Mercedes-Benz VIN decoder

NHTSA lists 23 world manufacturer identifiers (WMIs) for Mercedes-Benz road vehicles. The ones registered for passenger cars and SUVs are 4JG, 55S, 8BT, W1A, W1K, W1L, W1M, W1N, W1P, W1R, W1W and WD4, among others. The first three characters of the VIN are the WMI.

Mercedes-Benz WMIs are registered to manufacturers in Argentina, Brazil, Germany and United States. The WMI shows the registering company and country; position 11 identifies the exact assembly plant, which the decoder shows for each VIN.

Enter the 17-character VIN above. We decode it with NHTSA’s vPIC database, which uses the coding Mercedes-Benz files with NHTSA for positions 4–8, then show the model year, trim, engine, transmission, plant and reported safety equipment.

After decoding, we list every NHTSA recall for that Mercedes-Benz model and model year. Whether one specific vehicle has been repaired can only be confirmed with its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or by a Mercedes-Benz dealer.