A Mercedes-Benz VIN is an individual code that allows you to read a lot of important information about your vehicle. Importantly, VINs in cars are not repeatable, which means that decoding a VIN in a Mercedes-Benz can be useful for finding important parameters about the car you want to buy. Buying a used Mercedes-Benz vehicle may be a risk, but a VIN decoder will reveal a detailed history of the vehicle. So how do you find the VIN in a Mercedes-Benz and how do you decode it? Read in our article.

Mercedes – VIN decoding

Encoding a Mercedes-Benz body number can be particularly helpful for those planning to buy a car from the aftermarket. The Mercedes-Benz identification number helps you to identify technical details such as country of manufacture, model year, drive type, engine version and equipment options. However, verification of the body number allows you, above all, to search the database of stolen vehicles and to see its full history, such as accident rates and the number of owners. As you can see, VIN decoding in Mercedes-Benz allows you to see important information about the vehicle, so that you can verify the data provided by the seller, for example, and thus minimise the risk of acquiring a car with hidden problems. If you want to know whether the Mercedes-Benz you are interested in is accident-free, decode the VIN using the form below.

Mercedes – where to find VIN?

The first thing we need to do before we start verifying the body number is to check where the VIN is in the car and compare it with the VIN recorded in the documents. However, searching for a VIN in a Mercedes may take some time, as its location depends on both the model and the yearbook. If you are wondering where the VIN is in a Mercedes-Benz – the Benz A 160 – it was placed on a fixed part of the front bulkhead in 2004-2007 and the VIN plate is on the centre right-hand column. The same is true of the A 160 from 2009 to 2012, while the popular Mercedes A 180, which was produced from 2012 to 2013, has the VIN number on the fixed component on the floor in front of the passenger seat and the VIN plate on the centre right-hand column. The Mercedes-Benz A 200 2012-2013 VIN number on the fixed component is located on the floor in front of the passenger seat. In addition to the VIN number on the fixed component under the passenger seat, the Mercedes C 220 has a VIN plate on the right-hand centre pillar. In contrast, the Mercedes-Benz CL 63 AMG has the VIN number on the fixed part under the rear seat armrest. The popular Mercedes E 200 from 2006 to 2009 has the VIN number on the fixed component on the floor under the passenger seat and the plate on the right-hand centre pillar. In the 2016- 2018 version, the VIN number plate is located on the left-hand dashboard housing. In the Mercedes GLA 200, which was produced between 2013 and 2019, the VIN is located in three places.

The location of the VIN number in a Mercedes-Benz, whether you have a ML 320, S 320, S 500, Sprinter or Vito delivery model, may not be obvious, so sometimes it is worth using proven tools so that you don’t waste time searching for long.

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Mercedes – checking the VIN number

As we have already mentioned, the verification of Mercedes’ basic data before the purchase can be very helpful, whatever model we decide on. The reason for this is that a VIN check with Mercedes will make it possible to verify the vehicle data with the information provided by the car vendor. In particular, those relating to Mercedes-Benz equipment, potential service repairs and mileage.  So how do you check the history of your Mercedes-Benz vehicle? You can do this online by completing the form below. The basic version of the service is available for free, while the full history report is payable. However, please note that the cost of the report is small compared to buying a car that has some hidden defects or is stolen.