HONDA Insight - Manual (Page 7)

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V
EHICULE
I
DENTIFICATION
N
UMBER
(VIN)
The Insight's VIN can be found many places on the car. The easiest and most visible location is
through a small window at the bottom driver's side corner of the windshield:
An Insight VIN is broken into fields as follows:
JHM ZE1 3 7 - 1 T 000001
Where each field can be decoded as follows:
JHM
Manufacturer / make / vehicle type JHM: Honda Motor Co Ltd / Honda / Passenger Car
ZE1 Model / engine ZE1: Insight / ECA1
3 Body / transmission 3: 2-door hatchback / 5-speed manual
5: Base 7 Vehicle grade (series)
7: With factory A/C
- Check digit
Y: 2000 1 Model year
1: 2001
T Factory T: Tochigi Factory in Japan
000001- U.S.A. (KA)
200001- Germany 000001 Region & serial number
800001- Canada (KC)