11V

The first three characters of every VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI). The code 11V is assigned to Ottawa, with the country of manufacture United States.

So any 17-character VIN that begins with 11V was produced by Ottawa:

11VZZZ0000000000000

The WMI only identifies the maker. To read the year, engine, plant and serial number, decode the complete 17-digit VIN with our free tool — then check which ECU it uses and what tuning services (DPF, EGR, AdBlue, DTC off, Stage) are available.