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Acura VIN Check: What is a Acura VIN?

In 1986, Honda became the first Japanese company to launch a luxury brand. While the Legend was a competitive mid-sized luxury car, the brand really found its footing with its sports cars. Vehicles like the NSX and Integra Type R are some of the most desirable vehicles from the 1990s, while even their crossovers get innovative technology that make them excellent drivers’ cars.

Buying any luxury vehicle is a major investment. If you want to be sure the vehicle you’re looking at is represented correctly, you should look up the VIN. Using our online VIN check, you’ll find out information about the state of the car when it left the factory, including where it was built and what equipment it came with. This helps you identify changes that suggest shoddy repairs or attempts to artificially boost the value of the vehicle. If you’re worried about the vehicle’s history, order one of our VIN reports. This gathers information from official databases, including title brands, accident reports that can help you separate a great used car from a lemon.

List of Acura Models

Acura VIN Number Lookup

The Vehicle Identification Number is unique to each vehicle, and it encodes information about the model including its equipment, trim level and location of final assembly. When you look up the VIN on our site, you can compare the results to the vehicle to identify changes made since the car rolled out of the factory. For example, the Integra Type R is one of the most frequently replicated cars on the market, due to its rarity and value. It’s relatively easy to install the correct engine in a standard Integra, but it won’t have all of the welding and chassis reinforcements of a genuine car. Not only are you getting a lesser vehicle, you’re getting something worth tens of thousands of dollars less than an original Type R. A VIN search tells you if the vehicle you’re looking at is authentic.

Where to Search for the VIN?

Since the VIN is used to identify the vehicle throughout its life, Acura puts it in several locations that aren’t likely to be damaged or removed for repairs. Here are the most common places you’ll find this code.

  • Like most vehicles, Acuras have a VIN plate attached to the dashboard. You can see this plate by standing outside. Look at the bottom of the windshield near the driver’s door.
  • To make it easier to track parts sold off by chop shops, Acura puts tamper proof stickers with the VIN printed on them on several major body components. Most models have this sticker in two places:
    • On the driver’s side door, next to the door latch
    • On the inner right side of the trunk lid

You may also find these stickers on the hood and other the other doors. Keep in mind that these stickers may not match the VIN on other components. This indicates these parts were replaced with salvaged items to repair the vehicle.

If you look under the hood, you can usually find the VIN in these locations:

  • Near the top of the firewall
  • On the engine block
  • On the transmission

Remember that the VIN is always 17 characters long. Often, this code is printed next to the engine and transmission codes, which are shorter.

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Comprehensive VIN Decoder Guide

The VIN is made of three main sections: the manufacturer identifier, the vehicle identifier and the serial number. Here’s what you can learn when you decode each character in the VIN.

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In the first position, you have the country where the car was built:

CodeCountry
1, 5USA
2Canada
JJapan

The second position is the manufacturer. You may see one of two characters in this position:

CodeMODEL
9Acura
HHonda

The third position is the division within Acura that manufactured the vehicle. This can be “4”, “U“ or “N”. These divisions aren’t always geographically bound, so this doesn’t tell you much about where the car was built.

The fourth and fifth positions are used for the model, while the sixth is used for the engine and drivetrain. For example, if you have a TLX, it could have one of three codes:

CodeENGINE
UB1Base TLX
UB2TLX with a V6
UB3TLX with a V6 and SH-AWD

On some models, Acura uses the sixth digit to indicate new versions of that model. For example, the “YD1” and “YD2” are used on the first generation MDX, while “YD3” and “YD4” are used on the second generation MDX.

The seventh position is the body style and transmission. Acura uses these codes for their vehicles:

CodeTransmission
1Coupe, manual transmission
2Coupe, automatic transmission
3Hatchback, manual transmission
4Hatchback, automatic transmission
5Sedan, manual transmission
6Sedan, automatic transmission
7Wagon, manual transmission
8Wagon, automatic transmission

Position 8 is the standard safety equipment. A “B” or “H” is used on cars that only have front airbags, while a car with an “E” or “F” in this position also has side air bags.

Position 9 authenticates the VIN. This check digit is generated by a mathematical formula using other characters in the VIN number.

Position 10 is the model year. It uses all letters excluding “O”, “I” and “Z”, as well as numbers 0-9. For 2022, this character is “N”.

CodeCountryCodeCountryCodeCountryCodeCountry
E1984R199442004E2014
F1985S199552005F2015
G1986T199662006G2016
H1987V199772007H2017
J1988W199882008J2018
K1989X199992009K2019
L1990Y2000A2010L2020
M199112001B2011M2021
N199222002C2012N2022
P199332003D2013P2023

Position 11 is the manufacturing plant. Here are the most common plant codes you’ll find on North American Acuras:

CodePLANT
AMarysville, Ohio
LEast Liberty, Ohio
HOntario, Canada
CSayama, Japan
SSuzuka, Japan
TTochigi, Japan

The rest of the VIN is the serial number. Serial numbers are frequently reused, but no two vehicles will have identical VINs.

Acura VIN Samples

What kind of information can you get by using our online decoder? Here are a few examples:

  • JH4NA21693T000131: 2003 Acura NSX
  • 19UUB2F50FA007397: 2015 Acura TLX with a 3.5l V6
  • 19UUA8F54CA016525: 2012 Acura TL with a 3.5l V6

If you want to know more about a vehicle’s history, you can order a full VIN report. This will tell you about past titles, vehicle loans, theft reports and more. Using this information, you can avoid vehicles with hidden mechanical or legal problems.

  • 2016 ACURA ILX

    2016 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F32GA016075
    Listed for sale on:
    07/17/2015
    Price:
    $28,820
    Odometer:
    3 km
  • 2017 ACURA ILX

    2017 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F33HA006981
    Listed for sale on:
    11/15/2020
    Price:
    $18,952
    Odometer:
    13,947 km
  • 2016 ACURA ILX

    2016 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F33GA023990
    Listed for sale on:
    01/17/2016
    Price:
    $28,840
    Odometer:
    18 km
  • 2016 ACURA ILX

    2016 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F34GA020001
    Listed for sale on:
    03/22/2016
    Price:
    $29,200
    Odometer:
    45 km
  • 2017 ACURA ILX

    2017 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F33HA000419
    Listed for sale on:
    07/21/2016
    Price:
    $0
    Odometer:
    0 km
  • 2017 ACURA ILX

    2017 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F30HA007506
    Listed for sale on:
    07/15/2020
    Price:
    $16,499
    Odometer:
    50,376 km
  • 2017 ACURA ILX

    2017 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F32HA009550
    Listed for sale on:
    07/10/2020
    Price:
    $17,651
    Odometer:
    53,284 km
  • 2016 ACURA ILX

    2016 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F31GA013474
    Listed for sale on:
    03/06/2023
    Price:
    $0
    Odometer:
    120,042 km
  • 2016 ACURA ILX

    2016 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F34GA020029
    Listed for sale on:
    07/17/2022
    Price:
    $19,995
    Odometer:
    90,551 km
  • 2016 ACURA ILX

    2016 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F31GA006329
    Listed for sale on:
    04/22/2018
    Price:
    $22,545
    Odometer:
    46,896 km
  • 2017 ACURA ILX

    2017 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F30HA007473
    Listed for sale on:
    02/17/2020
    Price:
    $16,998
    Odometer:
    58,681 km
  • 2016 ACURA ILX

    2016 ACURA ILX

    VIN 19UDE2F32GA007263
    Listed for sale on:
    10/28/2020
    Price:
    $16,200
    Odometer:
    71,458 km

Frequently Asked Questions

Locations vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. However, there are three places you can find the code on most vehicles:

- Look through the windshield at the dashboard. On the driver’s side, you should see a small metal plate with the number stamped into it.
- Open the driver’s door. Look at the front and side of the door pillar for an I.D. sticker. It usually has the manufacturer’s logo on it. The code should be on this sticker.
- Open the hood. You may see a sticker on the firewall or near the passenger’s side strut tower. Some cars have the number engraved in one of these areas.

Since this number is used to identify the vehicle on official documents, you can also find it on the title, the window sticker, and on insurance policies.

We also decode numbers for RVs, heavy-duty trucks and motorcycles. If you need to decode an RV number, make sure it’s the one issued by the chassis manufacturer, not the RV outfitter.

No. Canadian and Mexican cars usually use the same format. Other countries use their own formats.

It’s up to the manufacturer to determine what they want to include for some parts of the number. For example, some companies don’t include information about transmissions or trim levels.

Usually, no. A few manufacturers stamp the code into the engine. If the VINs on the engine and car match, then it’s the original engine. On most vehicles, there isn’t anything that ties an engine to a specific vehicle. At most, looking up the vehicle on our website will tell you if a different type of engine was installed. For example, if someone swaps a V8 into a Ford Mustang, our site will tell you it originally came with a V6.

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