Paste a VIN.
Get the PDF.
1. Your VIN is checked locally
A VIN is 17 characters and never contains the letters I, O or Q. It also carries a check digit in the ninth position, computed from the other sixteen. We verify that in your browser before anything leaves it, which catches most typos instantly.
2. The vehicle is decoded
The VIN goes to NHTSA’s vPIC decoder — a free, public US government service — which returns the year, make, model, body style, engine, transmission and assembly plant. Every VIN gets this, including makes with no retrievable label.
3. The factory label is retrieved
If the manufacturer publishes Monroney labels, we request the one filed against that VIN and hand you the PDF unmodified. It is the original document rather than a recreation assembled from build data, so the option pricing is exactly what the factory printed.
4. It gets cached, once
A window sticker for a given VIN never changes, so the first lookup is the only one that ever touches the manufacturer. Everything after that is served from cache. That is the entire reason this can stay free.
Why no signup?
A window sticker is a federally mandated public disclosure, and serving one costs us a fraction of a cent. There is no reason to ask you for an account or an email address first, so we don’t.
What this is not
This is not a vehicle history report. It will not tell you about accidents, title branding, odometer rollback or service history. It tells you exactly how the car left the factory and what it cost. For the rest, you still want a history report and a pre-purchase inspection.