Every Nissan Frontier (2022–2024) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the 1N6 WMI. The Frontier is a gas truck; this page shows what each character of a Nissan Frontier VIN means and gives 3 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 Frontier.
Each sample below is built from the real 1N6 WMI and the Frontier's descriptor, so it decodes to a Nissan Frontier of the right model year:
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Worked on the sample 1N6ED1EK5N9322658 — a 2022 Nissan Frontier:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | 1N6 | Marks the VIN as Nissan, built in United States |
| 4–8 | VDS | ED1EK | Descriptor for the Frontier — truck body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 5 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | N | Code N = 2022 |
| 11 | Plant | 9 | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 322658 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Nissan Frontier VIN read 1N6 — the World Manufacturer Identifier that marks the vehicle as Nissan, assembled in United States (North America). After the WMI, positions 4–8 (ED1EK in our seed) describe the Frontier itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Frontier, 2022 is code N and 2024 is code R. See the 2024 year code or the check-digit math.
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A Nissan Frontier VIN is 17 characters starting with the 1N6 WMI, for example 1N6ED1EK5N9322658. Positions 4–8 describe the Frontier, position 9 is the check digit, position 10 is the model year, and 12–17 are the serial number.
Read it left to right: 1N6 is the Nissan WMI, positions 4–8 are the Frontier 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 Frontier in our seed uses the 1N6 WMI (United States). Any VIN beginning with 1N6 decodes to Nissan.
No. They are synthetically generated but checksum-valid, use the real Nissan 1N6 WMI, and carry the Frontier's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Nissan Frontier. No real vehicle's VIN is used.