Do u know when the new car that you are about to purchase was manafactured? Many car dealers in INDIA are known to palm-off cars that are 6-12 months old or even worse to unsuspecting gullible customers. Car makers the world over have a unique vehicle indentification number which when decoded will help u get the exact date of manafacturing.
list of manafacturers with decoding instructions: 1) TATA MOTORS
10th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
12th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
Year Codes:
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019
2) MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA.
20th character represents the MONTH of Manufacture
21th character represents the YEAR of Manufacture
Month Codes:
A = JAN
B = FEB
C = MAR
D = APR
E = MAY
F = JUN
G = JUL
H = AUG
J = SEP
K = OCT
L = NOV
M = DEC
Year Codes:
B=2011
A=2010
9=2009
8=2008
7=2007
6=2006
5=2005
We will provide details of other specific manafacturers as requested by our readers.