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.
Maruti 800 S8308IN1389470, help needed for decoding
My car is maruti swift and its BG then which year my car manufacture?