Great Wall Haval H6 VIN Decoder

Decode any Haval H6 VIN free in seconds. Enter the 17-character vehicle identification number into the decoder above and get the generation, model year, engine or drivetrain, body style, and assembly origin, with no sign-up and no credit card.

This page is the dedicated Haval H6 hub: verified WMI data, a position-by-position guide built from real, checksum-valid H6 VINs, where to find the number on the vehicle, and how to check for open recalls in your market.
A quick note on market coverage: the Haval H6 is not sold in the United States, so NHTSA’s vPIC registry, the database this site normally leans on for decode data, has nothing on it. A direct query against a real H6 VIN returns NHTSA Error Code 7, “Manufacturer is not registered with NHTSA for sale or importation in the U.S.,” and a search for “Great Wall” or “Haval” in NHTSA’s own manufacturer and WMI tables returns zero results. This page relies instead on China’s own vehicle-recall authority, the recall bodies of major H6 export markets such as Australia, and real decoded VIN examples pulled from Chinese aftermarket databases and checked by hand against the ISO 3779 check-digit formula. The VIN format itself is the same worldwide standard every carmaker uses, so the decoder above reads an H6 VIN the same way it reads a Ford or Toyota VIN.
One more thing worth clearing up: Haval is not a separate company. It began as a Great Wall Motor (GWM) product line, the Great Wall Haval CUV of 2005, and was spun off into its own standalone brand in March 2013 after the H6, launched in 2011, became a runaway success. Haval now operates as GWM’s SUV-only sub-brand alongside Tank, Ora, and Wey, so a VIN from an H6 will typically say “Great Wall” or “GWM” in the manufacturer field, since Great Wall Motor Company is the legal manufacturer of record.

About the Haval H6

The H6 is Haval’s flagship compact SUV and has, for extended stretches, been China’s best-selling SUV by volume. It has gone through three generations since 2011, matching Wikipedia’s generation breakdown and confirmed by production dates on real decoded VINs:

Generation	Years	Notes
1st	2011-2017	Launched at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show; the success that led Great Wall to spin off Haval as its own brand in 2013
2nd	2017-2020	Same underlying platform as the 1st generation; sold with “Blue Label” and “Red Label” trims until that split was dropped in 2020; continued in China alongside the 3rd generation into 2021 as a budget option
3rd	2020-present	Debuted at the 2020 Chengdu Motor Show; introduced the HEV (hybrid, from March 2021) and PHEV (plug-in hybrid, world premiere Thailand December 2021, China launch September 2022); a stretched-wheelbase H6L variant followed in November 2025

The plug-in hybrid matters more here than on a Western nameplate: China leads the world in PHEV volume, and the H6 PHEV (a “DHT” hybrid transmission offered across several electric-only range tiers) is a genuine high-volume model, not a niche compliance trim.

Assembly is centered on Great Wall’s Tianjin base, which began mass H6 production in February 2011. Overseas, the H6 has been built from knock-down kits at sites including Litex Motors’ plant in Bahovitsa, Bulgaria; GWM Thailand’s Rayong plant; and Sazgar’s Lahore, Pakistan facility (from August 2022). Not every GWM overseas plant builds the H6, though: the Tula, Russia complex runs the Jolion, F7, Dargo, H3, and H7, but not the H6, so don’t assume a Russian-market H6 was built in Russia.

Haval H6 WMI codes (positions 1-3)

The first three characters of a VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier, assigned under ISO 3780. The letter L marks a vehicle built in China. Great Wall’s WMI isn’t in NHTSA’s public registry, but the code below consistently shows up on real, checksum-valid H6 VINs pulled from Chinese vehicle-parts and history databases, across generations from 2012 through 2023:

WMI	Country of build	Vehicle type
LGW	China (Tianjin)	Great Wall / Haval passenger vehicles, including the H6 across all three generations, HEV, and PHEV

Every decoded VIN checked for this page, spanning a 2012 2.4L gasoline H6 through a 2023 PHEV, starts with LGW. An H6 built at an overseas CKD site, such as Bulgaria or Pakistan, may carry a different WMI tied to the local assembler instead, so decode the full 17 characters with the tool above to confirm rather than judging by the prefix alone.

How to read a Haval H6 VIN: position by position

Every H6 VIN follows the same ISO 3779 17-character structure used worldwide:

Block	Positions	What it encodes
World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI)	1-3	Country and manufacturer
Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS)	4-8	Model, engine, body, restraints
Check digit	9	Math-validated control character
Vehicle Identifier Section (VIS)	10-17	Model year, plant, serial

Positions 1-3: World Manufacturer Identifier

See the table above. LGW is the WMI documented across every real H6 VIN examined for this page. It identifies Great Wall’s China production, not the Haval brand specifically; a Great Wall pickup built at the same complex would carry the same WMI, with the difference showing up in the VDS block that follows.

Positions 4-8: Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS)

These five characters encode the model, engine family, body style, and restraint system, separating an H6 from another Haval model and a 1.5T from a 2.0T or a PHEV. Real examples show patterns like EF4A5 (1.5T/2.4L 1st and 2nd-gen), EF6A5 (2.0T spanning 2nd and 3rd gen), EF7A5 (2.0T dual-clutch 2nd-gen China trims), and EFUA5 (3rd-gen PHEV with the DHT hybrid transmission).

Worth flagging: the VDS block doesn’t always change year to year. Several checksum-valid H6 VINs pulled for this page share an identical 8-character prefix (LGWEF4A5) across years as far apart as 2012 and 2017, because Great Wall reused the same engine and body code across multiple model years. The VDS narrows things to an engine/body family; position 10 is what nails down the year.

Position 9: Check digit

The check digit is calculated from the other 16 characters using a fixed weighting table and modulo-11 math (a remainder of 10 is written as X). It’s a US federal VIN requirement rather than a global ISO mandate, but every real H6 VIN checked for this page, across gasoline, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid variants, computes correctly against that formula. A mismatch means a character was mistyped or the VIN was altered.

Position 10: Model year

The 10th character maps to model year on the same 30-year cycle used worldwide, skipping the letters I, O, and Q because they’re easily confused with 1 and 0. Here’s the full cycle relevant to every H6 built so far:

Char	Year	Char	Year	Char	Year
A	2010	H	2017	P	2023
B	2011	J	2018	R	2024
C	2012	K	2019	S	2025
D	2013	L	2020	T	2026
E	2014	M	2021
F	2015	N	2022
G	2016

Real decoded VINs confirm the table works: a 2012-spec 2.4L H6 carries C, a 2017-spec model carries H, second-gen China trims sold 2019-2021 carry K, L, and M, and PHEV VINs from the car’s actual December 2021 to September 2022 launch window carry M and N. The H6 didn’t exist before 2011, so B (2011) onward is the real range.

Position 11: Assembly plant

The single character at position 11 identifies the specific factory or production line. Real decoded H6 VINs show both F and H here, sometimes on the same model year, consistent with Tianjin running more than one assembly line. No independent public source publishes an authoritative letter-to-plant table for Great Wall, unlike long-established Japanese, Korean, or European brands, so treat any single-letter plant code as an observed pattern rather than a confirmed mapping. An H6 built at an overseas CKD site would likely carry a different code.

Positions 12-17: Serial number

The final six characters are the production sequence number stamped on your H6 as it rolled off the line. Combined with the previous 11 characters, this makes every H6 VIN globally unique, whether it’s a 2012 base 2.4L or a 2023 PHEV.

Where to find the VIN on a Haval H6

• Vehicle registration certificate or logbook (format varies by country)
• Lower corner of the windshield, visible from outside the car
• Driver’s-side door jamb or door frame sticker
• Stamped on the engine bay firewall or front cross-member
• Insurance documents and the GWM/Haval service booklet or app, where applicable

Recalls and safety information

The H6 doesn’t have a single global recall authority the way a US-market car has NHTSA. Because it’s built in China and exported to dozens of countries, recall history is split across regulators:
China (home market): the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), via its Defective Product Administrative Center (samrdprc.org.cn), is the authority of record. Two documented H6 recalls from SAMR’s filings:

• June 2012: 12,340 gasoline H6 units built February 23 to May 9, 2012, recalled over a fuel pump carbon brush that could stick against its holder and stop the pump working.
• April 2013: 13,851 diesel H6 units built November 22, 2011 to November 6, 2012, recalled over a steering assist pump bracket bolt assembly error that could cause the pump to fail.

Australia: GWM’s Australian arm files recalls through Product Safety Australia and vehiclerecalls.gov.au. Recent GWM recalls there concentrate on the Tank 300/500, Cannon Alpha, and H7 over wiring and head-restraint issues; no H6-specific recall turned up in a direct search at the time this page was written, so check the portal directly with your VIN.
Other export markets (Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Europe): recalls typically run through the national transport ministry or type-approval authority, coordinated with GWM’s local distributor.
To check your specific H6:

1. Decode the VIN with the tool above to confirm the exact generation and model year
2. Identify the country where the vehicle was originally sold and registered
3. Search that country’s national recall database, or contact your nearest GWM/Haval authorized service center with the VIN
4. Recall repairs are free of charge regardless of vehicle age or ownership history

Frequently asked questions

How do I decode a Haval H6 VIN?

Type the 17-character VIN from your windshield, door jamb, or registration document into the decoder at the top of this page. Results include generation, model year, engine or drivetrain (including HEV and PHEV variants), and any recall information published in markets with searchable databases. No sign-up required.

Is the Haval H6 sold in the United States?

No. The H6 has never been sold in the US, and Great Wall Motor has no US retail presence. NHTSA’s vPIC database returns no manufacturer, WMI, or model data for it; decoding a real H6 VIN through NHTSA’s own tool returns Error Code 7, meaning the manufacturer isn’t registered for US sale or importation. This page relies on China’s SAMR and the recall authorities of the H6’s real export markets instead.

What’s the difference between Great Wall, GWM, and Haval?

Great Wall Motor Company (GWM is its international shorthand) is the manufacturer. Haval is GWM’s SUV-only sub-brand, spun off as a standalone identity in March 2013 after the H6, launched in 2011, proved successful enough to justify its own brand. Since 2023, GWM markets Haval (with Tank, Ora, and Wey) as sub-brands under the single GWM name in most export markets, so “GWM Haval H6” and “Haval H6” are the same car under different regional naming.

How do I tell which generation my H6 is from the VIN?

The VDS block (positions 4-8) narrows it to an engine and body family, for example EF4A5 codes cluster around 1st- and 2nd-generation 1.5T and 2.4L variants, while EFUA5 is specific to the 3rd-generation PHEV. Because Great Wall has reused some VDS codes across more than one model year, the model year character at position 10 is what actually confirms the exact year and, from that, the generation.

Is the Haval H6 VIN decoder free?

Yes. VinDecoderPlus decodes every Haval H6 VIN free of charge with no sign-up or credit card required.

Can a Haval H6 VIN be faked?

The 17 characters can be retyped onto a counterfeit plate, but the check digit at position 9 catches most single-character errors through math, and the firewall or cross-member stamp is physically tied to the original vehicle. If the windshield or door-jamb VIN doesn’t match the chassis stamp, treat the car as suspect. The guide on how to check if a car is stolen by VIN walks through the steps in more detail.

Decode any Haval H6 VIN free

Type your 17-character Haval H6 VIN into the decoder at the top of this page for a full breakdown instantly. To learn more about VIN structure, or to check other Great Wall models, see our guides:

• Great Wall VIN decoder hub
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• What every character in a VIN means
• Classic car VIN decoder (pre-1981)
• VIN decoder vs. vehicle history report
• How to check if a car is stolen by VIN