How a VIN Decoder Works A VIN Decoder leverages the code to decipher the vehicle’s description and history. Segments of the 17-character code indicate things such as the model year, manufacturer, ...

Once you have your VIN, just pop it into any number of free VIN decoder websites, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, FAXVIN, VINDecoder.net and others.

As luck would have it, the NHTSA's Model Year VIN Decoder for Tesla comes to the rescue. The VIN decoder explains the meaning of the VIN code's digits/letters in the United States.