Paste a 17-character Mercedes-Benz VIN to decode the year, model, trim, engine, and where it was built — instantly, from NHTSA data. Free, no sign-up.
Mercedes-Benz cars come from Germany (VINs starting with WDB/WDD), while several SUVs are built in Vance, Alabama and start with 4JG. Sprinter vans use their own WMIs. The first three characters — the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI) — are the fastest tell. These are the Mercedes-Benzprefixes you'll see most often:
These are the common prefixes, not an exhaustive list — manufacturers add and retire WMIs over time. The decoder above always reads the authoritative record from NHTSA. For the full breakdown of all 17 VIN positions and the model-year chart, see the main VIN decoder guide.
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