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How do you know that your dealer isn't selling you a 6 month old car, under the guise of a new one? Or worse still, a car that's over a year old?
Knowing when your car was manufactured is critical; after all, when you have paid good money for a brand new car, shouldn't you be getting just that? Automotive manufactures around the world use a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) that can be decoded to reveal the Month & Year of production. Each car has a unique VIN that is usually stamped somewhere within the engine bay, or around the passenger compartment. Team-BHP shows you how to decode the VIN of your car. Simply scroll down to the manufacturer-specific posts and follow the instructions therein.
NOTE: An excel sheet containing the location of engine / chassis numbers (on various vehicles) is attached to the bottom of this post. Manufacturer: Chevrolet All models except Trailblazer VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MA6.) Decode: 7th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture 9th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture Month Codes: A = JAN B = FEB C = MAR D = APR E = MAY F = JUN G = JUL H = AUG J = SEP K = OCT L = NOV M = DEC Year Codes: A = 2010 B = 2011 C = 2012 D = 2013 E = 2014 F = 2015 G = 2016 H = 2017 J = 2018 K = 2019 L = 2020 M = 2021 N = 2022 P = 2023 R = 2024 S = 2025 T = 2026 V = 2027 W = 2028 X = 2029 Y = 2030 Reference photo attached in post #584. Additionally, you can find a separate placard near the front left door, right bottom (near seat) that has 2 characters representing MONTH and YEAR. For e.g GB = July 2011.
Full credit goes to fellow members Ghostrider, Torquedo, keyur and Poitive for the findings. Trailblazer VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MMM.) Decode: 4th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture 9th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture Month Codes: A = JAN B = FEB C = MAR D = APR F = MAY G = JUN H = JUL K = AUG M = SEP N = OCT P = NOV R = DEC Year Codes: A = 2010 B = 2011 C = 2012 D = 2013 E = 2014 F = 2015 G = 2016 H = 2017 J = 2018 K = 2019 L = 2020 M = 2021 N = 2022 P = 2023 R = 2024 S = 2025 T = 2026 U = 2027 V = 2028 W = 2029 X = 2030. The VIN code for mahindra vehicles consists of 17 digits, which is divided mainly into 3 sections. First section containing 3 digits which give details of Manufacturer code. Second section containing 6 digits which give details of general characteristics of the vehicle third section containing 8 digits which give details of particular vehicle identification. Now the details of all the 17 digits Digit 1- Continent code ( M means Asia) Digit 2- Country code (A means India) Digit 3- Manufacturers code for MnM (1 means Mahindra) Digit 4,5-Vehicle code for RHD,LHD Digit 6- 4WD or 2WD (4 means 4WD and 2 means 2WD) Digit 7,8- Engine code (Different codes for MDI and NEF) Digit9- Transmission code (N for NGT 530R and L for NGT530) Digit 10- Year code (2 for 2001, 3 for 2002 and so on) Digit 11- Plant location (1 for Kandivali, 2 for Nasik, 3 for Zaheerabad) Digit 12- Month code (A for January, B for Feb and so on) Digit 13-17- Vehicle Serial No.
Manufacturer: Ford VIN Characters: 17 (beginning mostly with MAJ.) Ford India uses a pattern which repeats every 4 years. That means the 2005-2008 pattern repeats for 2009-2012 (and so on). Decode: (Use the chart below for reference) 11th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture 12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture An Example: If your 11th VIN character is 7, then it represents the Year - 2007 If your 12th VIN character is K, then it represents the Month - February Year Codes: A = 2010 B = 2011 C = 2012 D = 2013 E = 2014 F = 2015 G = 2016 H = 2017 J = 2018 K = 2019 L = 2020 M = 2021 N = 2022 P = 2023 R = 2024 S = 2025 T = 2026 V = 2027 W = 2028 X = 2029 Y = 2030 Please also check out Arunphilip's excellent post.