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

- - ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) (https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/buying-car/96830-article-find-your-cars-date-manufacture-vin-15.html)

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Originally Posted by suman (Post 2444028)

WBAVN370X0VR47755

Make: BMW
Model: X1 20D
Release Date: 04/2011 (APRIL 2011)
Engine Type: N47

Got the VIN number for our New City. Based on the decoding logic - this was manufactured last month. Makes me really happy. :D

Fresh off the assembly line :)

Note from TBHP Support : VIN number removed.

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Originally Posted by manyu (Post 2447387)

WBAPP17070NN34165

Make: BMW
Model: 320D
Release Date: 05/2011 (MAY 2011)
Engine Type: N47N

Just calculated and my car should be June 2011 manufactured. Will be getting it next week and hope to see that it is a june 2011 car (thanks to wildon). Thanks a lot mate! :thumbs up

I like it when this thread pops up in my subscribed list.
WHY?
Because it means someone has finalized their car, and is moving up to the next level in the buying experience.
Also speaks of the new upcoming ownership threads which will be up soon.
As well as the great time we are going to have on those threads, reading and discussing various aspects of the NEW car.
Way to GO WILDON!
and thanks once again for this lovely thread.

Can someone decode the month of manufacture for the following Hyundai VIN:
MALCU41DLBM022633

As per Wildon's guide, B at 10th position means 2011 but there is no 19th position to decode month since the VIN is 17 characters long.

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Originally Posted by mdsaab (Post 2447983)

Way to GO WILDON!
and thanks once again for this lovely thread.

Thanks buddy for all the support.

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Originally Posted by doxinboy (Post 2448902)

WVWF1160XBTO76931

Make: VW Vento
Color: Candy White
Production Date: 14.07.2011

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Originally Posted by headbanger (Post 2449235)

MALCU41DLBM022633

MODEL NAME : VERNA SX
ENGINE TYPE : 1.6L GAMMA VVT
ENGINE NUMBER : G4FCBU275325
FUEL TYPE : PETROL
TRANSMISSION : 5 SPEED MANUAL
PRODUCTION DATE : 19.07.2011
COLOR : CARBON GRAY

Hey Wildon, How're you able to figure out the color from the VIN? Looking at the instructions for decoding Honda VINs, I don't see steps to figure out the color. I do see instructions for the Make, Engine, Variant [E, S, V] and Manufacture Month/Year. Didn't see anything for color. Please enlighten us :)

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Originally Posted by wildon (Post 2250686)

Manufacturer: Toyota

VIN Characters: 22 (beginning with MBJ...)

Decode:

19th & 20th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
21st & 22nd character represents the YEAR of Manufacture

I just asked my dealer for the VIN No. and got a 17 digit no beginning with:
"MBJB29BT*****9491" Seems they have given me a truncated no. :Frustrati
or does Etios have a different VIN system?

Same here. What the dealer has given me now is a 17 digit chassis number for the new Etios VX I want to buy.

MBJB29BT800019869

Please help. How do I decode this?

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Originally Posted by wildon (Post 2449260)

Make: VW Vento
Color: Candy White
Production Date: 14.07.2011

Thanks wildon. I thought the fourth character "F" represent the month June, I am happy it is manufactured just a fortnight ago.