Form Number: DVT 1101

Issue: 5
Origin: DVT
Review: 1 June 2011

VIN PLATE DETAILS

INFORMATION
Vehicle Identification Number

A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN or chassis number) is required on all vehicles first
used on or after 22 June 1987, and to which the NI Regulations apply except those, which
are:

Kit cars
Amateur built vehicles

if no VIN is permanently displayed, direct the vehicle presenter to the nearest Vehicle
Registration Office.

METHOD OF INSPECTION

Vehicle Identification Number

1. Check that the vehicle is displaying a legible Vehicle Identification Number (this can
be either)

On a VIN plate secured to the vehicle and/or

Stamped or etched on the vehicle body or chassis.

REASON FOR REJECTION

Vehicle Identification Number

1.
a. A Vehicle Identification Number is not permanently displayed or not legible

b. More than one different Vehicle Identification Number is displayed.

Location of Vehicle Identification Numbers

The following tables indicate the likely location at which the vehicle identification number is
stamped or etched on the body or chassis

Make Model Stamped Chassis/VIN Position

Alfa Romeo Alfa Sud 1.3, 1.5, 1.5 Front of forward bulkhead just to offside of
Sprint centre

Arna, GTV6 2L and 2.5L Offside bulkhead

Giulietta 1.6, 1.8, Alfa 6,
Alfetta 2000 and GTVSE

33 Middle bulkhead
75, 90 Offside boot floor pan, close to boot edge
Aston Martin All models Offside chassis under wheel arch
Audi All models Centre bulkhead

Austin Mini, Metro Drain channel engine compartment

Maestro Bedside offside suspension top

Centre engine comp drain channel
Tailgate drain channel
Montego Next to suspension top
Ital Offside inner wing
Ambassador Offside bulkhead stamped through a piece of
plastic tape

BMW Series 3 and 333 Engine bay bulkhead

Series 5 Front offside inner wing

Series 7 and 635 Offside or centre bulkhead

Bristol All models Nearside chassis leg

Caterham/Lotus - Offside space frame engine support strut by

clutch cable
Citroen 2 CV Stamped on floor drivers side

Visa VA, VB, AX, BX Offside inner wing or gutter

CX Series, GS Series Engine Comp offside wheel arch -

bonnet/water drain channel

Dacia All models Offside suspension leg

Make Model Stamped Chassis/VIN Position
Daihatsu Dominol, Charade, Centre of offside bulkhead
Charmant

Four Track Nearside chassis behind front tyre

Daimler All models Bonnet catch channel

Detomaso All models Bulkhead or nearside inner wing

Ferrari 328 Mondial, Testarossa *On lug on top of steering column

412
*On lug offside engine bay strut

512 BB (V12) *Engine comp above silencer

*Top of steering column, seen through

windscreen

400GT and Auto Front of engine. Also stamped into top of

steering column, can be seen through
windscreen

Fiat 126 Front offside of luggage compartment

Regata, Argenta, Croma, Offside suspension top

Panda, Uno, Strada

127, 131 Mirafiori Offside inner wing

X19 Offside bulkhead

Ford Transit - Bonnet locking platform offside corner strut or

offside doorstep riser
Ford All models On floor by drivers seats

FSO Potenez 1300, 1500 Offside bulkhead

Estate & Pick-up

Polenez 1.5 Hatchback Rear of front offside inner wing

Honda Civic, Accord, Integra, Bulkhead offside centre

Purlude, Quintett

Ballade, Legend 2.7L Bulkhead centre

Hyundai Pony, Stellar Bulkhead offside

Make Model Stamped Chassis/VIN Position
Isuzu Piazza Offside bulkhead

Trooper Offside rear chassis lug

Jaguar/Daimler X16 Series 111 Bulkhead centre

X16 (new model) Top of offside inner wing

X15 *Offside front wheel arch

*Bulkhead centre

Jensen Intercepter Cross member front of vehicle

Lada Riva Nearside bulkhead

Niva Offside bulkhead behind the wiper motor

Lamborghini Jalpa Top of rear offside suspension turret

Countach, Silhouette, Bar in engine compartment, which runs parallel

Urraco to screen

Lancia Y10 Offside engine comp bulkhead

HPE Estate Back of forward bulkhead offside

Prisma, Delta On top of offside MacPherson strut

Gamma, Thema Offside inner wing

Lotus Eclat Offside chassis member in engine comp

Esprit Engine comp (rear). centre rear chassis

member. Under 6 rubber grommet

Maserati All models Both front inner wings

Mazda 323, 626, 929, RX7 Bulkhead offside

B2000 Front offside chassis leg

Mercedes Benz All models On bonnet catch panel towards offside, centre
of bulkhead or an angle of bulkhead offside

MG Metro Drain channel at rear of engine comp

Maestro *Beside offside suspension top

Make Model Stamped Chassis/VIN Position
*Centre of engine comp drain channel
*Tailgate drain channel
Montego Next to suspension top

Mitsubishi Starion, Spacewagon, Centre of bulkhead

Lancer (1976-1983)
Tredia, Cordia, Sapporo,
Sigma

Lancer (May 1984) Bulkhead inside engine compartment

Gallant
Shogun Chassis leg near rear offside shock absorber

Morgan All models Cross member under or just to the rear of

drivers seat

Nissan All models Bulkhead centre or offside

Opel All models Under carpet flap between drivers door and sill

Panther Kalista Front offside chassis side by reinforcement

plate

Peugeot 205, 405 Bulkhead offside

305, 309, 506, 604, 505 Offside inner wing

Porsche 928 Front offside inner wing guttering

944 Offside of bulkhead

911 Front boot compartment on floor behind spare

wheel

Reliant SS1 On chassis covered by tape just below

alternator

Renault 5, 9, 11, 21, 25, GTA Offside suspension top in the form of a series
of dots

18 GTS, TS, GTL, 20 Offside inner wing suspension housing

GTD
Espace No stamped in number

Rolls Royce All models Front offside inner wing

Rover 200 Early: right side of boot front drain channel

Later: top of rear engine bulkhead
Make Model Stamped Chassis/VIN Position
2000, 2300, 2600, 3500 Offside top of bulkhead may be stamped
through dynotape

800 Top centre of rear engine bulkhead

Saab 90 Offside of rear cross beam

900 Offside of rear cross beam (older models:

under rear nearside seat)

9000 On vertical plate edge inside the right rear light

Seat Ibiza - Malaga Offside strut turret

Marbella - Terra Van Offside suspension top of turret

Skoda All models Bulkhead in luggage compartment adjacent to

chassis plate

Subaru All models Offside of bulkhead

Suzuki Swift Centre of bulkhead

L180 QF Front of offside longitudinal chassis member

forward of the front offside wheel

ST80V (Van), ST80K In cab on offside wheelarch under the drivers

(Pick-up) seat

Talbot Alpine, Samba, Horizon Offside inner wing near bulkhead or over
wheelarch

Toyota Starlet, Corolla, MR2, On bulkhead

Camry, Tercel, Carina,
Celica, Supra

Spacecruiser, Hilux Pick- Offside chassis in front wheelarch

up, Landcruiser

Triumph Acclaim Through plastic tape covering on centre top of

bulkhead

TVR Tasmin Offside radiator support strut

Tairmar Offside of engine compartment to front

Make Model Stamped Chassis/VIN Position
280, 350i, S (formerly On metal plate to top of tubular chassis (below
Tasmin) alternator)

Vauxhall All models Under carpet flap between drivers door and sill

Volkswagen Polo, Passat, Santana Centre of bulkhead

Golf MK I Top of offside suspension housing

Golf 2, Jetta 2, Scirocco Bulkhead offside

Jetta 1 Top of offside suspension housing

Volvo 340, 360, 480ES Bulkhead

244, 240, 264, 265 Offside drivers door pillar (Estate: offside panel
on inside of storage compartment)

740, 760 Offside drivers door pillar B post

Yugo 511, 311, 45A, 55A Offside suspension strut

Caribean 1100, 1300 Centre offside inner wing