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Free Tesla VIN decoder
Buying a used Tesla? Its VIN opens Tesla's own record of the car: how it was built and what Tesla has changed since, including whether Full Self-Driving is on it. Whether this car can have free Supercharging, and how likely it is, is in the $1.99 Factory Report.
No VIN handy? Try a sample: 2012 Model S or 2026 Model Y.
The one thing a VIN decoder can't tell you
Free Supercharging is worth real money on a used car, and Tesla gives each car a Supercharging code. The difference between two of the codes is the whole ballgame:
SC01 is tied to the car and normally passes to you; Tesla can remove it, for example if the car goes back through Tesla. SC05 is for the first owner only: it ends when they sell and is worth nothing to a buyer. Tesla's app shows free Supercharging the same way for both, so a listing usually cannot tell them apart, and a decoder built on NHTSA's public data cannot show it either. The $1.99 Factory Report tells you whether this car can have it, and how likely it is. Free Supercharging is a benefit granted by Tesla under Tesla's own terms. It can be modified or withdrawn at Tesla's discretion at any time, including when a vehicle passes back through Tesla, for example as a trade-in or a used-inventory sale. A code such as SC01 on Tesla's record is evidence of what Tesla granted, not a guarantee that it is active today. Tesla confirms the current status only to the owner, so ask the seller to show it in their Tesla app before relying on it in a purchase.
What a Tesla VIN tells you
A Tesla VIN is 17 characters and every position means something. Characters 1 to 3 are the manufacturer (5YJ and 7SA are Tesla in the US, LRW is Shanghai, XP7 is Berlin). Character 4 is the model line. Character 10 is the model year. Character 11 is the assembly plant, and the last six are the serial. Position 9 is a check digit calculated from the rest, which catches most typos and most made-up VINs instantly.
To link straight to one car's check, add its VIN to this page's address: tbx.report/decode?vin= and the 17 characters.
What's free here, and what isn't
The first three are a convenience, gathered here so you do not have to visit three sites. The Full Self-Driving line comes from Tesla's own record, free. The last row is what the $1.99 report sells.
What Tesla's record can't tell you
Tesla's record for the VIN describes how a car was built. It says nothing about mileage or accident history, and it shows only some of the changes made since, such as a replaced pack or a computer retrofit. Recalls are published at the model-and-year level, so a listed recall may not apply to a given car or may already have been done: enter the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which are open on it. A VIN alone can't show today's battery health.