Where to find VINs

TheNog

Is there anyone who knows a website/book which pinpoints the location of VINs that can be found for all manufacturers of cars, bikes, vans etc etc

Would be handy for anyone thinking of buying a car but maybe a little suspicious whether its stolen or chopped

Seth Brundle

Do you want a full list or just a look-up tool such as www.is-it-a-lemon.com/free.html (need to pay for full details)

Anan1

Most modern cars have it at the base of the windscreen, for just this reason. I'm assuming it's been a legal requirement since a certain date?

Seth Brundle

I misread/misunderstood the OP. What about nthis (1/2 way down) - www.autohausaz.com/bmw-auto-parts/bmw-vehicle-identification-numbers.html

Slidey

Buy a diesel data book. The VIN plate locations is in it.

What is in the window is a VIN number but the VIN plate also has, gross, train, and first & second axle weights

Kartale

TheNog wrote: »

Is there anyone who knows a website/book which pinpoints the location of VINs that can be found for all manufacturers of cars, bikes, vans etc etc

Would be handy for anyone thinking of buying a car but maybe a little suspicious whether its stolen or chopped

AFAIK you can find VIN No. on bulkhead of all cars

TheNog

I should have given the reason why Im asking. A Ford Transit van was seized recently and suspected to be stolen. Obviously we saw the VINs on the windscreen and on the bulkhead by the drivers door but these are stickers and so easily tampered with or replaced. I know there are other locations where the VIN around the van but we couldnt find them.

So what Im looking really is a site which identifies VIN locations on many vehicle types. Just we can check them rather than spend ages looking and coming up with nothing

Slidey

Well the VIN plate on a Transit should be inside the passenger door beside the door lock on the 00 => model and on the floor at the step on the older one.

AFAIK the number is stamped on the inner chassis leg behind the RDS front wheel on the Transit

gofaster_s13

Slidey wrote: »

Well the VIN plate on a Transit should be inside the passenger door beside the door lock on the 00 => model and on the floor at the step on the older one.

AFAIK the number is stamped on the inner chassis leg behind the RDS front wheel on the Transit

Stamped vertically behind the R/H/F wheel in front of the strut. Common enough for Transits to be "ringed" due to their popularity with a certain proportion of the Irish population, have picked up several of them while DOE testing them.