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

maverick145 · 26th February 2011, 15:35

Thanks a lot for this extremely valuable piece of information. I really appreciate you taking out time to work on this compilation. Superb thread.

fiat_tarun · 26th February 2011, 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildon

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor India
VIN Characters: 19 (beginning with MAL...)

Decode:
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture.
19th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture.

Wildon, this VIN seems to be different. It has only 11 characters and if the numbers are also included then 17. Could you help with decoding this?

W.A.G.7 · 27th February 2011, 19:57

Hi Wildon,

I got your message & tried to PM you, but got some error message about sending PM. I have got the RC book for Micra (smart card) and the date of manufacture is mentioned as June/2010. I got the car on 29/Jul/2010.

Let me know if you need anymore info.

Thanks

zaveed · 27th February 2011, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildon

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor India
VIN Characters: 19 (beginning with MAL...)

Decode:
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture.
19th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture.

An Example:
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

I own a Hyundai Santro. 10th character in the VIN number is not an alphabet but a number. what does that mean?

Thanks

Zappex · 27th February 2011, 22:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaveed

I own a Hyundai Santro. 10th character in the VIN number is not an alphabet but a number. what does that mean?

Please go through your VIN again, I think your car is a Pre-2010 model. In that case the 10th digit is the year. Example: If the 10th digit is 9 then your car is 2009 manufactured.

wildon · 27th February 2011, 23:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by fiat_tarun

Wildon, this VIN seems to be different. It has only 11 characters and if the numbers are also included then 17. Could you help with decoding this?

Check under the Drivers seat, on the floor you can see the additional characters

, it will be like MALAN51CMBM848500*B

Here is the decoded info of your vehicle.

MODEL NAME : i10 Sportz
ENGINE TYPE : 1.2L Kappa2 VTVT
FUEL TYPE : PETROL
TRANSMISSION : 4 SPEED Auto
PRODUCTION DATE : 12.02.2011
COLOR : Carbon Gray

Quote:

Originally Posted by W.A.G.7

I got your message & tried to PM you, but got some error message about sending PM. I have got the RC book for Micra (smart card) and the date of manufacture is mentioned as June/2010. I got the car on 29/Jul/2010.

As your VIN's was MDHFBUK13A6xxxxxx, The 10th and 11th Characters are representing YEAR and MONTH respectively. So i rightly guessed at that time as June 2010 manufactured vehicle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaveed

I own a Hyundai Santro. 10th character in the VIN number is not an alphabet but a number. what does that mean?

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zappex

Please go through your VIN again, I think your car is a Pre-2010 model. In that case the 10th digit is the year. Example: If the 10th digit is 9 then your car is 2009 manufactured.

Zappex given you the answer.

9=2009
8=2008
7=2007
6=2006
5=2005
4=2004 etc..

Zappex · 27th February 2011, 23:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildon

Zappex given you the answer.

Glad to help, Thanks a lot for the info you put up.

fiat_tarun · 27th February 2011, 23:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildon

Here is the decoded info of your vehicle.

Wow, you got all the details of the car. Nice! Thank You.

g.nox · 28th February 2011, 04:26

Great work wildon. Earlier i was thinking that chassis no. is just a unique number which differentiate your car from other cars, did not even guess that it can tell my car's manufacturing month and year.
This will definitely help anyone while planning to buy a new car.
A quick question, Is it possible to know manufacturing date by viewing chassis no. in bikes too ?

Torquedo · 1st March 2011, 10:20

Hello Wildon -

Could you please decode the following VIN for me:

MA6NF19D-AB-H010269

Thanks & Regards.

wildon · 1st March 2011, 12:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torquedo

MA6NF19D-AB-H010269

The easy guide for do-it-yourself for Chevy is here, Hope you will tell me the result.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/buying...ml#post2249662

Torquedo · 1st March 2011, 12:43

Thanks Wildon -

It should be a Jan 2011 product, but then how do we determine if it is a Diesel or petrol and which model from GM?

Thanks & regards,

wildon · 1st March 2011, 13:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torquedo

It should be a Jan 2011 product

NF19D - Optra, Sorry no other details are available with me.

djkher · 1st March 2011, 13:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildon

To eradicate confusion, the letters "I", "O" and "Q" are never used in the Vehicle Identification Number.

however in the fiat vin details you have mentioned

Year Codes:
MZ = 2011
NZ = 2010
QZ & PZ = 2009

was that a typo??

wildon · 1st March 2011, 14:28

^^ The VIN contains only 17 Characters, rest are additional characters used by our Indian manufactures to identify the month and year in some cars.

So in the first 17 Characters you will never find I, O and Q.

Some call this as Chassis numbers.

26th February 2011, 15:35	#31
maverick145 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Raipur Posts: 170 Thanked: 34 Times	Re: ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) Thanks a lot for this extremely valuable piece of information. I really appreciate you taking out time to work on this compilation. Superb thread.
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27th February 2011, 19:57	#33
W.A.G.7 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Pune Posts: 1,440 Thanked: 2,282 Times	Re: ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) Hi Wildon, I got your message & tried to PM you, but got some error message about sending PM. I have got the RC book for Micra (smart card) and the date of manufacture is mentioned as June/2010. I got the car on 29/Jul/2010. Let me know if you need anymore info. Thanks Last edited by W.A.G.7 : 27th February 2011 at 20:01. Reason: Grammar
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28th February 2011, 04:26	#39
g.nox Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hyderabad, Ajmer Posts: 9 Thanked: 2 Times	Re: ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) Great work wildon. Earlier i was thinking that chassis no. is just a unique number which differentiate your car from other cars, did not even guess that it can tell my car's manufacturing month and year. This will definitely help anyone while planning to buy a new car. A quick question, Is it possible to know manufacturing date by viewing chassis no. in bikes too ?
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1st March 2011, 10:20	#40
Torquedo BHPian Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: . Posts: 706 Thanked: 828 Times	Re: ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) Hello Wildon - Could you please decode the following VIN for me: MA6NF19D-AB-H010269 Thanks & Regards.
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1st March 2011, 12:43	#42
Torquedo BHPian Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: . Posts: 706 Thanked: 828 Times	Re: ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) Thanks Wildon - It should be a Jan 2011 product, but then how do we determine if it is a Diesel or petrol and which model from GM? Thanks & regards,
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1st March 2011, 14:28	#45
wildon BANNED Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,443 Thanked: 1,249 Times View My Garage	Re: ARTICLE: Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) ^^ The VIN contains only 17 Characters, rest are additional characters used by our Indian manufactures to identify the month and year in some cars. So in the first 17 Characters you will never find I, O and Q. Some call this as Chassis numbers. Last edited by wildon : 1st March 2011 at 14:33.
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