Please note that this resource is not a VIN Lookup. Manufacturers can do the VIN lookup on their own vehicles, but since we cover all manufacturers and makes and models, we can reliably look up a vehicle by just its VIN. So what we do is reduce the VIN to a Squish VIN, or VIN prefix, which is basically the first 11 digits of the VIN minus the 9th digit which is a check digit.
To learn more about VINs, please see Vehicle Identification Numbers, Making Sense of Your VIN, and More VIN Information.