 liter DOHC (Korean A15MF, 85 hp)
W - 2.0 liter SOHC (old, C20NE, 112 hp)
W - 1.4 liters DOHC (new, E-TEC III, F14D4, 100 hp)
Y - 1.5 liters SOHC (Korean, F15S3, 85 hp)
Y - 1.5 liters SOHC (Korean / Romanian, A15SMS, 80/85 HP)
Y - 2.0 liter DOHC diesel (Z20D1, 163 hp)
Z - 2.0 liter DOHC
9Check Digit
10Year
11 Manufacturing plant:
0 - "ZAZ" (Ukraine)
A - Asaka (Uzbekistan)
B - Bupyeong (Korea)
K - Kunsan (Korea)
I - (India)
C - Changwon (China)
W - FSO (Poland)
12-17Sequential Number


According to the requirements of the standard in the VIN, the year of manufacture is indicated by the 10th character. Not all manufacturers comply with this - explicitly, the year of issue in the VIN on the European market is not indicated on HONDA, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, MAZDA, Toyota, NISSAN cars. But models released for the North American market necessarily contain the model year in the 10th VIN character.

VIN: symbol year of manufacture
Year Symbol Year Symbol Year Symbol
1971 1 1991 M 2011 B
1972 2 1992 N 2012 C
1973 3 1993 P 2013 D
1974 4 1994 R 2014 E
1975 5 1995 S 2015 F
1976 6 1996 T 2016 G
1977 7 1997 V 2017 H
1978 8 1998 W 2018 J
1979 9 1999 X 2019 K
1980 A 2000 Y 2020 L
1981 B 2001 1 2021 M
1982 C 2002 2 2022 N
1983 D 2003 3 2023 P
1984 E 2004 4 2024 R
1985 F 2005 5 2025 S
1986 G 2006 6 2026 T
1987 H 2007 7 2027 V
1988 J 2008 8 2028 W
1989 K 2009 9 2029 X
1990 L 2010 A 2030 Y