Every Jeep Cherokee (2019–2023) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the 1C4 WMI. The Cherokee is a gas SUV; this page shows what each character of a Jeep Cherokee 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 Cherokee.
Each sample below is built from the real 1C4 WMI and the Cherokee's descriptor, so it decodes to a Jeep Cherokee of the right model year:
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Worked on the sample 1C4PJMDX5KW077800 — a 2019 Jeep Cherokee:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | 1C4 | Marks the VIN as Jeep, built in United States |
| 4–8 | VDS | PJMDX | Descriptor for the Cherokee — SUV body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 5 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | K | Code K = 2019 |
| 11 | Plant | W | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 077800 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Jeep Cherokee VIN read 1C4 — the World Manufacturer Identifier that marks the vehicle as Jeep, assembled in United States (North America). After the WMI, positions 4–8 (PJMDX in our seed) describe the Cherokee itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Cherokee, 2019 is code K and 2023 is code P. See the 2023 year code or the check-digit math.
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A Jeep Cherokee VIN is 17 characters starting with the 1C4 WMI, for example 1C4PJMDX5KW077800. Positions 4–8 describe the Cherokee, position 9 is the check digit, position 10 is the model year, and 12–17 are the serial number.
Read it left to right: 1C4 is the Jeep WMI, positions 4–8 are the Cherokee 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 Cherokee in our seed uses the 1C4 WMI (United States). Any VIN beginning with 1C4 decodes to Jeep.
No. They are synthetically generated but checksum-valid, use the real Jeep 1C4 WMI, and carry the Cherokee's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Jeep Cherokee. No real vehicle's VIN is used.