International Standard

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Road vehicles - Vehicle identification number WIN) -

Location and attachment
Whicules routiers - Numkro d’identification des vkhicules (V/NJ - Emplacement et pose

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Second edition - 1983-04-01

UDC 529.113 : 529.1.018.815 Ref. No. IS0 4030-1983 (E)

Descriptors : road vehicles, motor vehicles, trailers, motorcycles, marking, designation, international identification number, position (location).

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Foreword
IS0 (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of
national standards institutes (IS0 member bodies). The work of developing Inter-
national Standards is carried out through IS0 technical committees. Every member
body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been set up has the
right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental
and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.

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Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to
the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by
the IS0 Council.

International Standard IS0 4030 was developed by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22,
Road vehicles.

The first edition (IS0 4030-1977) had been approved by the member bodies of the
following countries :

Austria Hungary South Africa, Rep. of

Belgium Iran Spain
Brazil Italy Sweden
Bulgaria Japan Switzerland
Canada Korea, Dem. P. Rep. of Turkey
Czechoslovakia* Mexico USA
France Netherlands USSR
Germany, F. R. Romania Yugoslavia

l Czechoslovakia approved the International Standard, with the exception of clause 5.4.

No member body had expressed disapproval of the document.

This second edition, which cancels and replaces IS0 4030-1977, incorporates draft
Amendment 1, which was circulated to the member bodies in December 1981 and has
been approved by the member bodies of the following countries :

Belgium Germany, F. R. Romania

Brazil Hungary South Africa, Rep. of
Bulgaria Italy Spain
Canada Japan Sweden
China Korea, Dem. P. Rep. of Switzerland
Czechoslovakia Korea, Rep. of USA
Egypt, Arab Rep. of New Zealand USSR
France Poland

The member bodies of the following countries expressed disapproval of the document
on technical grounds :

Austria
Netherlands
United Kingdom

0 International Organization for Standardization, 1983 0

Printed in Switzerland
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD IS0 4030-1983(E)

Road vehicles - Vehicle identification number WIN) -

Location and attachment

1 Scope and field of application 4.3 The VIN shall be located in an easily visible position, and
in a manner which precludes obliteration or alteration; the
This International Standard specifies the requirements for the selected position shall be described in the “Owner’s handbook”
location and marking of the vehicle identification number (VIN) or equivalent publication.
on motor vehicles, trailers, motorcycles and mopeds as de-
fined in IS0 3833.
5 VIN attachment
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2 References For the attachment of the VIN, the manufacturer of the vehicle
may choose between the following two solutions :
IS0 3779, Road vehicles - Vehicle identification number IVINJ
- Content and structure. 5.1 The VIN is directly marked’) on a integral part of the
vehicle; it may be either on the frame, or, for integral frame-
IS0 3933, Road vehicles - Types - Terms and definitions. body units, on a part of the body not easily removed or re-
placed.

3 Definition
5.2 The VIN is marked on a separate plate which, in turn, is
permanently affixed to the vehicle according to 5.1.
vehicle identification number WIN) : A structured com-
bination of characters assigned to a vehicle by the manufac-
turer for identification purposes. 5.3 It is also acceptable to combine these alternatives on one
vehicle if a manufacturer so wishes.
NOTE - For convenience, this definition is repeated from IS0 3779.

5.4 The height of roman letters and arabic numerals of the

VIN shall be as follows :
4 VIN location
- 7 mm at least if marked according to 5.1 (frame, body,
4.1 The VIN shall be located on the right side of the vehicle etc.) on motor vehicles and trailers (but not on motorcycles
and, if possible, on the front half; or and mopeds);

- 4 mm at least in all other cases.

4.2 When, for regulatory reasons, the VIN must be readable
from the outside of the vehicle (in the case of enclosed
vehicles), it shall be located inside the passenger compartment 5.5 The characters of the VIN shall, in all cases, be legible,
adjacent to the windscreen pillar. durable and not easily altered.

1) The requirements for the presentation of the VIN are given in IS0 3779.