NHTSA vPIC API
APIDecode vehicle VINs to manufacturer, model and vehicle specifications
- Price
- Free public API
- Access
- None
About
NHTSA vPIC decodes full or partial VINs and serves vehicle makes, models and manufacturer metadata without a key. Its data comes from US regulatory manufacturer submissions; coverage is limited for older and non-US-market vehicles. Automated traffic controls apply.
What you can do with it
- Decode a VIN to prefill make, model and model year in a vehicle form
- Look up vehicle specifications from manufacturer-submitted VIN data
- Retrieve vehicle makes, models and manufacturer reference information
Get started
- Pass a full or partial VIN to the decode endpoint
- Include the model year when it is known
- Check decode errors and the US-market coverage limits
Example
curl "https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/DecodeVinValues/5UXWX7C5*BA?format=json&modelyear=2011"Details
- Hosting
- Hosted service
- Available in
- Worldwide
- MCP server
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