Vehicle identity
Model year, model, body/vehicle type, drive type and plant information can be returned when NHTSA has those manufacturer-submitted fields.
Tesla · VIN · NHTSA
Tesla VIN decoder: identify the car before you buy
Enter a 17-character Tesla VIN to decode manufacturer-submitted vehicle attributes from the U.S. NHTSA vPIC database. Then use the buyer checker for warranty, battery-range and inspection context.
Free Tesla VIN lookup
Decode the 17-character VIN
The VIN is sent to NHTSA vPIC for decoding. DriveQuery uses a one-way hash as the edge-cache key.
Model year—
Model—
Trim—
Body class—
Drive type—
Plant country—
Vehicle type—
Series—
What the VIN does — and does not — answer
Use the decode to ask better questions.
Not battery health
A VIN cannot tell you current battery SOH, degradation or real usable capacity. Those require vehicle diagnostics and context.
Not title or accident history
Use a vehicle-history/title source and inspect the car. NHTSA vPIC is a VIN decoder, not a history-report service.
Not open-recall completion
Use NHTSA's recall lookup with the full VIN to see unrepaired recalls for supported manufacturers.
Not paid software
Do not infer FSD, Acceleration Boost or other purchased software from the VIN. Verify what is included with this specific car.
Not a warranty decision
Use the vehicle's warranty documents and Tesla's records. The buyer checker can only estimate time and mileage windows.
Looking at a specific used Tesla?
Take the decoded VIN into the buyer checker and add mileage, warranty, range and charging-cost context before you pay.