Where is the stamped VIN number?

[Skye]

Unless I cut into my carpet, I won't be able to confirm the VIN is stamped under my seat.

I'm attaching a photo as a reference.

In the threads I listed earlier, S550 cars sent to AU and the UK were stamped in the area we've discussed.

@Paul2020 confirmed his S650 is stamped in the same place.

It's only one Member, but one in Germany, in an older thread involving a 2017 Eco, was having problems finding their VIN. IDK if that was a US import in Germany, or if he ever found it.

Back to the attached...

In this photo, there's a cut in the carpet, VIN underneath. In all the photos I've seen with a VIN underneath, the cut to the carpet looks uniform, like it's being done at the factory. I can see that. Cut that it is, it's always in the same place with the same appearance. A customs official overseas might not be so considerate if they were cutting the carpet themselves.

In my '22, there's no cut in that location. Between the push pin of the floor mat and the push pin holding the carpet down, the carpet is in-tact. The carpet is to heavy to feel anything underneath it.

Interestingly, my carpet is cut, behind the second pin, well under the seat, to support a wiring harness underneath. The flaps are there to fold the carpet over the harness, so there is no bulge. I pulled that back as far as I could to then feel for anything at all, and it all felt smooth.

I did some more searches again this morning and the topic is as opaque as it was before. I couldn't find any more threads, pictures or new insight.

Is Ford stamping the VIN to support an AU/NZ/UK requirement? Maybe. Given the option, I'd like to see Ford stamp all our Mustangs this way.

Hopefully, @roket could provide some clarifying information today.

Edit,

FWIW, I went back out, pulled the pin holding the carpet down on both driver and passenger side, to get more reach. Using the backside of my hand, I attempted to feel anything resembling a stamp or mark and could not. Maybe US vehicles aren't stamped. Maybe they are, but I could not pull carpet back far enough to confirm.

Edit (again), 08 Jan 2026,

As an additional reference, I'm attaching a photo of a car with the interior gutted, US spec. Looking at the carpet, you can see it is not cut, the VIN not stamped onto the chassis.

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[GrabThatBlue]

Can confirm mine has vin just under driver seat, has piece of carpet cut, if you lift that is where vin is..

Oh my mistake, didnt know you were from Australia.

I only hear this from people from Australia.
The S550 is also the same thing. People from Australia all say this but I never heard an American have this.

 

[GrabThatBlue]

Unless I cut into my carpet, I won't be able to confirm the VIN is stamped under my seat.

I'm attaching a photo as a reference.

In the threads I listed earlier, S550 cars sent to AU and the UK were stamped in the area we've discussed.

@Paul2020 confirmed his S650 is stamped in the same place.

It's only one Member, but one in Germany, in an older thread involving a 2017 Eco, was having problems finding their VIN. IDK if that was a US import in Germany, or if he ever found it.

Back to the attached...

In this photo, there's a cut in the carpet, VIN underneath. In all the photos I've seen with a VIN underneath, the cut to the carpet looks uniform, like it's being done at the factory. I can see that. Cut that it is, it's always in the same place with the same appearance. A customs official overseas might not be so considerate if they were cutting the carpet themselves.

In my '22, there's no cut in that location. Between the push pin of the floor mat and the push pin holding the carpet down, the carpet is in-tact. The carpet is to heavy to feel anything underneath it.

Interestingly, my carpet is cut, behind the second pin, well under the seat, to support a wiring harness underneath. The flaps are there to fold the carpet over the harness, so there is no bulge. I pulled that back as far as I could to then feel for anything at all, and it all felt smooth.

I did some more searches again this morning and the topic is as opaque as it was before. I couldn't find any more threads, pictures or new insight.

Is Ford stamping the VIN to support an AU/NZ/UK requirement? Maybe. Given the option, I'd like to see Ford stamp all our Mustangs this way.

Hopefully, @roket could provide some clarifying information today.

Edit,

FWIW, I went back out, pulled the pin holding the carpet down on both driver and passenger side, to get more reach. Using the backside of my hand, I attempted to feel anything resembling a stamp or mark and could not. Maybe US vehicles aren't stamped. Maybe they are, but I could not pull carpet back far enough to confirm.

Yes, that's what I also think. All the cars with the carpets cut are Australian and not from US or Canada.

I also read in the topic you shared from the S550 that an American didnt had a cut carpet and he cut it himself and didnt find anything.

 

[roket]

@Skye @GrabThatBlue i honestly have no idea

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