This post is to create awareness to all who own a car and going to own a car. We often find dealers do sell old cars to unsuspecting customers without telling/passing the benefit of old cars. Lots of stories came up recently which compelled me to post here for the benefit of all.
Here is an easy method from which you can find out the Manufacturing Month and Year of a Car by decoding the car's VIN.
2010 Model Ford
Typical FORD Car VIN has 17 Characters starting from MAJ in which 11th and 12th characters represents YEAR and MONTH respectively.
If your 11th VIN Character is A then it represents Year 2010
if your 12th VIN Character is M then it represents Month JULY
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
L= JAN
Y= FEB
S= MAR
T= APR
J= MAY
U= JUNE
M= JULY
P= AUG
B= SEP
R= OCT
A= NOV
G= DEC
2010 Model TATA Car
Typical TATA Car VIN has 17 Characters starting from MAT in which 10th and 12th characters represents YEAR and MONTH respectively.
If your 10th VIN Character is A then it represents Year 2010
if your 12th VIN Character is G then it represents Month JULY
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Model CHEVROLET Car
Typical CHEVROLET Car VIN has 17 Characters starting with MA6 in which 9th and 10th characters represents MONTH and YEAR respectively.
if your 9th VIN Character is G then it represents Month JULY
If your 10th VIN Character is A then it represents Year 2010
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Model HONDA Car
Typical HONDA Car VIN has 17 Characters starting with MAK in which 9th and 10th characters represents MONTH and YEAR respectively.
if your 9th VIN Character is G then it represents Month JULY
If your 10th VIN Character is A then it represents Year 2010
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Model MAHINDRA (M&M) Car
Typical MAHINDRA (M&M) Car VIN has 17 Characters starting with MAI in which 10th and 12th characters represents YEAR and MONTH respectively.
if your 10th VIN Character is A then it represents Year 2010
If your 12th VIN Character is G then it represents Month JULY
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Model MITSUBISHI Car
Typical MITSUBISHI Car VIN has 17 Characters starting with MA7 in which 10th and 11th characters represents YEAR and MONTH respectively.
If your 10th VIN Character is A then it represents Year 2010
if your 11th VIN Character is G then it represents Month JULY
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Model HYUNDAI Car Chassis Number
Typical HYUNDAI Car Chassis Number has 19 Characters starting with MAL in which 10th and 19th characters represents YEAR and MONTH respectively.
If your 10th Character is A then it represents Year 2010
if your 19th Character is G then it represents Month JULY
You can find the Chassis number on the Floor under the Drivers seat
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Model FIAT Car
Typical FIAT Car VIN has 20 Characters starting with MCA in which 18th character represents MONTH and 19th &20th as YEAR
If your 18th VIN Character is G then it represents Month JULY
if your 19th and 20th VIN Character is NZ then it represents Year 2010
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Maruti-Suzuki Car
Maruti Car VIN has 17 Characters which doesn't carry the Month and Year Code.
For getting the Month and Year code of Maruti car you have to Look Under the Bonnet near to the hinges there will be additional Letter/Number . if you found that for e.g GA then its July 2010 Manufactured Vehicle.
other month are giving below
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
2010 Model SKODA Car
Typical SKODA Car VIN has 17 Characters starting with TMB in which 6th and 10th characters represents MONTH and YEAR respectively.
if your 6th VIN Character is G then it represents Month JULY
If your 10th VIN Character is A then it represents Year 2010
Rest of the MONTH Codes are follows
A= JAN
B= FEB
C= MAR
D= APR
E= MAY
F= JUNE
G= JULY
H= AUG
J= SEP
K= OCT
L= NOV
M= DEC
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