# NHTSA vPIC (Vehicle Product Information Catalog) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/nhtsa-vpic-api/  
**Provider:** U.S. Department of Transportation — https://apis.io/providers/us-dot/  
**Base URL:** https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles  
**Documentation:** https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/

NHTSA vPIC (Vehicle Product Information Catalog) API is one of 12 APIs that [U.S. Department of Transportation](https://apis.io/providers/us-dot/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Automotive, Vehicles, VIN, Safety, and NHTSA. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Product Information Catalog and VIN decoder, and the most widely consumed API in the department. Decodes any US-market VIN into make, model, model year, body class, engine, plant and safety-equipment fields, and enumerates the full manufacturer, make, model and vehicle-type reference data behind it. Verified anonymously with HTTP 200 on 2026-07-28 — DecodeVinValues returned a decoded 2011 BMW VIN and getallmakes returned 12,306 makes. No API key, no registration, no rate charge. Responses support format=json or format=xml. NHTSA publishes no OpenAPI for it; the reference is HTML at vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/
- **APIReference** — https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/

## Other U.S. Department of Transportation APIs (11)

- [FAA Aeronautic Product Release API (APRA)](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-aeronautic-product-release-api/)
- [FAA Air Carrier Pilot Records Database (PRD) API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-air-carrier-prd-api/)
- [FAA Safety Assurance System (SAS) API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-safety-assurance-system-api/)
- [FAA Data Catalog (CKAN Action API v3)](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/faa-data-catalog-ckan-api/)
- [DOT Data Hub Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/dot-data-hub-soda-api/)
- [Bureau of Transportation Statistics Open Data API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/bts-open-data-soda-api/)
- [NHTSA Safety API (recalls, complaints, safety ratings)](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/nhtsa-safety-api/)
- [FRA Safety Data Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/fra-safety-data-api/)
- [FMCSA QCMobile API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/fmcsa-qcmobile-api/)
- [USDOT ITS JPO Operational Data Environment (ODE) REST API](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/its-jpo-ode-rest-api/)
- [U.S. Department of Transportation Airport Status Web Service](https://apis.io/apis/us-dot/us-dot-faa-airport-status-web-service-openapi/)

## Tags

Automotive, Vehicles, VIN, Safety, NHTSA, Open Data

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