ST Vehicle Identification Numbers

VIN Layout

VINs on STs are constructed according to ISO standards 3779 and 3780.

This information is found on page 8 of the PartsCatalog.

World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI)

This three-digit code uniquely identifies the origin and manufacturer of the vehicle. JH2 identifies the Honda Japan's motorcycle division.

Vehicle Description Section (VDS)

These characters form a WMI-specific model identifier. The following VDSes have been observed:

Check Digit

A verification value calculated based on the rest of the VIN's characters per ISO 3779.

Vehicle Identification Section (VIS)

Model Year

The first character indicates the model year in which the vehicle was produced per ISO 3779:

Plant Identification

The second character identifies which plant where the unit was produced:

All STs to date have been built in the same plant.

Sequence Number

The remainder of the VIS is used to identify each produced unit within a VDS, plant and model year. ISO 3779 states that the manufacturer may encode anything they wish into this data, although generally this is a simple serial number. The U.S. and Canada require the last five positions to be numeric.

On all STs observed to date, the first digit has corresponded to the year of production, starting with zero:

Production Numbers

The report to NHTSA used to determine 2003 and 2004 production of U.S. models may be read at http://199.79.180.163/prepos/files/Artemis/Public/Recalls/2004/V/RCDNN-04V568-1309.PDF.

Related Information

• VIN Overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number
• ISO Standards:
  • 3779: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=9305
  • 3780: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=9306
• VIN decoders:
  • http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vin/honda.asp
  • http://www.analogx.com/contents/vinview.htm