993 VIN Info - Color Codes???
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993 VIN Info - Color Codes???
What kind of information can be gleaned by the vehicle's VIN? I've found a car that is advertised as one color but it appears as another. Will the VIN reveal this?
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What kind of information can be gleaned by the vehicle's VIN? I've found a car that is advertised as one color but it appears as another. Will the VIN reveal this?
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Originally Posted by SCMomentum
What kind of information can be gleaned by the vehicle's VIN? I've found a car that is advertised as one color but it appears as another. Will the VIN reveal this?
Here is a break down of how a vin number reads!
digits 1-country code
2-manufacturer
3-vehicle type/make or manufacturing division
digits 4 thru 8 - model equipment codes incl transmission, reareend ratio, etc
digit 9 will always be 1-9 or x
digit 10 - model year
digit 11 - manufactruing plant
digits 12-14 - manufacturer's id suffix
digits 15-17 vehicle serial number
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From: Back In RI...............
Originally Posted by SCMomentum
Digit #10 is a W...how does that equate to year?
J - 1988
k - 1989
l - 1990
M- 1991
N - 1992
P - 1993
R - 1994
S - 1995
T - 1996
V - 1997
W - 1998
X - 1999
Y - 2000
1 - 2001
2 - 2002
3 - 2003
4 - 2004
5 - 2005
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Originally Posted by SCMomentum
I have the license plate info....would that do any good? What kind of info might I gleen from that (California)?
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Originally Posted by CarmG993
Could you ask your local dealer to run the VIN, won't they be able to give specifics about ext/int colors and options?
