title: How can I get a list of VIN manufacturer Equipment Codes, Vehicle Descriptor Section?
body: <p>I am trying to build a VIN decoder, per paying a service will not work for my application I have found WMI data </p>
  
  <p>HERE <a href="ftp://ftp.nhtsa.dot.gov/manufacture/" rel="noreferrer">WMI Info for all manufacturers</a></p>
  
  <p>The manufacturer.mbd</p>
  
  <p>contains all WMI info </p>
  
  <p>What I am looking for at this point is a Data base that contains all of the VDS info or a method to get that info and keep it up to date </p>
  
  <p>Per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number#Vehicle_descriptor_section" rel="noreferrer">VIN wiki</a></p>
  
  <p>I have found a list of common manufacture codes but it is out of date and incomplete</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ca/TORONTO/VIN/VDS.html#equip" rel="noreferrer">Old VDS information</a></p>
  
  <p>Basically I need a Database that has the VDS info, or the method used to query manufactures for VDS info</p>