Team-BHP - ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN)

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Originally Posted by Grand Drive (Post 3770786)

Yes, it's been pointed out. The first three characters of VW VIN been changed from WVW to MEX.

Thanks @Grand Drive. I was searching about this.. and your post really helped :thumbs up

Thanks to this forum. I was able to find the Build Date of my Ford Ecosport. The link to be used is https://www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do which has been mentioned above already.

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Originally Posted by dinu2506 (Post 3824937)

Can you please decode SMTTJ9107GF700852.

Congrats ! It's a Triumph Bonneville T100 2015 model. The VIN decodes as follows:

SMT - Triumph Motorcycles, UK
TJ - Bonneville
910 - T100
7 - Check digit
G - Final drive ratio
F - 2015
700852 - Frame/Chassis number.

Hi Grand Drive,

For VW Polo is there any way to distinguish a 1.2 NA Petrol from a 1.2 TSI ?

I ran a PDI on my car at dealer yard and everything looks good.

VIN is
MEXK15602GTXXXXXX

MEX - VW India
K - October
15 - 2015
602 - What is this ? (Is 6 the check digit?)
G - Model year 2016
T - What is this ?

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Originally Posted by Vishyvish (Post 3825000)

Well you have GT in the front, TSI at the rear and GT TSI on the C pillar.

Yeh. But anyone can buy and stick those ! There has to be a way to identify the model using the VIN

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Originally Posted by Grand Drive (Post 3824986)

Appreciate the help. Getting delivery in few days time.

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Originally Posted by freedom (Post 3824995)

VW VIN MEXK15602GTXXXXXX

MEX - VW India
K - October
15 - 2015
602 - What is this ? (Is 6 the check digit?)
G - Model year 2016
T - What is this ?

Congrats ! It's a October 2016 model.

6 - Restraint systems.
2 - Check digit.
T - The eleventh character reveals the assembly plant of the vehicle.

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Originally Posted by aviorp (Post 3827436)

VIN MA3EHKD1S00953978

The VIN provided is incomplete and Maruti Suzuki's VIN will have 21 characters.

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Originally Posted by champ27 (Post 3829497)

Hi,

Need help in decoding the following VIN for Nissan Terrano

MDHHSNA36FO13637

As per the Opening Post, Nissan has a VIN of 17 characters whereas you have given 16 only. So recheck and post.

But partly decoded, the 10th character which is the year is 2015 = F. Month code isn't clear as 'O' and '0' aren't used for the same confusion.

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Originally Posted by a4anurag (Post 3829529)

Thanks Anurag. Even I figured out that one character is missing. Also the confusion about the "O" and "0" is valid. I will clarify with the dealer and repost so that month of manufacture can be confirmed. I am worried about the month since Terrano doesn't sell in big numbers.

Just got the revised VIN number from the dealer. It is MDHHSNA36F7013637.

As per the opening post it turns out to be July 2015 manufactured car.

F= 2015
7 = July

Hope I have interpreted correctly. Request the experts to validate. Also is there a way to get some more information based on the VIN number

Should I be worried that it's 3 month old car? All depends on the ODO reading I guess plus how it fares on other TBHP PDI checklist items.

However what is getting me worried is the data thrown in by one of the online vin decoders >> http://www.vindecoderz.com/EN/check-...HSNA36F7013637
It is showing approx mileage of the car as 8310 Km!! Can someone please help me understand what this actually means?