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Isuzu VIN Decoder

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

  • 17 characters
  • Isuzu WMI
  • Check digit

Isuzu

MAKE DATA
Countries
Japan · United StatesFrom the WMI codes below
WMI
JAC · 4NU · 4S2 · 1GG · JAB · JR2 …7 maker codes in our patterns
Models
13 VIN patterns listed below
Years
1991–2008Sample years in the table
Check digit
North American, position 9

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01About

About Isuzu

For the time being, Isuzu Sports utility vehicles and trucks are that you will see at the local Isuzu dealer it has been a number of years since there is an Isuzu vehicle. The business's specialized selection is much more the purpose of circumstance than choice. Recently, Isuzu has witnessed its share of hard occasions deficiencies in funding for cool product investment and marketing has forced the organization to depend heavily on its partnership with GM. Each of the models in the line come from existing GM items.

So far as “harmony and celebration” are worried, Isuzu equipment continues to be operating in extreme cold at Japan's Antarctic Observation Base since 1955. 4 years later, the organization shipped the earth's first couple of-ton light-duty forward - control truck, anticipating the ulterior appearance from the N series. Growth attracted traders, included in this Vehicle, that it collectively manufactured models such as the Buick Opel and Chevrolet Luv, the very first Isuzu-automobiles to achieve North – American marketplaces.

The 90's introduced forth new accomplishments using the launch from the Trooper and Rodeo, the second getting won three occasions consecutively the Alcan Winter Rally. Introduction of more recent automobiles like the Axiom and technology such as the collectively-developed Duramax injection support Isuzu in holding its fortunate position around the US market. Presently area of the GM group, Isuzu continues to be one of the biggest providers of medium duty commercial trucks and pick – ups. Aside from its huge US car dealership and share of the market, Isuzu is broadly noted for its light prices, cost being among its automobiles primary characteristics.

Through the eighties, Isuzu had arrived on American shores. The Dog was the very first Isuzu offered within the U.S. market. The Trooper, an Vehicle obtainable in two- or four-door form, has been around since 1983 and rapidly grew to become popular for the reason that new market segment. The organization joined right into a partnership with Subaru later, a union that created the Isuzu Rodeo and also the Isuzu Pickup. Less popular compared to trucks were the cars, like the dated I-Mark sedan and also the handsome, Italian-designed Impulse sport coupe.

02Models

Isuzu 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.

Isuzu models Amigo to Oasis
ModelYearVIN pattern
Amigo1994JACCG07ER9
Ascender20074NUDT13S72
Axiom20044S2DE58Y44
Hombre20001GGCS144Y8
i-Series20081GGCS19988
Impulse1991JABRT234M7
Oasis1996JR2RJ184TC
Isuzu models Pickup to VehiCROSS
ModelYearVIN pattern
Pickup1995JAACL11LS7
Rodeo20004S2CM58WY4
Rodeo Sport20034S2CK57D34
Stylus1993JABRT536P7
Trooper1997JACDJ58VV7
VehiCROSS1999JACCN57XX7

JAC maker code (WMI) · CG07E vehicle descriptor · R model-year code · 9 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 Isuzu 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 Isuzu VIN breaks down

The 2008 i-Series pattern from the table, 1GGCS199·88, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2008 Isuzu i-Series · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & country1GG · Isuzu, United States
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineCS199 · i-Series
9CheckCalc.
10Year8 · 2008
11Plant8
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern
WMI · 1–3JAC, JAB, JR2… for Japan; 4NU, 4S2, 1GG for United States.
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 · 108 is 2008 here. In the table, R is 1994 and 7 is 2007.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.
05API

Decode Isuzu 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": "<Isuzu 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"] …