Factory build sheet

2006 Honda Element

Build 5J6YH172-6

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5J6YH172 and position 10 reads 6. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Element whose VIN starts 5J6YH172 and carries 6 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 5 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 5 known VINs

Factory specification

As filed by Honda with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.

Body & chassis

NHTSA body type
MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
Manufacturer
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

The same build, other model years

Honda used the VIN pattern 5J6YH172 for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.

How this VIN pattern is read

A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.

Positions Characters What they encode
1–3 5J6 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 YH172 Model, body style, engine and restraint system
9 × Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build
10 6 Model year — 2006
11 × Assembly plant
12–17 ×××××× Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle

5 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to 5J6YH172-6 shares the specification above.

  • 5 Known VINs

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Where this data comes from

Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.

Vehicle counts come from the 5 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.