Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN codes)/Smart/VIN Codes

(Note) This chart is not applicable to Smart products made for markets other than North America. European/World market cars use a different system for encoding VIN numbers.

Passenger Vehicles 2008-2019

Positions 1–3, World Manufacturer Identifier:

  • WME = Smart passenger car (Smart is owned by Daimler AG)

Position 4, Model or Series:

  • A = C450/A450 (Canada only: Smart ForTwo 2005-2006)
  • E = C451/A451 (Smart ForTwo 2008-2015, ForTwo Electric Drive 2013-2016)
  • F = C453/A453 (Smart ForTwo 2016-2017, ForTwo Electric Drive 2017-2018, EQ ForTwo 2019)

Position 5, Body Style:

  • J = 2-door Coupe (Smart ForTwo coupe 2008-2019)
  • K = Cabriolet (Smart ForTwo convertible 2008-2015, 2017-2019)

Positions 6–7, Model within the series:

C450/A450:

  • 00 = [Canada only: '05-'06] (0.8-liter Mercedes OM660 turbodiesel I3)

C451/A451:

  • 31 = ForTwo ['08-'09] (1.0-liter Mercedes M132.910/M132 E10 [Mitsubishi 3B21] I3)
  • 3B = ForTwo ['10-'15] (1.0-liter Mercedes M132.910/M132 E10 [Mitsubishi 3B21] I3)
  • 9A = ForTwo Electric Drive ['13-'16] (battery-electric, 17.6-kWh Deutsche Accumotive lithium-ion battery pack, 1 rear motor made by EM-motive GmbH, Rwd, 74 hp)

C453/A453:

  • 5D = ForTwo ['16-'17] (0.9-liter turbo Mercedes M281 E09 LA [Renault H4Bt] I3)
  • 9B = ForTwo Electric Drive ['17-'18], EQ ForTwo ['19] (battery-electric, 17.6-kWh Deutsche Accumotive lithium-ion battery pack, 1 rear motor made by Renault, Rwd, 81 hp)

Position 8, Restraint system:

  • F (Canada only: '05-'06) 3-point seat belts + emergency pretensioners & load limiters, driver and passenger front air bags, front seat-mounted side-impact airbags
  • X ('08-'09) 3-point seat belts + emergency pretensioners & load limiters, driver and passenger front air bags, head/thorax front seat-mounted side-impact airbags
  • A ('10) 3-point seat belts + emergency pretensioners & load limiters, driver and passenger front air bags, head/thorax front seat-mounted side-impact airbags
  • A ('11-'19 coupe) 3-point seat belts + emergency pretensioners & load limiters, driver and passenger front air bags, front seat-mounted side-impact airbags, side curtain airbags, front knee airbags
  • A ('11-'15, '17-'19 convertible) 3-point seat belts + emergency pretensioners & load limiters, driver and passenger front air bags, head/thorax front seat-mounted side-impact airbags, front knee airbags

Position 9, Check Digit

Check digit

Position 10, Model Year:

Model year

Position 11, Production Plant:

  • J: Hambach, France (Canada only: '05-'06)
  • K: Hambach, France ('08-'19)

Positions 12–17, Serial Number

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