11 prefixes
Yamaha VIN decoder
Put a Yamaha VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Yamaha can start with.
Where a Yamaha VIN starts
The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Yamaha vehicles carry 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Z9782 | OLD SCHOOL YAMAHA TRAILERS | Trailer | not stated |
| 5Y4 | YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| 9C6 | YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION | Motorcycle | not stated |
| JY4 | YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION | Motorcycle | JAPAN |
| JYA | YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | JAPAN |
| JYE | YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Off-Road Vehicle | JAPAN |
| LBP | YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION | Motorcycle | not stated |
| LPR | YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION | Motorcycle | TAIWAN |
| MH3 | YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
| RKR | YAMAHA MOTOR TAIWAN CO., LTD. | Motorcycle | TAIWAN |
| VG5 | YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION | Motorcycle | UNITED STATES (USA) |
What Yamaha stamps them on
- Motorcycle9
- Trailer1
- Off-Road Vehicle1
Current Yamaha models
Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.
- Bolt
- Grizzly 110
- Grizzly 700
- Kodiak 450
- Kodiak 700
- MT-03
- MT-07
- MT-09
- MT-10
- Mountain Max/SXVenom/Transporter
- PW50
- RS Venture
- Raptor 110
- Raptor 700
- SRS SRX
- Sidewinder/Snoscoot/SRViper/SRX
- TT-R110
- TT-R125
- TT-R230
- TT-R50
- TW200
- Tenere 700
- Tracer 9
- VK540
- Viking
- Viking 700
- Viking VI
- Virago 250 (V-Star)
- WR250F
- WR450F
- Wolverine RMAX2
- Wolverine RMAX4
- Wolverine X2 1000
- Wolverine X2 850
- Wolverine X4 850
- XMAX
- XSR700
- XSR900
- XT250
- YFZ450R
Other makes
Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.