Identity

Decode any VIN, down to the trim

Send seventeen characters and read back the vehicle. Make, model, trim, body, fuel and drivetrain come back in one call.

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Vehicle identification number

LRW3E7FA8RC099361

valid
Make
Tesla
Model
Model 3
Year
2024
Trim
Standard Range Plus
Body
Sedan
Fuel
Electric
Drive
Rear-wheel drive
Electrification
Battery electric
Hover a field to see the reference it joins on.

Coverage

Where other decoders stop

Three of the five vehicles below return nothing from a US decoder. Ours reads the vehicles those decoders miss, including models built for one market only.

Vehicles other decoders skip

Imports and manufacturers too small to file abroad.

Next year, this year

Patterns land before a model year’s first registration.

VINUS decoderCardog
  • LRW3E7FA8RC099361no data2024 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus
  • 3N1CK3CP9HL267091no data2017 Nissan, with the build grain
  • JA4AJVAW2PU606348no data2023 Mitsubishi, with the build grain
  • KL77P2ET1DK027434Chevrolet Orlando2013 Orlando LT (Canada Only), 7 seats
  • 2LAFN2248PJ000217Lion, partial2023 Lion Electric Lion6, electric

Five vehicles registered in Canada, asked of both decoders.

model-year:tesla/model-3/2024model year

One decode

Decode once, then ask for the rest

Specifications, Recalls and Market answer for the same vehicle.

Nothing is guessed

A field with no source comes back empty, with the reason.

Use cases

Built on a decode

Marketplaces

Every listing carries the decoded vehicle, so a shopper filters on facts instead of free text.

Recalls

Dealers

Insurance

The vehicle on the policy, priced against what the market is actually paying for it.

How it works

One call, one vehicle

One request returns the whole record.

request
curl https://api.cardog.app/v2/vin/LRW3E7FA8RC099361 \
  -H "x-api-key: crdg_live_…"
response 200 OK
{
  "vin": "LRW3E7FA8RC099361",
  "valid": true,
  "year": 2024, "make": "Tesla",
  "model": "Model 3",
  "trim": "Standard Range Plus",
  "refs": {
    "modelYear": "model-year:tesla/model-3/2024",
    "bodyStyle": "body-style:sedan-saloon",
    "fuelType": "fuel-type:electric",
    "driveType": "drive-type:rwd-rear-wheel-drive"
  },
  "nano": "nano:LRW3E7FARC",
  "squish": "squish:LRW3E7FAR"
}
API reference

Run on your files

Send a file, get decoded rows back

The same decode, run by Cardog on your file and your schedule. The rows come back decoded and the rows that could not be read are named.

Every run is recorded

Each run returns its row count and the rows it could not read.

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Run record

run_2026-08-30

delivered

Rows in

748,112

Decoded

746,391

Not read

1,721

File
identity_2026-08-30.csv
Hash
sha256 9c41b7e2…
Delivered
04:12 UTC · sftp
one run of a daily file

Related

Ask the same vehicle for more

Specifications

Engine, drivetrain, weights and body — every field sourced, every gap named.

Recalls

Every campaign Transport Canada and NHTSA publish, matched to the vehicle rather than the nameplate.

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