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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.
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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