Vehicle information from VIN number
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Vehicle information from VIN number
My son has a small Ford as a daily driver, and he was looking for part numbers for a bluetooth unit which is an option on his car. He was looking on Ford's website, which allows a vehicle search by VIN, and brought up lots of info. Just for a laugh, he typed the code in for mine, and lo and behold, it recognised it and gave a listing.
Didn't tell me anything I didn't know other than that my car was born on the 14th of November 1997 (although not registered until April 1998).
However there was a VIN posted here some little while back for a '99 that a member was considering. When I tried that, it came back with much more information.
I didn't find a non-European one to try, but it just might work for you: link to ETIS
Apologies if this has been reported before, although nothing showed on a forum search
Mike
Didn't tell me anything I didn't know other than that my car was born on the 14th of November 1997 (although not registered until April 1998).
However there was a VIN posted here some little while back for a '99 that a member was considering. When I tried that, it came back with much more information.
I didn't find a non-European one to try, but it just might work for you: link to ETIS
Apologies if this has been reported before, although nothing showed on a forum search
Mike
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Cool, thanks Mike. I never knew this existed.
I have previously gotten a full build rundown (not the actual "certificate", which costs ££) from Jaguar Heritage which gave me quite a lot of info but not, for instance, the build date.
So now I can celebrate Penny's birthday every August 19
and, although she's supposed to be an '03, I realize she's actually already a teenager - which explains a lot...
I was kind of hoping to obtain the number of my engine, which at least on my model is located in a particularly inaccessible spot in the actual car. No such luck, though.
In any case, thanks again!
I have previously gotten a full build rundown (not the actual "certificate", which costs ££) from Jaguar Heritage which gave me quite a lot of info but not, for instance, the build date.
So now I can celebrate Penny's birthday every August 19
and, although she's supposed to be an '03, I realize she's actually already a teenager - which explains a lot...I was kind of hoping to obtain the number of my engine, which at least on my model is located in a particularly inaccessible spot in the actual car. No such luck, though.
In any case, thanks again!