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Chevrolet VIN decoder

Decode any Chevrolet VIN for manufacturer specifications and NHTSA safety recall campaigns, and see which World Manufacturer Identifiers NHTSA has on record for Chevrolet.

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Enter all 17 characters. The decoder reads the make, model and year from the whole VIN, not just the first three characters.

Chevrolet WMI codes

The first three characters of a VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier. NHTSA lists 110 of them for Chevrolet. These codes are registered to General Motors, which builds Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles, so the list covers all of those brands. They were issued across 7 countries: Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and United States (USA). A few carry no stated country. They span 5 vehicle types, listed separately below.

The country shown is where the identifier was issued, which usually but not always matches where a given vehicle was assembled. The eleventh character identifies the specific plant. A single WMI can cover more than one vehicle type, so some codes appear in more than one table.

Passenger Car 38 codes

Chevrolet WMI codes — passenger car
WMI	Registered entity	Country
1G0	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1G1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1G2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1G3	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1G4	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1G6	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1G7	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1G8	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2C1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2C2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2G1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2G2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2G3	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2G4	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2G6	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2G7	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
3G1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
3G2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3G3	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3G4	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4G1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4G2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4G3	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4G5	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5G2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5G8	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5GD	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
6G1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Australia
6G2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Australia
6G3	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	—
JG1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
JG2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
KL1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	South Korea
KL2	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
KL8	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	—
LRE	SHANGHAI GENERAL MOTORS CORP LTD.	China
LSG	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
W0V	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)

Truck 16 codes

Chevrolet WMI codes — truck
WMI	Registered entity	Country
1GC	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GG	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2G5	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GC	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2GT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3GC	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
3GG	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
3GT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
4GT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5G5	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5GN	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
J8C	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
J8T	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
JGC	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
JGT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)

Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV) 37 codes

Chevrolet WMI codes — multipurpose passenger vehicle (mpv)
WMI	Registered entity	Country
1G5	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GH	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GK	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GM	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GN	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GY	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2CG	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2CK	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2CN	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2CT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2G8	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GK	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GN	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
3G0	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
3G5	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3G7	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3GK	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3GM	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3GN	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
3GP	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
3GS	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
3GY	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
4GD	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4NT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4NU	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4W1	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4W5	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5G3	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5GA	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5GR	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5GT	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5GZ	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
5S3	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
ADM	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	South Africa
KL4	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	—
KL7	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	—
LRB	SHANGHAI GENERAL MOTORS CORP LTD.	China

Bus 6 codes

Chevrolet WMI codes — bus
WMI	Registered entity	Country
1GA	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GJ	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2G0	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GA	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GH	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GJ	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada

Incomplete Vehicle 13 codes

Chevrolet WMI codes — incomplete vehicle
WMI	Registered entity	Country
1GB	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GD	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
1GE	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
2GB	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GD	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
2GE	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Canada
3GB	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
3GD	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	Mexico
4GL	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4KB	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4KD	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4KL	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)
4NS	GENERAL MOTORS LLC	United States (USA)

Source: NHTSA vPIC, GetWMIsForManufacturer. Retrieved 2026-10-21.

Common Chevrolet models

Some of the Chevrolet models you are most likely to be decoding, as NHTSA spells them. Recall searches by year, make and model need that exact spelling.

Silverado — vPIC also lists Silverado LD and Silverado HD; NHTSA recall records name the trucks Silverado 1500, 2500 and 3500.
Equinox
Traverse
Tahoe
Suburban
Colorado
Blazer
Trax
Malibu
Bolt EV
Bolt EUV
Corvette

Model names checked against NHTSA vPIC.

Notable Chevrolet recalls since 2018

A few of the largest or most serious recent safety recalls covering Chevrolet vehicles. They are examples, not a complete list: a single model year can have a dozen campaigns. A recall on the model does not mean it is still open on a particular car, so check the VIN at NHTSA's recall lookup, or see every campaign for a year and model with our recall lookup.

Engine: internal mechanical parts (connecting rods and crankshaft)

Vehicles: Certain 2021-2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Suburban and Tahoe with the 6.2L V8 gasoline engine; the GM campaign also covers the same years of Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV and GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon and Yukon XL.

Manufacturing defects in the connecting rod and/or crankshaft can damage the engine and lead to engine failure. An engine that fails while driving raises the risk of a crash.

Dealers inspect the engine and repair or replace it as needed; engines that pass get a higher-viscosity oil, a new oil fill cap and oil filter, all at no charge.

NHTSA campaign 25V274000, reported 24 April 2025, about 597,571 vehicles across every brand in the campaign.

Seat belts: pretensioner

Vehicles: Certain 2019-2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2020 Silverado 2500 and 3500 with carpet floor covering; the GM campaign also covers the matching GMC Sierra trucks.

When the front seat belt pretensioners fire, hot gas can escape through an opening in the pretensioner bracket and ignite the carpet. That can start a fire inside the vehicle.

Dealers close off the opening in the pretensioner bracket at no charge.

NHTSA campaign 19V814000, reported 14 November 2019, about 556,399 vehicles across every brand in the campaign.

Power train: automatic transmission control software

Vehicles: Certain 2020-2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500 and 3500 and 2021 Tahoe and Suburban with diesel engines; the GM campaign also covers diesel GMC Sierra, Yukon and Yukon XL and Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV vehicles.

A transmission control valve can fail and cause the rear wheels to lock up. Rear-wheel lock-up while driving raises the risk of a crash.

Dealers install new transmission control module software at no charge, and GM covers repair of transmissions the software flags as having a faulty valve.

NHTSA campaign 24V797000, reported 24 October 2024, about 463,295 vehicles across every brand in the campaign.

Power train: automatic transmission

Vehicles: Certain 2018-2020 Chevrolet Equinox and Traverse, 2019-2020 Blazer, 2018-2019 Cruze and 2018 Malibu; the GM campaign also covers some Buick, Cadillac and GMC models.

Bolts may be missing from the end cap of the transmission's start/stop accumulator, which can let transmission oil leak. A leak can lead to a loss of propulsion, and fluid leaking near an ignition source can start a fire.

Dealers inspect the accumulator and replace it if bolts are missing, at no charge.

NHTSA campaign 20V668000, reported 29 October 2020, about 194,105 vehicles across every brand in the campaign.

Electrical system: high-voltage traction battery

Vehicles: Certain 2020-2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV and 2022 Bolt EUV vehicles. This campaign expands recall 21V-560, which covers 2017-2019 Bolt EV vehicles.

The high-voltage battery can catch fire when it is charged to full or nearly full capacity. A battery fire increases the risk of injury.

GM replaces defective battery modules at no charge; until then, owners were told to limit charging to 90 percent, avoid running the battery below about 70 miles of range, park outside after charging and not charge indoors overnight.

NHTSA campaign 21V650000, reported 20 August 2021, about 52,414 vehicles across every brand in the campaign.

Recall details from the NHTSA recalls API, checked 26 October 2026.

Reading the rest of a Chevrolet VIN

Characters 4 to 8 describe the vehicle — model, body style, engine, restraint system. Chevrolet assigns that scheme itself and files it with NHTSA, which is why decoding requires a lookup rather than arithmetic. Character 9 is the check digit, character 10 is the model year, and character 11 is the assembly plant.

See how to read a VIN for the full breakdown, or model year codes for the position 10 table.

Where the VIN is on a Chevrolet

On the driver's side dashboard, readable through the windshield, and on a sticker in the driver's door jamb. The door jamb sticker usually carries a scannable barcode, which is more reliable than transcribing 17 characters by eye — the decoder can read it with your camera.

More detail in where to find the VIN.