Car make · United States · Mexico · Canada · 1990–2009

Pontiac VIN Decoder

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

Pontiac

MAKE DATA

Countries: United States · Mexico · Canada · South Korea · AustraliaFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: 1G2 · 3G7 · 2G2 · KL2 · 6G2 · 1GM …9 maker codes in our patterns
Models: 20 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 1990–2009Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

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01About

About Pontiac

The Pontiac brand belongs to the overall Motors family, and hosts most of the automaker's more performance-oriented automobiles. Presently, the marque provides a wide range of sporty cars and Sports utility vehicles. However, included in GM's restructuring plan, the company is slated to become stopped through the finish from the 2010 model year.

The oil crisis from the '70s made fuel efficiency important for a lot of vehicle purchasers. Following a lead of their GM brothers and sisters, Pontiac made compact automobiles such as the Ventura and Phoenix a main issue with its selection. The 1980s saw the launch of these two-chair Pontiac Fiero. Despite its modest origins (it had been initially promoted like a "commuter vehicle"), the Fiero eventually begun right into a credible sports vehicle.

However the GTO wasn't the only real cult vehicle to be released within the 60s bearing the Pontiac logo design. In 1967 another American symbol found an effective solution of day, the Pontiac Firebird, an immediate contender for that Dodge Challenger and also the Mercury Cougar. Then came the Firebird Trans Am in 1969. these two cars ongoing to become created by GM until 2002, proof of their success.

The Pontiac vehicle company draws its title in the capital of scotland- Pontiac, Michigan, where Edward M. Murphy first established the Pontiac Buggy Company in 1893, which focused on making equine-attracted carriages. Many years later, in 1907, when Murphy recognized the long run was at motor driven automobiles, he switched the buggy company in to the Concord Motor Vehicle Company.

02Models

Pontiac 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.

Pontiac models 6000 to Grand Prix
Model	Year	VIN pattern
6000	1991	`1G2AJ51T·M6`
Aztek	2003	`3G7DA03E·3S`
Bonneville	1997	`1G2HX52K·VH`
Firebird	1996	`2G2FV32P·T2`
G3	2009	`KL2TX66E·9B`
G5	2007	`1G2AN15B·77`
G6	2006	`1G2ZF57B·64`
G8	2009	`6G2EC57Y·9L`
Grand Am	1997	`1G2NW52M·VC`
Grand Prix	1992	`1G2WH54T·NF`

Pontiac models GTO to Vibe
Model	Year	VIN pattern
GTO	2005	`6G2VX12U·5L`
Le Mans	1990	`KL2TN246·LB`
Montana	2003	`1GMDV03E·3D`
Montana SV6	2006	`1GMDX33L·6D`
Solstice	2008	`1G2MF35X·8Y`
Sunbird	1990	`1G2JU14K·L7`
Sunfire	2003	`3G2JB12F·3S`
Torrent	2008	`2CKDL737·86`
Trans Sport	1996	`1GMDU06E·TT`
Vibe	2006	`5Y2SN67L·6Z`

1G2 maker code (WMI) · AJ51T vehicle descriptor · M model-year code · 6 plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a Pontiac 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 Pontiac VIN breaks down

The 2009 G3 pattern from the table, KL2TX66E·9B, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2009 Pontiac G3 · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & countryKL2 · Pontiac, South Korea

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineTX66E · G3

9CheckCalc.

10Year9 · 2009

11PlantB

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–31G2, 1GM, 5Y2 for United States; 3G7, 3G2 for Mexico; 2G2, 2CK for Canada; KL2 for South Korea; 6G2 for Australia.

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 · 109 is 2009 here. In the table, M is 1991 and 3 is 2003.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

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

05API

Decode Pontiac 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
BASIC $0, PRO $69, ULTRA $99 a month, billed by RapidAPI

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": "<Pontiac 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", "<Pontiac 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=<Pontiac VIN>" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com"

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