What works today
Manufacturers publish their own labels, and not all of them do it publicly. Here is the honest picture rather than a promise we cannot keep.
Original factory PDF available
Includes RPO option codes.
Broad model-year range including trucks.
Full package pricing detail.
Published by Subaru directly. Every option package and accessory priced individually, plus port of assembly.
Everything else
As of we have found no public new-vehicle label endpoint for Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Acura, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Mazda, Volkswagen, Tesla or the European luxury makes. Toyota retired public access in 2026, and Honda only ever distributed labels through its internal dealer system. Hyundai runs a public service, but it only answers for Certified Pre-Owned vehicles — every new-vehicle VIN we tested came back CPO document not found. The reasons are per-brand and we publish what we tested.
That list is a record of what we have tested, not a claim about what exists. Subaru sat on it until this week, when the endpoint turned out to have been public the whole time. If you know of a working source for any make above, the API is open and we will add it.
So for those VINs we assemble what public records can tell you, free:
- Full specification decode — year, make, model, trim, body, engine, transmission, assembly plant (NHTSA vPIC)
- EPA fuel economy — city, highway, combined, annual fuel cost and CO₂ per mile (fueleconomy.gov)
- Crash-test ratings — overall, frontal, side and rollover stars (NHTSA NCAP)
- Open recalls for that year, make and model
That is most of what a window sticker tells you. What it cannot give you is the original MSRP and the exact options this vehicle was built with — that only exists on the factory label. Other sites will sell you a “window sticker” for these makes; those are recreations generated from build data, and we would rather show you sourced public records than a document dressed up as the original.
Why a VIN can come back empty
- Too new. The label is filed when the vehicle is built; a car in transit may not have one yet.
- Too old. Manufacturers retire labels after a period that varies by brand.
- Not a US vehicle. Monroney labels are a US requirement. Canadian and grey-market cars have none.
- Typo. Check the ninth character — a wrong one usually fails the check digit.