45 prefixes
Honda VIN decoder
Put a Honda VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Honda can start with.
Where a Honda VIN starts
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Honda vehicles carry 45 of them, spread across 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19U | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Passenger Car | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 19V | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Passenger Car | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 19X | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Passenger Car | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 1HF | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 1HG | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Passenger Car | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 2HG | HONDA OF CANADA MFG., A DIVISION OF HONDA CANADA INC. | Passenger Car | CANADA |
| 2HH | HONDA OF CANADA MFG., A DIVISION OF HONDA CANADA INC. | Passenger Car | CANADA |
| 2HJ | HONDA OF CANADA MFG., A DIVISION OF HONDA CANADA INC. | Truck | CANADA |
| 2HK | HONDA OF CANADA MFG., A DIVISION OF HONDA CANADA INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | CANADA |
| 2HN | HONDA OF CANADA MFG., A DIVISION OF HONDA CANADA INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | CANADA |
| 2HU | HONDA OF CANADA MFG., A DIVISION OF HONDA CANADA INC. | Truck | CANADA |
| 3CZ | HONDA DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | MEXICO |
| 3DH | HONDA DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | MEXICO |
| 3H1 | HONDA DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. | Motorcycle | MEXICO |
| 3HD | HONDA DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | MEXICO |
| 3HG | HONDA DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. | Passenger Car | MEXICO |
| 478 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5FN | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5FP | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Truck | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5FR | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5FS | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Truck | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5J6 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5J7 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Truck | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5J8 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5KB | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Passenger Car | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5KC | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Passenger Car | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 7FA | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 9C2 | MOTO HONDA DA AMAZONIA LTDA. | Motorcycle | BRAZIL |
| JH1 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Truck | not stated |
| JH2 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | JAPAN |
| JH3 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | JAPAN |
| JH4 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Passenger Car | not stated |
| JHL | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | not stated |
| JHM | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Passenger Car | not stated |
| JR2 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | JAPAN |
| LAL | SUNDIRO HONDA MOTORCYCLE CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | CHINA |
| LWB | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Motorcycle | CHINA |
| MLH | THAI HONDA CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | THAILAND |
| RLH | HONDA VIETNAM CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | VIETNAM |
| SHH | HONDA OF THE U.K. MFG., LTD. | Passenger Car | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) |
| SHS | HONDA OF THE U.K. MFG., LTD. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) |
| VTD | MONTESA HONDA SA | Motorcycle | SPAIN |
| VTM | MONTESA HONDA SA | Motorcycle | SPAIN |
| YC1 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Motorcycle | BELGIUM |
| ZDC | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. | Motorcycle | ITALY |
What Honda stamps them on
- Motorcycle14
- Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)13
- Passenger Car12
- Truck6
Current Honda models
Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.
- ADV160
- Accord
- Africa Twin
- Africa Twin Adventure Sports
- CB1000 Hornet
- CB300F
- CB300R
- CB500F
- CB650R
- CBR1000RR
- CBR500R
- CBR600RR
- CBR650R
- CR-V
- CRF110F
- CRF125F
- CRF150R
- CRF250F
- CRF250R
- CRF300L
- CRF450R
- CRF50F
- Civic
- Civic Si
- Civic Type R
- DAX 125
- Fireblade
- Foreman
- Fury
- Giorno
- Gold Wing
- Gold Wing Tour
- Grom
- HR-V
- Metropolitan
- Monkey
- NC750X
- NPS50 (Ruckus)
- NT1100
- NX500
Other makes
Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.