J8Y

The first three characters of every VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI). The code J8Y is assigned to Chevrolet, with the country of manufacture Japan.

So any 17-character VIN that begins with J8Y was produced by Chevrolet:

J8YZZZ0000000000000

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.