# VIN guide

Short answers to what people ask about vehicle identification numbers. Each page says what this site's decoder does.

## The pages

Every page has a Markdown version at the same address with .md added.

- [How to read a VIN, position by position](https://open.wenmarpro.com/guides/how-to-read-a-vin)
- [Where to find the VIN on a vehicle](https://open.wenmarpro.com/guides/where-to-find-the-vin)
- [What the first three characters of a VIN mean](https://open.wenmarpro.com/guides/wmi)
- [VIN model year chart: the 10th character](https://open.wenmarpro.com/guides/model-year)
- [VIN check digit: how position 9 is worked out](https://open.wenmarpro.com/guides/check-digit)

## Decode one

Type a VIN into the box on the first page to see every field this site has for it.

- [Decode a VIN](https://open.wenmarpro.com/)