YV1

The first three characters of every VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI). The code YV1 is assigned to Volvo Cars, with the country of manufacture Sweden.

So any 17-character VIN that begins with YV1 was produced by Volvo Cars:

YV1ZZZ0000000000000

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.