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Fisker VIN Decoder

Enter a Fisker VIN to read its model year, model, trim, engine and factory specs. The lamps check the format as you type.

  • 17 characters
  • Fisker WMI
  • Check digit

Fisker

MAKE DATA
Country
FinlandFrom the WMI codes below
WMI
YH41 maker code in our patterns
Models
1 VIN patterns listed below
Years
2012Sample years in the table
Check digit
North American, position 9

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01About

About Fisker

Fisker Automotive started as Fisker Coachbuild, a business founded in 2005 by Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler to produce specifically bodied versions from the BMW 6 Series and Mercedes-Benz SL-Class available to wealthy clients.

The organization initially likely to sell the Karma in '09, because the production 2010 model was show at the outset of 2009 in Detroit. But the organization was frequently postponed environment certifications, and thus shipping only started October 2011 in america.

Their first order of economic ended up being to bring he Karma four-door sedan concept towards the world’s attention, plus they accomplished it in the 2008 Detroit Auto Show in The month of january, just four several weeks following the establishment from the vehicle company.

Fisker themself is well-noted for his act as an artist using the BMW Z8 along with the Aston Martin DB-9. Once the premium market demonstrated to become hard to crack for his coachbuilding company, that was inteneded to exploit commercial enthusiasm for fine design, Fisker and Koehler established Fisker Automotive in 2007 to produce and make the Fisker Karma, a very beautiful plug-in hybrid.

02Models

Fisker VIN patterns

One sample year per model. The pattern is VIN positions 1–8 and 10–11: everything except the check digit and the serial.

Fisker models Karma to Karma
ModelYearVIN pattern
Karma2012YH4K14AACA

YH4 maker code (WMI) · K14AA vehicle descriptor · C model-year code · A plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location
Looking through the windshield from outside: the VIN tag sits on the dashboard at the driver's side, at the base of the glass (01). The VIN sticker is on the driver's door frame (02).01 DASH TAG02JAMB

Where to find a Fisker VIN

  1. Dashboard tagDriver's side, at the base of the windshield. Read it from outside the car.
  2. Door jamb stickerOpen the driver's door and look at the frame.
  3. PaperworkTitle, registration and insurance card all carry the full VIN.
04Breakdown

How a Fisker VIN breaks down

The 2012 Karma pattern from the table, YH4K14AA·CA, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2012 Fisker Karma · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & countryYH4 · Fisker, Finland
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineK14AA · Karma
9CheckCalc.
10YearC · 2012
11PlantA
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern
WMI · 1–3YH4 for Finland.
VDS · 4–8Model, body and engine. The decoder turns these into specs.
CHECK · 9Worked out from the other 16 characters. A typo breaks it.
YEAR · 10C is 2012 here.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.
05API

Decode Fisker VINs in your app

  • 22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, dimensions, mpg, features
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GET/v2.0/decode_vin
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<Fisker VIN>"},
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
    timeout=10,
)
spec = r.json()["specification"]
# spec["year"], spec["model"], spec["engine"] …
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