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ForCar gives you a free window sticker for almost any car, but for most brands it's rebuilt from public data. Here's the difference, and when each site is the right pick.

 

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2025 Ford F-150 2021 Jeep Wrangler
Where do I find my VIN?
  • Windshield: bottom corner on the driver's side, read from outside.
  • Driver door jamb: the label on the door edge or pillar, usually with a barcode you can scan.
  • Paperwork: title, registration, insurance card or the dealer's listing.

Scan the VIN barcode

Point the camera at the barcode on the driver door jamb.

Free check first. You only pay $9.99 if the original sticker is on file. Brand by brand

We run StickerByVIN, so we compete with ForCar. Below is what ForCar says on its own pricing, sticker and model pages, checked on November 11, 2026.

What ForCar offers

ForCar is a free car research site. It has a VIN decoder, recalls, crash ratings, fuel economy, insurance estimates, values and window stickers, with pages for 61 brands and over a thousand models. It runs on public data from NHTSA, EPA, IIHS and NAIC, and says so.

It’s funded three ways:

  • Ads on the free plan.
  • Pro at $29 a month: edit the sticker, full PDF report, bulk decoding of 250 VINs, no ads.
  • Dealer at $99 a month: an API and a white-label sticker.

Its terms also disclose affiliate links for history reports from a partner.

Original or rebuilt

ForCar says it shows the original factory PDF for Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat and Alfa Romeo. For everything else, its words are “we rebuild it from NHTSA and EPA records.” The Toyota Camry page is clear about it.

Some wording elsewhere is less clear. The main menu calls the sticker section “The original build sheet,” and the Pro box on the Camry page lists “the original window sticker and factory options” as a Pro feature. A rebuilt sticker also can’t know the actual options on your car, since that isn’t in public data. ForCar leaves them for you to fill in.

What we do differently

We don’t rebuild labels at all. Paste a VIN and our free check tells you whether the original factory sticker is on file. If it is, the $9.99 Full Report has the label, every option with its original price, the MSRP and the paint code. If it isn’t, you don’t pay, and we tell you that plainly.

  • Ford and Lincoln stickers come straight from Ford. ForCar’s original list doesn’t include them.
  • Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat and Alfa Romeo stickers come from Stellantis’s own system for most 2013-and-later VINs, and from our partner otherwise.
  • GM, Toyota, Lexus, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan come from a licensed sticker-data partner.
  • If our check said “found” and we can’t deliver, the refund is automatic.

What ForCar does better

Breadth, and the price. ForCar shows something for almost any brand and model from 1981 on, free, including Honda, BMW and others we don’t sell stickers for, and Subarus older than the 2021 models we cover. It also packs in tools we don’t have, like insurance estimates, valuations and crash ratings, and it publishes open data.

If you just want a rough picture of a model’s specs and fuel economy, a rebuilt sticker can do that at no cost.

Side by side

ForCar StickerByVIN
Cost Free, Pro $29 a month Free check, $9.99 Full Report
GM and Stellantis Original PDF, per ForCar Original, when on file
Ford, Lincoln Rebuilt Original, from Ford
Toyota, Lexus, Kia, Nissan, Hyundai Rebuilt Original, when on file
Subaru Rebuilt Original from Subaru, 2021 on, when on file
Honda, BMW Rebuilt Not covered
Real options with prices Not on rebuilt stickers Yes
History reports Partner affiliate link No

When to use them, when to use us

Use ForCar to browse a model’s general specs, or for a brand we don’t cover, as long as you know the label is rebuilt.

Use us when you need to know what one specific car came with: the actual packages, options and prices on its factory label. That’s the thing a rebuilt sticker can’t tell you, and our check costs nothing to run.

Last updated November 12, 2026.

The original window sticker for a 2025 Ford F-150 XLT, VIN 1FTFW3L5XSKD97239, total MSRP $61,410
The EPA fuel economy and environment section of a Toyota Prius Prime window sticker
The EPA fuel-economy box from a Prius Prime label.
Rows of cars on a dealership lot in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Other brands

Original window sticker
Build details

Frequently asked questions

Is the ForCar window sticker original?

For 10 GM and Stellantis brands, ForCar says it shows the original factory PDF. For other brands it says it rebuilds the label from NHTSA and EPA records. Its Toyota Camry page, for example, says so directly.

Why are options blank on a ForCar sticker?

On rebuilt stickers, public NHTSA and EPA data doesn't include the VIN's real option list. ForCar leaves those lines for you to fill in, and editing is part of its $29 a month Pro plan.

Does ForCar have history reports?

Not its own. Its terms say some links, including vehicle history reports from a partner, are affiliate links. We don't sell history reports either.