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- 'VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS'
- From 2600 Magazine Winter Edition
- 1992-1993 Page 11.
-
- This has been typed up for you by A Shadow In The Darkness.
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- Beginning with the 1981 model year, the National Highway Traffic Safety
- Administration, Department of Transportation, required manufacturers selling
- over-the-road vehicles to the United States to produce the vehicles with a 17
- character vehicle identification number (VIN).
-
- This standard establishes a fixed VIN format including a check digit and
- applies to all passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses
- , trailers, incomplete vehicles and motorcycles with a gross vehicle weight
- of 10,000 pounds or less. The first three characters of the VIN are designated
- the WMI (World Manufacturers Identification). The WMI uniquely identifies the
- Nation of Origin, Manufacturer, Make and Type of Vehicle. The second section
- has five characters and has been designated the VDS (Vehicle Description
- Section). The VDS uniquely identifies the attributes of the vehicle such as
- Model, Body Style, Engine, etc.
-
- The third section of the VIN is located after the check digit. It is eight
- characters in length and is called the VIS (Vehicle Identification Section).
- The first character represents the vehicle model year; the second character
- represents the plant of manufacture; and the last six characters represent the
- sequential production number.
-
- Let's use 1FABP28A6FF143890 as a sample VIN. 1FA is the World Manufacturer
- Identification - 1 is the Nation of Origin, F is the manufacturer, A is the
- make and model. BP28A is the Vehicle Description Section. 6 is the check
- digit. FF143890 is the Vehicle Identification Section.
-
- The check digit will always be the ninth character in the VIN. Assign to each
- numeric in the VIN its actual mathematical value and assign to each
- alphabetic the value specified below:
-
- A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7,
- H=8, J=1, K=2, L=3, M=4, N=5, P=7, R=9,
- S=2, T=3, U=4, V=5, W=6, X=7, Y=8, Z=9.
-
- Multiply the assigned value for each character in the VIN by the weight factor
- specified for it below:
-
- 1st=8, 2nd=7, 3rd=6, 4th=5, 5th=4,
- 6th=3, 7th=2, 8th=10, 9th=0 (check digit),
- 10th=9, 11th=8, 12th=7, 13th=6, 14th=5,
- 15th=4, 16th=3, 17th=2.
-
- Add the resulting products and divide the total by 11. The remainder is the
- check digit. If the remainder is 10, the check digit is X.
-
- Example
-
- VIN Characters:
- 1 G 4 A H 5 9 H 4 5 G 1 1 8 3 4 1
- Assigned Values:
- 1 7 4 1 8 5 9 8 4 5 7 1 1 8 3 4 1
- Multiply by:
- 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
- Add products:
- 8+49+24+5+32+15+18+80+0+45+56+7+6+7+6+40+12+12+2=411
- Divide by 11:
- 411/11 = 37 4/11
- Check digit:
- 4 (compare to character in 9th position)
-
- The check digit (9th position) will always be a numeric or an X. The tenth
- position indicates the model year as follows:
- B=81, C=82, D=83, E=84, F=85, G=86, H=87, J=88, K=89, L=90, M=91, N=92
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