Your car’s VIN is a unique number that can help you find out more about your specific vehicle, but it may also help you identify engine information.
A VIN or Vehicle Identification Number is a unique set of numbers and letters that reveals details about your vehicle. It shows the country where it was built, the manufacturer of the car, its brand, engine type, model year, assembly plant, and other pieces of crucial information.
While these may look like random characters to the average person, you can unlock the information they hide by visiting the NHTSA’s VIN Decoder website. Input your car’s VIN on the page and hit ‘Decode VIN’ to get a summary. Once you have that, click on ‘Show All Vehicle Details’ and then search for ‘Transmission’, and you might see the transmission type of your selected car.
Unfortunately, the NHTSA’s record isn’t perfect (and the manufacturer sometimes does not supply it anyway), so you might not be able to determine a car’s transmission using the website 100% of the time.
