Vehicle Identification Number

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Vehicle Identification Number

• Intro to Automotives

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What is a VIN?

• A cars VIN is the automotive equivalent of
  "DNA".

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What is a VIN?

• It is a 17 digit number
• It displays a cars individuality and heritage
• It can be used to track recalls, registrations,
  warranty claims, thefts and insurance coverage.

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Ware is the VIN?

• Vehicles Dash
• Drivers Side Door
• Vehicle Safety Certification Label

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Pictures of VINs
Dashboard
Drivers Door
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Reading a VIN
1st digit represents the country the vehicle was
made in U.S. 1 or 4 Canada 2 Mexico
3 Japan J Korea K Germany W England
S Italy Z
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Reading a VIN
2nd character represents the manufacturer Audi(A
) BMW(B) Buick(4) Cadillac(6) Chevrolet(1)
Chrysler(C) Dodge(B) Ford(F) GM(G) Honda(H)
Saturn(8) Toyota(T)
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Reading a VIN
3rd character- Identifies vehicle type or
manufacturing division
Chevrolet is a division of GM, so the first three
digits for a Chevrolet are 1GC.
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Reading a VIN
4 - 8 describe the vehicle. The specific use of
these digits differs between manufacturers
4 -Might contain a code that represents the
vehicle's weight, horsepower or both. 5 -Often
identifies the platform of the vehicle, such as
van, or pickup 6 -Might identify the specific
model of the vehicle 7 -Can be used to identify
body type 8- Information about the engine, such
as number of cylinders and engine displacement.
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Reading a VIN
9th digit- Identifies VIN accuracy as check digit.
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Reading a VIN
10th character- Identifies the model year.
1997(V) 1998(W) 1999(X) 2000(Y) 2001(1)
2002(2) 2003(3) 2004(4)
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Reading a VIN
11th character- Identifies the assembly plant for
the vehicle.
12th to 17th characters- Identifies the sequence
of the vehicle for production as it rolled of the
manufacturers assembly line
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VINs

• The letters I (i), O and Q never appear in a VIN.
  
• The European Union has a similar regulation for
  VINs, but it is less stringent than the North
  American rule. European VINs are not required to
  include year, factory or vehicle attribute data.

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Questions

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