Every Mitsubishi Outlander Sport (2018–2023) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the JA4 WMI. The Outlander Sport is a gas SUV; this page shows what each character of a Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 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 Outlander Sport.
Each sample below is built from the real JA4 WMI and the Outlander Sport's descriptor, so it decodes to a Mitsubishi Outlander Sport of the right model year:
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Worked on the sample JA4APUAU1J8340442 — a 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | JA4 | Marks the VIN as Mitsubishi, built in Japan |
| 4–8 | VDS | APUAU | Descriptor for the Outlander Sport — SUV body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 1 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | J | Code J = 2018 |
| 11 | Plant | 8 | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 340442 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Mitsubishi Outlander Sport VIN read JA4 — the World Manufacturer Identifier that marks the vehicle as Mitsubishi, assembled in Japan (Asia). After the WMI, positions 4–8 (APUAU in our seed) describe the Outlander Sport itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Outlander Sport, 2018 is code J and 2023 is code P. See the 2023 year code or the check-digit math.
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A Mitsubishi Outlander Sport VIN is 17 characters starting with the JA4 WMI, for example JA4APUAU1J8340442. Positions 4–8 describe the Outlander Sport, position 9 is the check digit, position 10 is the model year, and 12–17 are the serial number.
Read it left to right: JA4 is the Mitsubishi WMI, positions 4–8 are the Outlander Sport 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 Outlander Sport in our seed uses the JA4 WMI (Japan). Any VIN beginning with JA4 decodes to Mitsubishi.
No. They are synthetically generated but checksum-valid, use the real Mitsubishi JA4 WMI, and carry the Outlander Sport's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. No real vehicle's VIN is used.