Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN codes)/Fiat/VIN Codes

General Template for Fiat's VIN format (2012 - Current)

Passenger Cars 2012-

Position Sample Description
1 Z Nation of Origin
2 F Manufacturer
3 A Vehicle type
4 C Restraint System
5 F Brand
6 A Marketing Name
7 A Price Series, Drive Wheels, Drive Position, and Body Style
8 H Engine Type
9 0 Check digit
10 C Model year
11 X Assembly Plant
12 0 Production sequence number
13 0
14 5
15 9
16 4
17 3

Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles 2014-

Position Sample Description
1 Z Nation of Origin
2 F Manufacturer
3 B Vehicle type
4 N GVWR, Brake System, & Restraint Systems
5 F Brand
6 Y Marketing Name & Drive Wheels
7 A Body Type, Drive Position, and Price Series
8 H Engine Type
9 0 Check digit
10 C Model year
11 3 Assembly Plant
12 0 Production sequence number
13 0
14 5
15 9
16 4
17 3

Nation of Origin

Position 1
VIN code Description
3 Mexico
J Japan
Z Italy

Manufacturer

Position 2
VIN code Description
C Chrysler Group
F Fiat Group Automobiles/FCA Italy

Vehicle type

Position 3
VIN code Description
3 Passenger Car
4 Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle
A Passenger Car
B Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle

Restraint System - Passenger Cars 2012-

Position 4
VIN code Description
C Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags & Side Airbags (all rows) ('12-'19 Fiat 500)
F Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags, Side Airbags, Head (Curtain) Airbags (all rows), & Driver's Knee Airbag ('24- Fiat 500e)

GVWR, Brake System, & Restraint Systems - Light Trucks & Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles 2014-

Position 4
VIN code Description
C 4001-5000 lbs. GVWR, Hydraulic Brakes, Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags & Side Airbags (All Rows)
('14-'18 500L, '16-'18 500X)
N 4001-5000 lbs. GVWR, Hydraulic Brakes, Manual Seat Belts and Driver and Passenger Front Airbags & Side Airbags (All Rows)
('19-'20 500L, '19-'23 500X)

GVWR=Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

Brand

Position 5
VIN code Description
F Fiat (2012-2019 500, '24- 500e, Freemont for outside N. America, '18-'22 Ducato for Brazil & Argentina)

Marketing Name - Passenger Cars

Position 6
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500e ('24-)
F Fiat 500 ('12-'19)

Marketing Name & Drive Wheels - Light Trucks & Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles

Position 6
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500L ('14-'20)
X Fiat 500X Fwd ('16-'18)
Y Fiat 500X Awd ('16-'20)
3 Fiat 500X Awd ('21-'23)

Price Series, Drive Wheels, Drive Position, and Body Style

Passenger Cars

Position 7
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500 Pop '12-'16, Fiat 500 Pop '17 (Canada), Fiat 500e Inspi(Red) Edition '24-'25
B Fiat 500 Sport '12-'16
C Fiat 500 Lounge '12-'19, Fiat 500e Inspired By Music Edition '24, Fiat 500e Inspired By Beauty Edition '24, Fiat 500e Inspired by Los Angeles Edition '24, Fiat 500e Giorgio Armani Edition '25, Fiat 500e Icona Edition '25
D Fiat 500c Pop '12-'16, Fiat 500c Pop '17 (Canada)
E Fiat 500c Lounge '12-'19
F Fiat 500 Abarth '12-'19
G Fiat 500e '13-'19
H Fiat 500 Turbo '13-16
J Fiat 500c Abarth '13-'19
K Fiat 500 Easy '16, Fiat 500 Pop '17-'19
L Fiat 500c Easy '16, Fiat 500c Pop '17-'19

Light Trucks

Position 7
VIN code Description
A Fiat 500L Pop '14-'20, 500X Pop '16-'22, 500X Pop Blue Sky Edition '18-'19, 500X 120th Anniversary Edition '19
B Fiat 500L Easy '14-'16, 500X Easy '16, 500X Sport '16-'18 (Canada), 500X Trekking '19-'22, 500X Trekking Urbana Edition '19,
500X Pop '23, 500X Sport '23
C Fiat 500L Lounge '14-'20, 500X Trekking '16-'18, 500X Trekking Urbana Edition '17-'18, 500X Sport '20-'22
D Fiat 500L Trekking '14-'20, 500L Urbana Trekking Limited Edition '15-'16, 500X Lounge '16-'18, 500X Trekking Plus '19-Early '22
E Fiat 500X Trekking Plus '16

Engine

Engine codes for passenger cars

Position 8
VIN Size Type Fuel Valvetrain Engine Family/Notes/Applications
H 1.4L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine. EAF: Fiat 500 Abarth ('12-'17), 500 Turbo ('13-'16),
500 GQ Edition ('14), EAM: Fiat 500, 500 Abarth ('18-'19).
R 1.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine (EAB). Fiat 500 ('12-'17).

Motor codes for Electric passenger cars

Position 8
VIN Motor Code Fuel Drive Wheels Application/Notes
E E99 Electricity Front Fiat 500e ('13-'19).
4 ELB Electricity Front Fiat 500e ('24-'25).

Engine codes for light trucks

Position 8
VIN Size Type Fuel Valvetrain Engine Family/Notes/Applications
B 2.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Sequential MPI. MultiAir2. Chrysler Tigershark Engine (ED6). Fiat 500X ('17).
B 2.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Sequential MPI. MultiAir2. Chrysler Tigershark Engine - PZEV (ED8). Fiat 500X ('18).
H 1.4L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine (EAM). Fiat 500L ('14-'20), Fiat 500X ('17-'18).
T 2.4L I4 Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Sequential MPI. MultiAir2. Chrysler Tigershark Engine (ED6). Fiat 500X ('16).
W 1.4L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Sequential MPI. MultiAir. Fiat FIRE engine (EAM). Fiat 500X ('16).
1 1.3L I4 Turbo IC Gas SOHC,
16 valve		 Direct injection. MultiAir3. Fiat Firefly/GSE engine (EYF). Made in Bielsko-Biala, Poland.
Fiat 500X ('19-'23).

Assembly Plant

Position 11
Code Description
E Chrysler Saltillo Van Assembly plant, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico ('18-'22 Fiat Ducato for South America)
F FCA India Automobiles plant, Ranjangaon, Maharashtra, India (Fiat production ended in 2018)
J FCA Poland plant, Tychy, Poland
J Stellantis Vigo plant, Vigo, Spain (Fiat Doblo '23-) (Uses WMI code VYF)
K FCA Brazil Goiana plant, Goiana, Pernambuco, Brazil (Fiat Toro)
N Stellantis Mangualde plant, Mangualde, Portugal (Fiat Doblo '23-) (Uses WMI code VYF)
P Fiat Melfi (SATA) plant, Melfi, Italy
T Chrysler Toluca Assembly plant, Toluca, Mexico state, Mexico (Fiat 500 '12-'19, Freemont)
U FCA Argentina plant, Cordoba, Cordoba province, Argentina
U Fiat Tofaş plant, Bursa, Turkey ('23-)
X Fiat Mirafiori plant, Mirafiori district, Turin, Italy
Y FCA Brazil Betim plant, Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Z FCA Serbia plant, Kragujevac, Serbia (Fiat 500L)
Z Stellantis Sevel Nord plant, Lieu-Saint-Amand, France (Fiat Scudo, Ulysse '22-) (Uses WMI code VXF)
2 Fiat Sevel Sud plant, Atessa, Italy
3 Fiat Pomigliano d'Arco plant, Pomigliano d'Arco, Italy
5 Stellantis Kenitra plant, Ameur Seflia, Kenitra Province, Morocco (Fiat Topolino '23-) (Uses WMI code VYF)
6 Fiat Tofaş plant, Bursa, Turkey
7 Stellantis Luton plant, Luton, England, U.K. (Fiat Scudo, Ulysse '22-) (Uses WMI code VXF)
9 FCA Brazil Betim plant, Betim, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Brazilian-built Fiat Fiorino)
9 Mitsubishi Motors Thailand plant, Laem Chabang, Chonburi Province, Thailand (Fiat Fullback)
0 Mazda plant, Hiroshima, Japan (Fiat 124 Spider '17-'20)

Fiat WMIs

  • 3C3 - Chrysler Group Mexico (all brands) Passenger Car (Fiat 500 2012-2019)
  • 3C4 - Chrysler Group Mexico (all brands) Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (Fiat Freemont 2012-2015)
  • 3C6 - Chrysler Group Mexico (all brands) Truck (Fiat Ducato for South America '18-'22)
  • 3E4 - Chrysler Group Mexico (Fiat brand) Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (Fiat Freemont 2011)
  • 8AP - FCA/Stellantis Argentina (Cordoba plant)
  • 9BD - FCA/Stellantis Brazil (Betim plant)
  • 93W - Fiat Ducato made by Iveco in Brazil 2000–2017
  • 988 - FCA/Stellantis Brazil (Goiana plant) (Fiat Toro)
  • 9VC - Fiat Scudo made by Nordex S.A. in Uruguay
  • JC1 - Mazda Motor Corp., Japan (Fiat 124 Spider '17-'20)
  • LNP - Nanjing Fiat Automobile Co., Ltd., China (Production ended in 2006)
  • LWV - GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Co., Ltd., China (Fiat production ended in 2017)
  • MCA - FCA India Automobiles Pvt. Ltd. (Fiat production ended in 2018)
  • TSM - Fiat Sedici made by Suzuki in Hungary
  • VXF - Stellantis France, Fiat brand (Fiat Scudo, Ulysse '22-)
  • VYF - Stellantis France, Fiat brand (Fiat Doblo '23-, Fiat Topolino '23-)
  • ZFA - Fiat/FCA/Stellantis, Fiat brand (in N. America: Fiat brand Passenger Car, in Europe: includes Fullback pickup)
  • ZFB - FCA/Stellantis, Fiat brand Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle
  • ZFC - FCA/Stellantis, Fiat brand Truck (Fiat Ducato for Mexico)
This article is issued from Wikibooks. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.