4 prefixes
Harley-Davidson VIN decoder
Put a Harley-Davidson VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Harley-Davidson can start with.
Where a Harley-Davidson VIN starts
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Harley-Davidson vehicles carry 4 of them, spread across 2 countries of manufacture, because the same model can be built on more than one continent. The prefix tells you which plant lineage built the car before you decode anything else.
| Prefix | Manufacturer of record | Vehicle type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1HD | HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5HD | HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY | Motorcycle | not stated |
| 932 | HARLEY-DAVIDSON DO BRASIL LTDA | Motorcycle | BRAZIL |
| HDR | HARLEY-DAVIDSON OFF-ROAD | Motorcycle | not stated |
What Harley-Davidson stamps them on
- Motorcycle4
Current Harley-Davidson models
Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.
- Breakout
- CVO Pan America
- CVO Road Glide
- CVO Road Glide RR
- CVO Road Glide ST
- CVO Street Glide
- Fat Bob
- Fat Boy
- Freewheeler
- Harley-Davidson X350RA
- Heritage Classic
- Hydra-Glide Revival
- Low Rider S
- Low Rider ST
- Nightster
- Nightster Special
- Pan America
- Pan America Special
- Police Electra Glide
- Police Road Glide
- Police Road King
- Road Glide
- Road Glide 3
- Road Glide Limited
- Road King Special
- Softail Standard
- Sport Glide
- Sportster
- Street Bob
- Street Glide
- Street Glide Ultra
- Tri Glide Ultra
- Ultra Limited
- X350RA
Other makes
Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.