You can look up a vin number on a few websites like: carfax, nicb, icbc, vindecoder, autocheck, researchmaniacs, tuffy and dmv. There are also a lot more websites besides these ones where you can look up a vin number.
You can look up your vin on your car or online. It is a sticker located on the door of your car, or there are also vin lookup sites you can register with.
That is all the digits that was needed up until 1981 when the 17 digit VIN replaced the 13 digit.
engine code in the vin number
There are many sites you can look up that have VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) for free. At the dealership they may have it on the papers if you ask them for it.
You could just call the service department of a Dodge dealership and let them look it up by the VIN.
The DMV would have who owns that car by the VIN number. You can look up past owners at the DMV by the VIN number. You would have to go to the DMV to find that information out though.
If you are looking for the engine code in the VIN number, it is usually the 5th or the 8th number. Go to your local auto parts store and have them look up your engine, tell them you need to know your VIN code. They will be able to give you options like "It's either A, C, or L" and then look at the VIN number of your car, find the VIN code, and that is what it will always be.
You can do a motorcycle vin lookup on the cyclevin website. That site allows you to enter the vin or motorcycle information. They will list results found for you to record.
The website carfax.com has a way of tracking vehicles. There is also a website called vin.vehiclehistorylookup.com that advertises the ability to look up any vehicles vin number.
Unfortunately, there is no place available to look up a VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) for free. Everyone has to pay for that information. Depending on if you plan on looking up more than a few VIN numbers, it may pay to invest a little bit of money to gain access to the information.
Simple answer is that you don't. Those resources are not out there for the general public.