8 prefixes
Peterbilt VIN decoder
Put a Peterbilt VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Peterbilt can start with.
Where a Peterbilt VIN starts
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Peterbilt vehicles carry 8 of them, spread across 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1E9298 | PETERBILT OF CLEVELAND, INC. DBA EXPRESS TRUCK REPAIR | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 1E9299 | PETERBILT OF CLEVELAND, INC. DBA EXPRESS TRUCK REPAIR | Trailer | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 1NP | PETERBILT MOTORS COMPANY | Incomplete Vehicle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 1XP | PETERBILT MOTORS COMPANY | Truck | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 2NP | PETERBILT MOTORS COMPANY | Incomplete Vehicle | CANADA |
| 2XP | PETERBILT MOTORS COMPANY | Truck | CANADA |
| 3BP | PETERBILT MOTORS COMPANY | Incomplete Vehicle | MEXICO |
| 3WP | PETERBILT MOTORS COMPANY | Truck | MEXICO |
What Peterbilt stamps them on
- Incomplete Vehicle3
- Truck3
- Motorcycle1
- Trailer1
Current Peterbilt models
Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.
- 220
- 325
- 330
- 335
- 337
- 348
- 365
- 367
- 389
- 520
- 535
- 536
- 537
- 548
- 567
- 579
- 589
Other makes
Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.