Car make · Sweden · 1990–2014

Volvo VIN Decoder

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

Volvo

MAKE DATA

Country: SwedenFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: YV1 · YV42 maker codes in our patterns
Models: 23 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 1990–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

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01About

About Volvo

Swedish-born Volvo has lengthy been a forerunner in complete safety research, and it is automobiles possess the crash test scores to prove it. Nowadays, the company has enhanced its choices by crafting automobiles which offer generous levels of style and gratifaction.

The PV444 was probably the most significant cars from the war era, the very first true small vehicle, a combination of American flair and European size, it would be a resonant success and also the best offered model through the 60s. The P1800 was Volvo's first sports vehicle, made in early 60s also it am popular it's featured within the hit Tv show “The Saint” starring Roger Moore.

The sixties saw the launch of the new Volvo sports vehicle, the P1800. The car's sculpted visual appearance assisted earn it celebrity status if this was featured around the lengthy-running Tv show The Saint, with Roger Moore driving. Security features increased more complex throughout this decade and Volvo was again the main thing on the experience, offering features for example padded dashboards and-resistant crumple zones in front and back.

The buyout of Volvo Cars was introduced on The month of january 28, 1998. For now, Volvo Cars was possessed by AB Volvo (the commercial automobiles group). In the year after acquisition for Volvo Cars by American vehicle maker Ford Motor Co. was completed in a cost of $6.45 billion USD. Volvo used the funds in the purchase from the automobile division to invest in purchasing Scania, another leading Swedish truck manufacturer, however the deal was stopped for competition reasons through the Eu. Rather Volvo acquired the commercial automobiles division of French Renault and also the American truck manufacturer Mack Trucks (that was possessed by Renault at that time). Included in the arangement to purchase Renault Trucks, the previous parent company, Renault, bought consequently 20 % in shares in AB Volvo. Among why Volvo required the initiative to market the car manufacturing was the growing development costs for brand new vehicle models, combined with the truth that it had been a comparatively small producer. The process was rather to develop like a truck manufacturer where it were built with a more powerful market position.

02Models

Volvo 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.

Volvo models 240 to S60
Model	Year	VIN pattern
240	1991	`YV1AA885·M1`
740	1990	`YV1FA895·L1`
760	1990	`YV1GA694·L0`
780	1990	`YV1HA872·LD`
850	1994	`YV1LW571·R2`
940	1991	`YV1KA874·M0`
960	1993	`YV1KS950·P0`
C30	2010	`YV1672MK·A2`
C70	2011	`YV1672MC·BJ`
Coupe	1991	`YV1HA872·MD`
S40	2002	`YV1VS295·2F`
S60	2004	`YV1RS53D·42`

Volvo models S70 to XC90
Model	Year	VIN pattern
S70	1999	`YV1LT56D·X2`
S80	2012	`YV1952AS·C1`
S90	1997	`YV1KS960·V1`
V40	2003	`YV1VW295·3F`
V50	2009	`YV1MW390·92`
V70	2009	`YV1BW982·91`
V90	1998	`YV1KW960·W1`
XC	2002	`YV1SZ58D·21`
XC60	2014	`YV4902DZ·E2`
XC70	2005	`YV1SZ592·51`
XC90	2004	`YV1CM59H·41`

YV1 maker code (WMI) · AA885 vehicle descriptor · M model-year code · 1 plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a Volvo 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 Volvo VIN breaks down

The 2014 XC60 pattern from the table, YV4902DZ·E2, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 Volvo XC60 · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & countryYV4 · Volvo, Sweden

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engine902DZ · XC60

9CheckCalc.

10YearE · 2014

11Plant2

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–3YV1, YV4 for Sweden.

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 · 10E is 2014 here. In the table, M is 1991 and L is 1990.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

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

05API

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

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