Volvo VIN Decoder


Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

The VIN of VOLVO vehicles complies with the standard, although the checksum is indicated only on vehicles for the North American market.

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WMI for Volvo
WMI NAME MANUFACTURER COUNTRY VEHICLE TYPE
1WA Volvo VOLVO WHITE TRUCK CORPORATION UNITED STATES (USA) Truck
1WB Volvo VOLVO WHITE TRUCK CORPORATION UNITED STATES (USA) Incomplete Vehicle
1WD Volvo VOLVO WHITE TRUCK CORPORATION UNITED STATES (USA) Incomplete Vehicle
1WU Volvo VOLVO WHITE TRUCK CORPORATION UNITED STATES (USA) Truck
1WX Volvo VOLVO WHITE TRUCK CORPORATION UNITED STATES (USA) Incomplete Vehicle
1WY Volvo VOLVO WHITE TRUCK CORPORATION UNITED STATES (USA) Incomplete Vehicle
3CE Volvo VOLVO INDUSTRIAL DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. MEXICO Bus
4V1 Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Truck
4V2 Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Incomplete Vehicle
4V3 Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Truck
4V4 Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Truck
4V5 Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Incomplete Vehicle
4V6 Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Truck
4VA Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Truck
4VB Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Incomplete Vehicle
4VC Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Incomplete Vehicle
4VD Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Truck
4VE Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Incomplete Vehicle
4VG Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Truck
4VH Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Incomplete Vehicle
4VJ Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Truck
4VK Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Incomplete Vehicle
4VM Volvo VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, LLC Incomplete Vehicle
7JR Volvo VOLVO CAR USA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Passenger Car
9BV Volvo VOLVO DO BRASIL VEICULOS LTDA BRAZIL Truck
LVY Volvo DAQING VOLVO CAR MANUFACTURING CO LTD CHINA Passenger Car
LYV Volvo VOLVO CAR USA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Passenger Car
YB1 Volvo VOLVO EUROPA TRUCK NV BELGIUM Incomplete Vehicle
YB3 Volvo VOLVO EUROPA TRUCK NV BELGIUM Incomplete Vehicle
YV1 Volvo VOLVO CAR USA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Passenger Car
YV2 Volvo VOLVO CAR CORPORATION SWEDEN Incomplete Vehicle
YV3 Volvo VOLVO CAR CORPORATION SWEDEN Bus
YV4 Volvo VOLVO CAR USA, LLC UNITED STATES (USA) Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)
YV5 Volvo VOLVO CAR CORPORATION SWEDEN Incomplete Vehicle
YV6 Volvo VOLVO CAR CORPORATION SWEDEN Trailer




Decode VIN for Volvo
Description
1-3WMI
4 A - 240
C - XC90
F - 740
G - 760
H - 780 Bertone
J - 940
K - 960/S90/V90
L - 850/S70/V70 (1991...2000)
M - S40/V50/C70 (2004...)
N - C70
R - S60
S - V70/XC70 (2001...)
T - S80
V - S40/V40 (1995...2004)
5 Body type and safety systems:
A - driver's airbag (only for old rear-wheel drive models)
C - convertible, 2 doors
H - sedan, 4 doors, AWD (S40 AWD / S60 AWD / S80 AWD)
J - station wagon, 5 doors, AWD (V50 AWD)
K - coupe, 2 doors, two airbags, seat belt pretensioners
M - XC90, 5 seats, 4x4
N - XC90, 5 seats, 4x2
S - sedan, 4 doors, two airbags, seat belt pretensioners
T - sedan, 4 doors, AWD
W - station wagon / hatchback, 5 doors, two airbags, seat belt pretensioners
V - station wagon / hatchback, 5 doors, AWD
X - 3-point seat belts (only for old rear-wheel drive models)
Y - XC90, 7 seats, 4x2
Z - XC70 AWD and (XC90, 7 seats, 4x4)
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11 Manufacturing plant:
0 - Kalmar, Sweden
1 - Volvo Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden
2 - Volvo Europe Car, Ghent, Belgium
3 - Halifax, Canada
A - Uddevalla, Sweden
F - Nedcar, Born, Netherlands
J - Autonova AB, Uddevalla, Sweden
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