5J8

The first three characters of every VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI). The code 5J8 is assigned to Acura, with the country of manufacture United States.

So any 17-character VIN that begins with 5J8 was produced by Acura:

5J8ZZZ0000000000000

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.