find your car's date of manufacture (vin) _ team-bhp
DESCRIPTION
Find Your Car's Date of Manufacture (VIN) _ Team-BHPTRANSCRIPT
Find your car's date of manufacture(VIN)
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) can be found here.
Refer to the chart below to directly jump to the respective manufacturer's VIN
decoding instructions:
Page No. Manufacturer
2 Tata Motors
3 Chevrolet
4 Honda
5 Mahindra
6 Mitsubishi
7 Hyundai
8 Fiat
9 Skoda
10 Volkswagen
11 Toyota
12 Maruti Suzuki
13 Ford
Manufacturer: Tata Motors
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MAT...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
If your 12th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
Year Codes:
P.S. The letters "I", "O" and "Q" are never used in a VIN.
Manufacturer: Chevrolet
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MA6...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
9th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 9th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
Year Codes:
NOTE:
Its been confirmed that effective from February 2011, there is a change in the Month
code position of Chevrolet VIN.
For e.g if your 7th Character is G then its July.
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 Torquedo, keyur and Poitive for the findings.
Manufacturer: Honda
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MAK...)
Decode:
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
7th Character now represents Month
10th Character is Year.
9th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Mahindra
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MAI...)
Decode:
If your 9th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
NOTE:
Here's some more info from SPIKE ARRESTOR. Thanks!
The VIN code for mahindra vehicles consists of 17 digits, which is divided mainly
into 3 sections.
12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
If your 12th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MA7...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
1. first section containing 3 digits which give details of Manufacturer code.
2. second section containing 6 digits which give details of general characteristics ofthe vehicle
3. third section containing 8 digits which give details of particular vehicleidentification. 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.
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
11th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
If your 11th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Hyundai
VIN Characters: 19 (beginning with MAL...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
19th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
If your 19th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Fiat
VIN Characters: 20 (beginning with MCA...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
18th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
19th & 20th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 18th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 19th & 20th VIN character is NZ, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Skoda
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with TMB...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
LZ= 2012
MZ = 2011
NZ = 2010
QZ & PZ = 2009
6th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 6th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Volkswagen
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with WVW...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
4th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 4th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is B, then it represents the Year - 2011
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Toyota
VIN Characters: 22 (beginning with MBJ...)
Decode:
An Example:
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
19th & 20th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
21st & 22nd character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 19th & 20th VIN characters are 0 & 5, then it represents the Month - May
If your 21st & 22nd VIN characters are 0 & 8, then it represents the Year - 2008
Manufacturer: Maruti
VIN Characters: 21 (beginning mostly with MA3...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
20th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
21th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 20th VIN character is L, then it represents the Month - November
If your 10th VIN character is 6, then it represents the Year - 2006
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
B=2011
A=2010
Copyright 2013 - w w w .team-bhp.com
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)
An Example:
9=2009
8=2008
7=2007
6=2006
5=2005
11th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
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