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15 prefixes

Hyundai VIN decoder

Put a Hyundai VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Hyundai can start with.

Where a Hyundai VIN starts

The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Hyundai vehicles carry 15 of them, spread across 4 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.

PrefixManufacturer of recordVehicle typeCountry
145HYUNDAI STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.TrailerUNITED STATES (USA)
3H3HYUNDAI DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.TrailerMEXICO
5NMHYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAMA LLC (HMMA)Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)UNITED STATES (USA)
5NPHYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)Passenger CarUNITED STATES (USA)
5NTHYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAMA LLC (HMMA)TruckUNITED STATES (USA)
7YAHYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP METAPLANT AMERICAMultipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)not stated
KM8HYUNDAI MOTOR COMultipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)SOUTH KOREA
KMEHYUNDAI MOTOR COTrucknot stated
KMFHYUNDAI MOTOR COTruckSOUTH KOREA
KMHHYUNDAI MOTOR COPassenger CarSOUTH KOREA
KMTHYUNDAI MOTOR COPassenger CarSOUTH KOREA
KMUHYUNDAI MOTOR COMultipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)SOUTH KOREA
KPHHYUNDAI MOTOR COPassenger CarSOUTH KOREA
PFDHYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP INNOVATION CENTRE IN SINGAPOREMultipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)SINGAPORE
U5YHYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)Passenger CarUNITED STATES (USA)

What Hyundai stamps them on

Current Hyundai models

Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.

Other makes

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Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.