1st character- Identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured. For example: U.S.A.(1or4), Canada(2), Mexico(3), Japan(J), Korea(K), England(S), Germany(W), Italy(Z) 2nd character- Identifies the manufacturer. For example; Audi(A), BMW(B), Buick(4), Cadillac(6), Chevrolet(1), Chrysler(C), Dodge(B), Ford(F), GM Canada(7), General Motors(G), Honda(H), Jaquar(A), Lincoln(L), Mercedes Benz(D), Mercury(M), Nissan(N), Oldsmobile(3), Pontiac(2or5), Plymouth(P), Saturn(8), Toyota(T), VW(V), Volvo(V). 3rd character- Identifies vehicle type or manufacturing division. 4th to 8th characters- Identifies vehicle features such as body style, engine type, model, series, etc. 9th character- Identifies VIN accuracy as check digit. 10th character- Identifies the model year. For example: 1988(J), 1989(K), 1990(L), 1991(M), 1992(N), 1993(P), 1994(R), 1995(S), 1996(T), 1997(V), 1998(W), 1999(X), 2000(Y)------2001(1), 2002(2), 2003(3) 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.
That is all the digits that was needed up until 1981 when the 17 digit VIN replaced the 13 digit.
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That isn't enough digits to be a VIN. A VIN is 17 digits long.
VIN is the vehicle identification number. The VIN is a string of 17 digits that makes it possible to identify and track the activities of a specific vehicle. The VIN never goes to 20 digits.
It's an incomplete VIN - it should be 17 digits. All that can be told by what part of the VIN you have is that it was a General Motors product manufactured in 1987.
Nothing. The last 6 digits of the standard 17 character VIN number are a build sequence.
Not a full vin, not enough to work with. A vin is 17 digits.
17 digits
The vin should be 17 digits the 10th of which is the year code. You are missing a few digits.
Vin numbers have been a standard 17 digits starting in 1981. Prior to that there was no standard and could be any number of digits.
The VIN is 17 digits long.
There aren't any VIN #'s back then.