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VIN Decoder
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VIN Decoder is a paid API for AI agents from bess-x402.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).
Decodes a 17-character vehicle VIN into make, model, year, trim, engine, fuel, drivetrain, transmission, safety equipment, and plant details using NHTSA vPIC data.
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Decode a vehicle VIN (cars, trucks, motorcycles sold in the US): make, model, year, trim, body, engine, fuel and electrification, drive, transmission, plant and safety equipment, with a validity check. Source: NHTSA vPIC.
Output
Returns a structured breakdown of the vehicle including make, model, model year, trim level, body style, engine displacement and configuration, fuel type, electrification type (EV/hybrid/ICE), drive type (AWD/FWD/RWD), transmission type, country and plant of manufacture, and safety equipment. Also includes a VIN validity check indicating whether the VIN is well-formed and recognized.
Example use cases
Used car purchase verification
“I'm thinking of buying a used car and the seller says it's a 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid AWD. Can you decode the VIN 5J6RT6H59ML007234 and confirm the make, model, trim, drivetrain, and whether it's actually a hybrid?”
Insurance quote data collection
“I need the full vehicle specs for a car with VIN 3VWFE21C04M000001 — make, model, year, body style, engine, and transmission — for an insurance quote.”
Fleet management VIN lookup
“Look up VIN 1FTFW1ET5DFA12345 and tell me everything you can about it — especially the engine type, fuel, and what plant it was built in.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://bess-x402.onrender.com/v1/auto/vin?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to decode a US vehicle VIN into structured specs — make, model, trim, engine, fuel, drivetrain — especially sourced from authoritative NHTSA vPIC data. Ideal for used car lookups, fleet management, insurance quoting, or any workflow that needs to enrich a VIN string into full vehicle metadata. Prefer over scraping or unofficial sources because NHTSA vPIC is the official US government vehicle database.
Side effects
- Invalid or malformed VIN (not 17 characters, invalid check digit) returns a validity error
- VIN not found in NHTSA vPIC database returns empty or null vehicle data
- Pre-1980 VINs may return incomplete results without providing model_year parameter
- Non-US market vehicles may decode partially or not at all
- Network timeout from upstream NHTSA vPIC API
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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