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Find your car's date of manufacture(VIN)
How do you know that your dealer isn't selling you a 6 month old car, under the
guise of a new one? Or worse still, a car that's over a year old?
Knowing when your car was manufactured is critical; after all, when you have paid
good money for a brand new car, shouldn't you be getting just that? Automotive
manufactures around the world use a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) that can
be decoded to reveal the Month & Year of production. Each car has a unique VIN
that is usually stamped somewhere within the engine bay, or around the passenger
compartment.
Team-BHP shows you how to decode the VIN of your car. Simply scroll down to the
manufacturer-specific posts and follow the instructions therein.
NOTE : An excel sheet containing the location of engine / chassis numbers (on
various vehicles) can be found here.
Refer to the chart below to directly jump to the respective manufacturer's VIN
decoding instructions:
Page No. Manufacturer
2 Tata Motors
3 Chevrolet
4 Honda
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5 Mahindra
6 Mitsubishi
7 Hyundai
8 Fiat
9 Skoda
10 Volkswagen
11 Toyota
12 Maruti Suzuki
13 Ford
Manufacturer: Tata Motors
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MAT...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
If your 12th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
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P.S. The letters "I", "O" and "Q" are never used in a VIN.
Manufacturer: Chevrolet
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MA6...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
9th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 9th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
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NOTE:
Its been confirmed that effective from February 2011, there is a change in the Month
code position of Chevrolet VIN.
For e.g if your 7th Character is G then its July.
Additionally, you can find a separate placard near the front left door, right bottom
(near seat) that has 2 characters representing MONTH and YEAR. For e.g GB = July
2011.
Full credit goes to fellow members Torquedo, keyur and Poitive for the findings.
Manufacturer: Honda
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MAK...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
7th Character now represents Month
10th Character is Year.
9th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 9th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
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Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Mahindra
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MAI...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
If your 12th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
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Year Codes:
NOTE:
Here's some more info from SPIKE ARRESTOR. Thanks!
The VIN code for mahindra vehicles consists of 17 digits, which is divided mainly
into 3 sections.
Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with MA7...)
Decode:
1. first section containing 3 digits which give details of Manufacturer code.
2. second section containing 6 digits which give details of general characteristics ofthe vehicle
3. third section containing 8 digits which give details of particular vehicleidentification. Now the details of all the 17 digits
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
Digit 1- Continent code ( M means Asia)
Digit 2- Country code (A means India)
Digit 3- Manufacturers code for MnM (1 means Mahindra)
Digit 4,5-Vehicle code for RHD,LHD
Digit 6- 4WD or 2WD (4 means 4WD and 2 means 2WD)
Digit 7,8- Engine code (Different codes for MDI and NEF)
Digit9- Transmission code (N for NGT 530R and L for NGT530)
Digit 10- Year code (2 for 2001, 3 for 2002 and so on)
Digit 11- Plant location (1 for Kandivali, 2 for Nasik, 3 for Zaheerabad)
Digit 12- Month code (A for January, B for Feb and so on)
Digit 13-17- Vehicle Serial No.
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An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Hyundai
VIN Characters: 19 (beginning with MAL...)
Decode:
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
11th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
If your 11th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
19th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
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An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Fiat
VIN Characters: 20 (beginning with MCA...)
Decode:
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
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
18th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
19th & 20th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
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Month Codes:
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Skoda
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with TMB...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
If your 18th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 19th & 20th VIN character is NZ, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
LZ= 2012
MZ = 2011
NZ = 2010
QZ & PZ = 2009
6th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 6th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is A, then it represents the Year - 2010
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
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Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Volkswagen
VIN Characters: 17 (beginning with WVW...)
Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
4th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 4th VIN character is G, then it represents the Month - July
If your 10th VIN character is B, then it represents the Year - 2011
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
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Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Toyota
VIN Characters: 22 (beginning with MBJ...)
Decode:
An Example:
Manufacturer: Maruti
VIN Characters: 21 (beginning mostly with MA3...)
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
19th & 20th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
21st & 22nd character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 19th & 20th VIN characters are 0 & 5, then it represents the Month - May
If your 21st & 22nd VIN characters are 0 & 8, then it represents the Year - 2008
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Decode:
An Example:
Month Codes:
Year Codes:
Manufacturer: Ford
20th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
21th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
If your 20th VIN character is L, then it represents the Month - November
If your 10th VIN character is 6, then it represents the Year - 2006
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
B=2011
A=2010
9=2009
8=2008
7=2007
6=2006
5=2005
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VIN Characters: 17 (beginning mostly with MAJ...)
Ford India uses a pattern which repeats every 4 years. That means the 2005-2008
pattern repeats for 2009-2012 (and so on).
Decode: (Use the chart below for reference)
An Example:
11th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
If your 11th VIN character is 7, then it represents the Year - 2007
If your 12th VIN character is K, then it represents the Month - February