Car make · United States · 1991–2002

Oldsmobile VIN Decoder

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

Oldsmobile

MAKE DATA

Country: United StatesFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: 1G3 · 1GH2 maker codes in our patterns
Models: 18 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 1991–2002Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

/oldsmobile-vin-decoder

01About

About Oldsmobile

In the beginning from the automobile, Oldsmobile was there. Possessed by Vehicle, Oldsmobile was probably the most senior domestic marque and among the earliest automobile brands on the planet, having a run that spanned some 107 years.

Through the beginning from the new millennium, Oldsmobile's sales were inside a rut. The brand's identity had experienced through the years because of parts-discussing and rebadging inside the GM camping. GM ultimately made the decision to close the lid on, and also the last Oldsmobile folded from the set up line in model-year 2004.

Postwar production would resume with the development of a brand new kind of engine that they known as “the Rocket”, an upright 8 flathead that offered lots of energy, thus which makes it a popular from the racers and hotrod fanatics. To be able to keep using their new “sporty” image, Oldsmobiles transformed their design, now getting a large grille right in front, similar to jet martial artists, also their taillights appeared to help keep along with the Rocket theme.

The following large step for Oldsmobile arrived 1937 once the four-speed semi-automatic transmission was introduced underneath the title “Automatic Safety Transmission”. A brand new, enhanced version, has been around since 1940, one which was fully automatic. Then your war came and vehicle production was changed by arms production which even incorporated large quality guns and shells.

02Models

Oldsmobile 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.

Oldsmobile models Achieva to Cutlass Ciera
Model	Year	VIN pattern
Achieva	1993	`1G3NL51N·PM`
Alero	2000	`1G3NF52E·YC`
Aurora	1999	`1G3GR62C·X4`
Bravada	1996	`1GHDT13W·T2`
Ciera	1996	`1G3AJ85M·T6`
Custom Cruiser	1991	`1G3BP83E·MW`
Cutlass	1997	`1G3NG52M·V6`
Cutlass Calais	1991	`1G3NF54U·MM`
Cutlass Ciera	1993	`1G3AM85N·P6`

Oldsmobile models Cutlass Supreme to Toronado
Model	Year	VIN pattern
Cutlass Supreme	1994	`1G3WT35X·RD`
Eighty-Eight	1999	`1G3HN52K·X4`
Eighty-Eight Royale	1992	`1G3HY53L·N1`
Intrigue	2002	`1G3WH52H·2F`
LSS	1999	`1G3HY52K·X4`
Ninety-Eight	1994	`1G3CW521·R4`
Regency	1998	`1G3HC52K·W4`
Silhouette	1991	`1GHCU06D·MT`
Toronado	1992	`1G3EV13L·NU`

1G3 maker code (WMI) · NL51N vehicle descriptor · P model-year code · M plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a Oldsmobile VIN

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

04Breakdown

How a Oldsmobile VIN breaks down

The 2002 Intrigue pattern from the table, 1G3WH52H·2F, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & country1G3 · Oldsmobile, United States

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineWH52H · Intrigue

9CheckCalc.

10Year2 · 2002

11PlantF

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–31G3, 1GH 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 · 102 is 2002 here. In the table, P is 1993 and Y is 2000.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.

05API

Decode Oldsmobile VINs in your app

22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, dimensions, mpg, features
Salvage checks and US plate lookups on the same key
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Get API key API docs

GET/v2.0/decode_vin

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<Oldsmobile 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"] …

const url = new URL("https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin");
url.searchParams.set("vin", "<Oldsmobile VIN>");

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (data.success) console.log(data.specification);

curl -G "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin" \
  --data "vin=<Oldsmobile VIN>" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com"

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