VinMojo docs: decode a VIN and order a report

How the free VinMojo decoder works, what each report level covers, how ordering and payment work, and what a report can and cannot tell you.

1. Decode a VIN free

Paste the 17 characters from any listing into the decoder. The decoder runs in your browser, and your VIN is only sent if you ask for a report. We check its check digit and read the maker, where it was built, the model year and the serial straight from the characters. The check digit catches typos and many fake VINs. North American cars must pass it.

2. Pick a report level

• Quick, $4.99 per VIN: open recalls, theft and total-loss checks from the free federal and insurance databases, explained.
• Full, $9.99 per VIN, or 5 for $29: Quick, plus title-brand and odometer records and past sale listings we can find, with what to ask the seller.
• Pre-purchase, $19.99 per VIN: Full, plus a call-ready list of questions for the seller and a second look at the listing photos for mismatches.

3. Order and pay

Send the VIN and why you are asking using the report form. We confirm we can find records for it, then send the report by email. You pay only after we confirm the records exist.

4. Read the report

You get what the records say, what they do not say, and the questions to ask the seller, by email. We work from public records: the federal recall database, theft and total-loss checks, title records and past listings, and explain them. We are not affiliated with Carfax or AutoCheck.

Limits

Title brands, accidents and listings need the report. Reports cover what public records show; they do not replace an inspection by a mechanic.