Τα 3 πρώτα στοιχεία αποτελούν το πρώτο και σπουδαιότερο ίσως τμήμα του αριθμού πλαισίου. Ονομάζεται WMI και δείχνει την χώρα κατασκευής και τον κατασκευαστή.
Χρησιμοποιώντας τον ακόλουθο πίνακα, μπορείτε εύκολα να αναγνωρίσετε την χώρα κατασκευής οποιουδήποτε οχήματος έχετε μπροστά σας.
| WMI | Region | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A-H | Africa | AA-AH = South Africa |
| J-R | Asia | J = Japan KL-KR = South Korea L = China MA-ME = India MF-MK = Indonesia ML-MR = Thailand PA-PE = Philippines PL-PR = Malaysia RF-RG = Taiwan |
| S-Z | Europe | SA-SM = United Kingdom SN-ST, W = Germany SU-SZ = Poland TA-TH = Switzerland TJ-TP = Czech Republic TR-TV = Hungary TW = Portugal VA-VE = Austria VF-VR = France VS-VW = Spain VX-V2 = Yugoslavia XL-XM = The Netherlands XS-XW = USSR X3-X0 = Russia YA-YE = Belgium YF-YK = Finland YS-YW = Sweden ZA-ZR = Italy |
| 1-5 | North America | 1, 4, 5 = United States 2 = Canada 3 = Mexico |
| 6-7 | Oceania | 6A-6W = Australia 7A-7E = New Zealand |
| 8-0 | South America | 8A-8E = Argentina 8F-8J = Chile 8X-82 = Venezuela 9A-9E, 93-99 = Brazil 9F-9J = Colombia |
Χρησιμοποιώντας τον ακόλουθο πίνακα, μπορείτε εύκολα να αναγνωρίσετε το έτος κατασκευής του οχήματος.
Ο κωδικός που αντιστοιχεί στο έτος, είναι το δέκατο στοιχείο ενός 17 ψήφιου αριθμού πλαισίου.
| Code | Year | Code | Year | Code | Year | Code | Year | Code | Year | Code | Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A = | 1980 | L = | 1990 | Y = | 2000 | A = | 2010 | L = | 2020 | Y = | 2030 | |||||
| B = | 1981 | M = | 1991 | 1 = | 2001 | B = | 2011 | M = | 2021 | 1 = | 2031 | |||||
| C = | 1982 | N = | 1992 | 2 = | 2002 | C = | 2012 | N = | 2022 | 2 = | 2032 | |||||
| D = | 1983 | P = | 1993 | 3 = | 2003 | D = | 2013 | P = | 2023 | 3 = | 2033 | |||||
| E = | 1984 | R = | 1994 | 4 = | 2004 | E = | 2014 | R = | 2024 | 4 = | 2034 | |||||
| F = | 1985 | S = | 1995 | 5 = | 2005 | F = | 2015 | S = | 2025 | 5 = | 2035 | |||||
| G = | 1986 | T = | 1996 | 6 = | 2006 | G = | 2016 | T = | 2026 | 6 = | 2036 | |||||
| H = | 1987 | V = | 1997 | 7 = | 2007 | H = | 2017 | V = | 2027 | 7 = | 2037 | |||||
| J = | 1988 | W = | 1998 | 8 = | 2008 | J = | 2018 | W = | 2028 | 8 = | 2038 | |||||
| K = | 1989 | X = | 1999 | 9 = | 2009 | K = | 2019 | X = | 2029 | 9 = | 2039 |
