Finding the VIN & manufacturing date/year on Indian cars

undead · 17th March 2008, 07:18

AFAIK , The only vehicle in India having a VIN number is the Skoda Fabia .

srikat · 9th April 2008, 12:30

Today I had a look at my car (i10 Era) before it was sent for registration. Asked the sales person to show me the manufacturing month and year and he showed me some huge number (I think it's the engine number) that had letters 8M in between some more alphabets. He told me that it means "2008 Manufactured". Is he correct? Will the manufacturing month and year not be written clearly anywhere inside the car?

rkbharat · 13th May 2008, 10:16

Note from Mod - Threads merged. Please do a search before creating a new thread.

Please tell me the way I can find the manafacturing date of maruti cars, more specifically SX4.

I need to make sure its 2008 and max Upto March. I have read few nasty problems in previous assemblies.

In Tata Cars this can be calculated from the Engine number.

Please help me urgently as I need to take the delivery soon

abcxyz07306 · 13th May 2008, 10:34

Hi,

Recently I was talking with a Maruti dealer employee; he informed that last two characters on specific number refer to manufactured month/year. We were looking at Wagon R; under bonnet there was small plate in left corner having bunch of characters, last two characters were C8, he decoded it to March 08.

I am not sure about SX4.

rkbharat · 13th May 2008, 11:04

exactly I need something similar. From the Engine number of Tata cars, you can find out the year, month, plant, etc.

I will check this in SX4 in office.

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Originally Posted by abcxyz07306

Hi,

Recently I was talking with a Maruti dealer employee; he informed that last two characters on specific number refer to manufactured month/year. We were looking at Wagon R; under bonnet there was small plate in left corner having bunch of characters, last two characters were C8, he decoded it to March 08.

I am not sure about SX4.

dadu · 13th May 2008, 11:45

Although OT, can you define how for TATA??

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkbharat

exactly I need something similar. From the Engine number of Tata cars, you can find out the year, month, plant, etc.

I will check this in SX4 in office.

rkbharat · 13th May 2008, 11:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by dadu

Although OT, can you define how for TATA??

Just realized that its there in the thread for TATA, courtesy to Mr Achin.

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sujithnk · 28th July 2008, 03:25

Ive been reading loads of storys about dealers cheating thier customers.
now i am very keen to know few things namely

1. At time of taking delivery how do i know when the car was manufactured . what documents should i ask the dealer or is there any other way to find out the time it rolled out of production .

2. What should be the main areas where i should keep my eyes open to find whether the car was used for demo puposes ?

It would be great help since i am planning to take delivery of a new car and after reading some stories i donn want to make the same mistakes

thanks

samrat25 · 28th July 2008, 10:23

i have replied this query elsewhere on the forum.
here you go again:
look for the jargon of numbers and letters on the engine bay/ a metal badge stuck inside after opening the bonnet
e.g. 28760248E8
o.k. now carefully look at the last two letter and digit.
E and 8 in this case
alphabetically E comes 5th ,right? so it's the 5th month of the year i.e. MAY!
8 is the year of manufacture i.e. year 2008
so, it's a MAY 2008 car;simple!

sujithnk · 28th July 2008, 10:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by samrat25

i have replied this query elsewhere on the forum.
here you go again:
look for the jargon of numbers and letters on the engine bay/ a metal badge stuck inside after opening the bonnet
e.g. 28760248E8
o.k. now carefully look at the last two letter and digit.
E and 8 in this case
alphabetically E comes 5th ,right? so it's the 5th month of the year i.e. MAY!
8 is the year of manufacture i.e. year 2008
so, it's a MAY 2008 car;simple!

Thanks a tonn.
does this apply to bmw cars too or do they have any other codes
thanks

samrat25 · 28th July 2008, 11:11

not bought a BMW ever in my life

or any phoren made car ever, so can't say. but now that all international brands freely available in india my guess is it should apply her too.

sbasak · 28th July 2008, 15:19

You can get the details from VIN here
VIN View /// AnalogX

tsk1979 · 28th July 2008, 16:59

My safari was manufactured in May 2008 I guess
Chasis number has : ERZ

amit_mechengg · 28th July 2008, 22:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsk1979

My safari was manufactured in May 2008 I guess
Chasis number has : ERZ

yes perfect

chassis barrel + ERZ +assembly line code+ running serial no = 15 digit vin no

sujithnk · 28th July 2008, 23:25

Oh man am scared especially after reading bought guy who had problems with bmw car. somebody has to help me with finding out the production date . taking delivery of my vehicle on 17th august. I had trouble with my previous dealer i.e.. honda.

17th March 2008, 07:18	#16
undead Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bhavani - Komarapalayam Posts: 1,194 Thanked: 181 Times	AFAIK , The only vehicle in India having a VIN number is the Skoda Fabia .
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9th April 2008, 12:30	#17
srikat BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 59 Thanked: 2 Times	Today I had a look at my car (i10 Era) before it was sent for registration. Asked the sales person to show me the manufacturing month and year and he showed me some huge number (I think it's the engine number) that had letters 8M in between some more alphabets. He told me that it means "2008 Manufactured". Is he correct? Will the manufacturing month and year not be written clearly anywhere inside the car?
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13th May 2008, 10:16	#18
rkbharat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gurgaon/New Delhi Posts: 1,603 Thanked: 724 Times View My Garage	How to find the manafacturing date? Note from Mod - Threads merged. Please do a search before creating a new thread. Please tell me the way I can find the manafacturing date of maruti cars, more specifically SX4. I need to make sure its 2008 and max Upto March. I have read few nasty problems in previous assemblies. In Tata Cars this can be calculated from the Engine number. Please help me urgently as I need to take the delivery soon Last edited by Rehaan : 13th May 2008 at 11:50. Reason: Threads merged.
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13th May 2008, 10:34	#19
abcxyz07306 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 13 Thanked: 3 Times	Hi, Recently I was talking with a Maruti dealer employee; he informed that last two characters on specific number refer to manufactured month/year. We were looking at Wagon R; under bonnet there was small plate in left corner having bunch of characters, last two characters were C8, he decoded it to March 08. I am not sure about SX4.
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28th July 2008, 03:25	#23
sujithnk BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cochin Posts: 128 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	At the time of taking delivery how do i know when the car was manufactured?? Ive been reading loads of storys about dealers cheating thier customers. now i am very keen to know few things namely 1. At time of taking delivery how do i know when the car was manufactured . what documents should i ask the dealer or is there any other way to find out the time it rolled out of production . 2. What should be the main areas where i should keep my eyes open to find whether the car was used for demo puposes ? It would be great help since i am planning to take delivery of a new car and after reading some stories i donn want to make the same mistakes thanks
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28th July 2008, 10:23	#24
samrat25 BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: mumbai Posts: 30 Thanked: 0 Times	i have replied this query elsewhere on the forum. here you go again: look for the jargon of numbers and letters on the engine bay/ a metal badge stuck inside after opening the bonnet e.g. 28760248E8 o.k. now carefully look at the last two letter and digit. E and 8 in this case alphabetically E comes 5th ,right? so it's the 5th month of the year i.e. MAY! 8 is the year of manufacture i.e. year 2008 so, it's a MAY 2008 car;simple!
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28th July 2008, 11:11	#26
samrat25 BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: mumbai Posts: 30 Thanked: 0 Times	not bought a BMW ever in my life or any phoren made car ever, so can't say. but now that all international brands freely available in india my guess is it should apply her too.
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28th July 2008, 15:19	#27
sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 607 Thanked: 16 Times	You can get the details from VIN here VIN View /// AnalogX
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28th July 2008, 16:59	#28
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,697 Thanked: 23,489 Times View My Garage	My safari was manufactured in May 2008 I guess Chasis number has : ERZ
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28th July 2008, 23:25	#30
sujithnk BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cochin Posts: 128 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	Oh man am scared especially after reading bought guy who had problems with bmw car. somebody has to help me with finding out the production date . taking delivery of my vehicle on 17th august. I had trouble with my previous dealer i.e.. honda.
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