Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 08:02
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - New owner
Hi

Is there a way to find both the manufacturer month and year of a European “new” car I am buying? I tried VIN decoder and I think they are configured for American VIN and indicate that 10th digit is the year but that doesn’t make sense as it’s 7 which would mean 2007. Any specific decoder for European cars?

Is this info also stamped somewhere on the car body/engine? Just want to get an idea which month did the car come out of the production line.
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Wed 17 Jan 2024 08:26
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - RT

The 10th digit is model year, not calendar year - the 2024 model year is typically August 2023 to July 2024 but some makers start/end differently - the build month/week isn't present in the VIN

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 08:27
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - elekie&a/c doctor
If you can’t get the vin to decode easily, most components on the car will have a label or date stamped on them . Anything removable without too much difficulty. Ash tray , boot carpet etc will give an approximate date of build . Have you asked the dealership?
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Wed 17 Jan 2024 08:37
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - daveyjp

Bottom of the seat belt near the B pillar there should be a tag with a date on it.

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 08:50
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - nellyjak

Bottom of the seat belt near the B pillar there should be a tag with a date on it.

Correct...it should a sewn in label that will state month and year of manufacture.

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 09:09
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - bathtub tom

Bottom of the seat belt near the B pillar there should be a tag with a date on it.

Also plastic trim. Remove some (ashtray used to be favourite) and look on the 'hidden' side for a couple of 'clocks'. Each will have a pointer, indicating year and month of manufacture of that part. With 'just in time' provision of parts, it will be as close as anything.

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 14:01
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - nick62

Bottom of the seat belt near the B pillar there should be a tag with a date on it.

Also plastic trim. Remove some (ashtray used to be favourite) and look on the 'hidden' side for a couple of 'clocks'. Each will have a pointer, indicating year and month of manufacture of that part. With 'just in time' provision of parts, it will be as close as anything.

That 'clock' often just shows the version number/date of the tooling, (I was apprenticed in a toolroom that made injection moulding tools).

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 09:50
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - pd

What's the make?

Some manufacturers have spec build info which will give you exact month of manufacture.

If it's a BMW it will even be on a label under the bonnet.

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 12:51
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - New owner
The make is Renault
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Wed 17 Jan 2024 09:30
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - Andrew-T

A car has many dates coded or explicit on various parts. We haven't been told the make, but the headlamps on my Pug show exact dates, but that is for the lamp, not the car, and they could be replacements anyhow. I know where to find out the date when any recent Pug came off the production line, so you could try the user-group website for your vehicle.

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Wed 17 Jan 2024 14:23
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - mcb100
If it’s brand new, an assumption made from your other posts, the dealer through whom it was ordered should have a ‘build week’ - ie the week in which it was built. Especially if it was a factory order and not a car from stock.
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Wed 17 Jan 2024 15:55
Finding manufacturer month and year from VIN - Andrew-T
If it’s brand new, an assumption made from your other posts,

The OP only said "new", which I took to mean 'used' ?

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