Finding the VIN & manufacturing date/year on Indian cars

[lambuhere1]

Originally Posted by wildon

^^^ I have not yet succeeded to uncover that.

Wildon, Bugging you again. Did you debug any swift VIN numbers ? Can you kindly let us know please

[wildon]

^^^Well I have not tried any Maruti/Suzuki but will have a go if VIN is provided

[i10]

Wildon, a Hyundai VIN. Can you please help with this?

MALBB51BR9M106806

[wildon]

Originally Posted by i10

Wildon, a Hyundai VIN. Can you please help with this?

MALBB51BR9M106806

MODEL NAME : i20
MODEL YEAR : 2009
BODY TYPE : Wagon
ENGINE TYPE : Unleaded gasolin 1.2L-KAPPA
T/A TYPE : 5 speed MT-2WD
Production Date : 2009-10-24
Distributor S5206 (Kun United Hyundai, Hyderabad or RTCX Road)
INTERIOR COLOR : 9R
EXTERIOR COLOR : 1F (BERRY RED)

[samsan02]

Hi Wildon,
Can you please decode these two for me. I booked a Blue Punto 1.4 E+, no sign of getting one yet. So got these two vins from dealer, just incase I want to choose one.

MCA118A5C07006625JPZ (black)
MCA118A5C07005961JPZ(minimal grey)

Thanks

[wildon]

Originally Posted by samsan02

Hi Wildon,
Can you please decode these two for me. I booked a Blue Punto 1.4 E+, no sign of getting one yet. So got these two vins from dealer, just incase I want to choose one.

MCA118A5C07006625JPZ (black)
MCA118A5C07005961JPZ(minimal grey)

Thanks

MCA= FIAT INDIA

The Vin provided is wrong. Please check again, it should be either 1185AC (1.4 16V E3 95CV/70KW EMOTION PACK) or 118A55 (1.3 16V E3 75CV/55KW EMOTION PACK)

07006625/07005961 = Chasis Number

JPZ= Its a September 2009 Make Vehicle.

Update: I just read your post in "I Booked my Car" thread and you booked a Petrol one so the VIN should be like this

MCA1185AC07006625JPZ (black)
MCA1185AC07005961JPZ(minimal grey)

[Gansan]

Originally Posted by wildon

^^^Well I have not tried any Maruti/Suzuki but will have a go if VIN is provided

Here is my no.
MA3EYD81S01381489

[wildon]

Originally Posted by Gansan

Here is my no.
MA3EYD81S01381489

Just check underneath the bonnet there will be a two digit number like F9 or something. Please confirm.

[Gansan]

Originally Posted by Gansan

Here is my no.
MA3EYD81S01381489

Originally Posted by wildon

Just check underneath the bonnet there will be a two digit number like F9 or something. Please confirm.

Sorry, I lifted the chassis number from the sale invoice as I thought it will be the same as the VIN number! I have since checked under the hood and the number is stamped as MA3EYD81S01381489-D9.

[wildon]

^^^ The Production Month of this Vehicle is April 2009.

MA3= Maruti Suzuki India
EYD81S = Engine/Varient used for Alto cars.
01381489 = Serial Number
D= April
9= Year 2009

Let see if i can cough up more details from the VIN if i get the right tools.

[Gansan]

Originally Posted by wildon

^^^ The Production Month of this Vehicle is April 2009.

MA3= Maruti Suzuki India
EYD81S = Engine/Varient used for Alto cars.
01381489 = Serial Number
D= April
9= Year 2009

Let see if i can cough up more details from the VIN if i get the right tools.

That is correct! It is indeed Alto and the production month checks with the RC book. I was hoping you might come up with the date of production as it can't be found anywhere!

[samsan02]

Originally Posted by samsan02

MCA118A5C07006625JPZ (black)
MCA118A5C07005961JPZ(minimal grey)

Originally Posted by wildon

MCA= FIAT INDIA

The Vin provided is wrong. Please check again, it should be either 1185AC (1.4 16V E3 95CV/70KW EMOTION PACK) or 118A55 (1.3 16V E3 75CV/55KW EMOTION PACK)

07006625/07005961 = Chasis Number

JPZ= Its a September 2009 Make Vehicle.

Update: I just read your post in "I Booked my Car" thread and you booked a Petrol one so the VIN should be like this

MCA1185AC07006625JPZ (black)
MCA1185AC07005961JPZ(minimal grey)

Thanks Wildon, I think dealer mistyped it as A5C instead of 5AC when he gave it from his excel file. Anyway thanks again so if JPZ = Sept 2009, any idea what would be fcode or Oct /Nov 2009. I will wait from my color to arrive in that case.

[wildon]

^^^
KPZ / KQZ = October 2009
LPZ / LQZ = November 2009

[nura]

Originally Posted by wildon

The dealer is right

^^^Ford VIN number for the year 2009,

The 11th digit represent YEAR , if its 9 then year is 2009
The 12th digit represent MONTH, if its C the month is September, if its K then its October

This is applicable for the year 2009 only

November = D
December = E

I hope this clear up your doubt.

@wildon
Great work, Sir!
I bought my Ford Fiesta a few weeks ago. The 11th digit is 9 & the 12th is A.
So in which month of 2009 was it manufactured?
Thanks in advance.

[wildon]

^^^

A= July if you bought the vehicle in 2009