18 prefixes
Nissan VIN decoder
Put a Nissan VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Nissan can start with.
Where a Nissan VIN starts
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Nissan vehicles carry 18 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.
| Prefix | Manufacturer of record | Vehicle type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1N4 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Passenger Car | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 1N6 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Truck | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 3N1 | NISSAN MEXICANA, S.A. DE C.V. | Passenger Car | MEXICO |
| 3N6 | NISSAN MEXICANA, S.A. DE C.V. | Truck | MEXICO |
| 3N8 | NISSAN MEXICANA, S.A. DE C.V. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | MEXICO |
| 3PC | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | MEXICO |
| 5BZ | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Bus | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5N1 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 5N3 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | not stated |
| JN1 | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Passenger Car | JAPAN |
| JN3 | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Incomplete Vehicle | JAPAN |
| JN6 | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Truck | JAPAN |
| JN8 | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | JAPAN |
| JNK | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Passenger Car | not stated |
| JNR | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) | not stated |
| JNT | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Truck | not stated |
| JNX | NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD | Incomplete Vehicle | JAPAN |
| SJK | NISSAN MOTOR MANUFACTURING (UK) LTD | Passenger Car | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) |
What Nissan stamps them on
- Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)6
- Passenger Car5
- Truck4
- Incomplete Vehicle2
- Bus1
Current Nissan models
Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.
- Altima
- Ariya MPV
- Armada
- Frontier
- Kicks MPV
- Kicks Play
- Leaf
- Murano
- Nissan Z
- Pathfinder
- Rogue
- Sentra
- Versa
Other makes
Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.