Vehicle API
The NHTSA Product Information Catalog Vehicle Listing (vPIC) Application Programming Interface (API) provides different ways to gather information on Vehicles and their specifications. The vPIC Dataset is populated using the information submitted by the Motor Vehicle manufacturers //vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/
A standalone vPIC Database is now available for developers to implement VIN decode on their end instead of calling or APIs. Please click the Download button below to download the vPIC database as a backup file created using MS SQL Server 2019.
/vehicles/DecodeVinValues/5UXWX7C5*BA?format=json&modelyear=2011
In 1981, the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States standardized the format.
[2] It required all on-road vehicles sold to contain a 17-character VIN