Every Honda Pilot (2016–2022) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the 5FN WMI. The Pilot is a gas SUV; this page shows what each character of a Honda Pilot VIN means and gives 4 checksum-valid sample VINs you can drop straight into test fixtures. Synthetic — not real: no scraping, no real-owner data. The generator below is pre-filtered to the Pilot.
Each sample below is built from the real 5FN WMI and the Pilot's descriptor, so it decodes to a Honda Pilot of the right model year:
Have a real Honda Pilot VIN? Decode it →
Worked on the sample 5FNYF6H53G8567770 — a 2016 Honda Pilot:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | 5FN | Marks the VIN as Honda, built in United States |
| 4–8 | VDS | YF6H5 | Descriptor for the Pilot — SUV body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 3 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | G | Code G = 2016 |
| 11 | Plant | 8 | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 567770 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Honda Pilot VIN read 5FN — the World Manufacturer Identifier that marks the vehicle as Honda, assembled in United States (North America). After the WMI, positions 4–8 (YF6H5 in our seed) describe the Pilot itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Pilot, 2016 is code G and 2022 is code N. See the 2022 year code or the check-digit math.
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A Honda Pilot VIN is 17 characters starting with the 5FN WMI, for example 5FNYF6H53G8567770. Positions 4–8 describe the Pilot, position 9 is the check digit, position 10 is the model year, and 12–17 are the serial number.
Read it left to right: 5FN is the Honda WMI, positions 4–8 are the Pilot descriptor, position 9 verifies the VIN via a mod-11 checksum, position 10 gives the year, position 11 the plant, and 12–17 the serial. Paste any VIN into the decoder to do it automatically.
The Pilot in our seed uses the 5FN WMI (United States). Any VIN beginning with 5FN decodes to Honda.
No. They are synthetically generated but checksum-valid, use the real Honda 5FN WMI, and carry the Pilot's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Honda Pilot. No real vehicle's VIN is used.