The 10th character of the Chassis or VIN number is not necessary numeric, but it is a consistent element which is required in North America and adopted in Japan, Germany, and EU, to encode the model year of the vehicle. Here's a guide for interpreting the 10th character of the VIN:

Code Year
A = 1980
B = 1981
C = 1982
D = 1983
E = 1984
F = 1985
G = 1986
H = 1987
J = 1988
K = 1989

Code Year
L = 1990
M = 1991
N = 1992
P = 1993
R = 1994
S = 1995
T= 1996
V = 1997
W = 1998
X = 1999

Code Year
Y = 2000
1 = 2001
2 = 2002
4 = 2004
5 = 2005
6 = 2006
7 = 2007
8 = 2008
9 = 2009

Code Year
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019

As you can see, the 10th character for 2001 through 2009 is numeric while it will be non numeric for 2010 through 2019. The actual car model of cars can thus be conclusively determined from the 10th digit if the model is 2001 through 2009, or from the chart above. I hope forumites find this information useful particularly since most cars are imported to Nigeria from the USA.

Monitor_1

For the benefit of all, I will post a response I gave elsewhere regarding the year model of cars. All cars have exactly ONE year model. There is no such thing as 92/93; 94/95; or 2005/2006 etc. The year of manufacture of a car is also not necessarily the same as the car's year model. The Chassis number or VIN of a car reveals its year model.

Below is a guideline to determine the exact year model of cars from their chassis number or VIN.

Busy_body:


You are not exactly correct, but i don't blame you, you are a woman so you are allowed to goof sometimes

It is only in Europe that the VIN will always reveal a car's year model, cars in UK are based on the month/year they are registered, whilst those in US are based on the year the cars are purchased/sold - with more attention paid to the World Manufacturer's Identifier, which is not the 10th digit of a VIN number

Quote from: Monitor_1 on Today at 01:53:43 AM
[colour]Their models do not change to 2009 because they were sold in 2009, they remain 2010 models.

Hope you find those links informative.

Monitor_1
Thanks.

I can already foresee a long drawn argument that no one is really gonna win

Busy_body:

Gosh how am I gonna explain this considering the fact that I don't know how to handle dealing with women and their ish How am I gonna get across my point without coming across as pedantic that it is your complete failure to recognise mid year model in cars that is causing the bone of contention

You have taken my statement out of content, my comment ended with "and with more attention paid to the WMI" And I know how to read and decode a VIN number thank you

Right from the link you provided, why was this mentioned? What was the essence of its inclusion in the link "In order to identify exact year in passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 or less one must read position 7 as well as position 10." Why is it necessary to read position 7 and position 10, if it is as straightforward as "only position 10 is needed" according to your claim?

And whilst you are at it, can you explain what I dredged up from the same link you gave me about the disparity in the VIN of Volkswagon Golf MK5?



Err if this is the case, why is Inspired_m always having unwarranted attacks from certain angles about misrepresentation



_{I can already foresee a long drawn argument that no one is really gonna win}

What was the essence of its inclusion in the link "In order to identify exact year in passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 or less one must read position 7 as well as position 10."

Monitor_1:

Busy_body, thanks for reading through the links. I still maintain from the information in those links that the 10th digit of the VIN can be used to determing the exact year model of any car sold in the USA particularly those imported to Nigeria.

Monitor_1:

The site states that one consistent element of the VIN is the 10th digit, which is required (in North America) to encode the model year of the vehicle.

There is nothing ambiguous about the law. The sites also provide us with a chart that can be used to determing year model based on the content of the 10th digit of the VIN.

Monitor_1:

You stated the following

It is very easy to misread the statement if one does not read the statements before it.

Monitor_1:


Here is the statement that preceeded your quote:

Monitor_1:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed rule NHTSA-2008-0022 in April, 2008 with several changes to the VIN Requirements to all motor vehicles manufactured on or after April 30, 2009. There are three notable proposed changes in the new VIN structure that affect VIN deciphering systems:

1,
2.In order to identify exact year in passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a GVWR of 10,000 or less one must read position 7 as well as position 10. For passenger cars, and for multipurpose passenger vehicles and trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 lb or less, if position 7 is numeric, the model year in position 10 of the VIN refers to a year in the range 1980-2009. If position 7 is alphabetic, the model year in position 10 of VIN refers to a year in the range 2010-2039.
3.

This proposed change will simply make it easy to determing the model year without the chart referenced in the site, which I also posted.  Thus if the 10th digit of a VIN is an "A", the chart in question would indicate that it is either a 1980 model or a 2010 model. One would need to see the car physically to ascertain the model. But with the proposed rule, position 7 in a 2010 model will be alphabetic, thus a VIN with a numeric character in the 7th position must be a 1980 model.

Monitor_1:

Please note that in either case the 10th position of the VIN still contains the information needed to determing the model year.

Monitor_1:

I stand to be corrected if my interpretation is wrong, but I think its quite clear that cars have exactly ONE year model and given the chart and the VIN the year model can be determined quite easily. Its no rocket science.

Monitor_1:

I appreciate courtesy shown in the discussion so far.

Monitor_1

Busy_body:



So care to explain the phenomenon that is called "mid year model" then?

dnex:

@Monitor_1

I believe you're absolutely correct. I'm just checking my cousin's VIN and the vehicle which he bought as a 98 Maxima, but has always claimed to the seller bedfore buying that it was 96 just turned out to have a 'T' as its 10 alpha-numeral. So it truly is a 96 Maxima. Wonderful.

Please I hope you can help me paste a full report on the vehicle cos I suspect the history.

VIN:JN1CA21D1TT164175

Thanks.

@The other fellow,
are you saying that American cars are not manufactured with a VIN, but are only quickly branded with a VIN once somebody comes to buy it? Because that's the only way I believe the VIN will contain the date of purchase.

Busy_body:



What do you  mean by the above statement Abere abi Have I ever been anything other than courteuos with you all the time, except when I am giving like for like and responding to your sly digs at me Watch it oh before we enter the same trouser or is it skirt in our own case





Cheers


B_B
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Hey lolo B_B
If you wish to retain your position  in my kingdom, Please and please, behave yourself outside ma palace, In as much as I appreciate your drama on here, I don't see the reason you 'd be distracting our industrious moderator.

People are watching you,you know?

@Monitor 1
More Vaseline to your elbow. 

dnex:

@The other fellow,
are you saying that American cars are not manufactured with a VIN, but are only quickly branded with a VIN once somebody comes to buy it? Because that's the only way I believe the VIN will contain the date of purchase.

Igwe.:

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Hey lolo B_B
If you wish to retain your position  in my kingdom, Please and please, behave yourself outside ma palace, In as much as I appreciate your drama on here, I don't see the reason you 'd be distracting our industrious moderator.

People are watching you,you know?

Busy_body:


What drama? Where is the distraction? Ain't women supposed to be the sensitive sex, gosh

And yeah the people who really matter are watching to, so go and report me to them to ban me again for violating the rules of the forum by distracting your precious Monitor from her duty by forcing her into a debate about year model and VIN number

Ban you ke, far from it, I 'd suggest they return you back  to my palace for reorientation. 

dnex:

Okay, thanks Monitor_1, au revoir Other Fellow.

I was only wondering if the cars were manufactured with a VIN, how come the DATE Of PURCHASE can be imputed within the VIN characters unless possibly, these car manufacturers had like a crystal ball with which they foretell when their cars would be sold and therefore imprint a character representing that date.

Well, perhaps I totally misunderstood your post. I'm a novice at this car thing, forgive me.

Igwe.:

Ban you ke, far from it, I 'd suggest they return you back  to my palace for reorientation. 

Busy_body:

Would be back later on in the day, make I go catch some beauty sleep

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For the benefit of all, I will post a response I gave elsewhere regarding the year model of cars. All cars have exactly ONE year model. There is no such thing as 92/93; 94/95; or 2005/2006 etc. The year of manufacture of a car is also not necessarily the same as the car's year model. The Chassis number or VIN of a car reveals its year model.

Below is a guideline to determine the exact year model of cars from their chassis number or VIN.