Is it possible to find out what day a car was built using the VIN?

Answer 1

Well there are several ways to see when your car was built. The best way is to find out where in the car the manufacturer put the build sheet (could be in the door cover or under the drivers seat, even under the carpet); ask the dealer.

Your dealer can tell you almost as much as the build sheet if you get friendly with the parts counter at the dealership and give them the VIN.

You cant necessarily find out what day the car was built using the VIN but you can see the year, the plant it was built at and all kinds of information... Just look up the breakdown of how to read a VIN number. Its kinda fun, you can look at any VIN number and know all kinds of info about the car if you simply know how to read a VIN... Learned that in the Honda PACT program..

On some vehicles there is a sticker on the driver door where the door latches. It should let you know what month and year the vehicle was built. If you have a 2009 it may have a sticker with a June- 2008 year built. So you are getting a 2009 but it may have been built 6 to 8 months earlier.

Simple like I said before. Look up the breakdown on how to read a VIN number. The point of a VIN is not to tell if a car has been stolen, it gives a wide array of information, such as when, where, what trim level, all that good stuff on the car. Enjoi

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That is not necessarily true and is specific to your vehicle's manufacturer. I work at a CDJ dealer and I can see what the date and even the day of the week a car was built on. I can view what the car is, manufacturing information, features, paint code, recall information, service tips, and etc. I know Ford and GM are similar in set up as well. However, we used to sell Suzuki and the only thing a VIN number told us was generally a model, paint code, and maybe a production date.

Some vehicle have a date code on a label on the drivers door jamb. It is set up as MM/DD/Hour. There will also be a year listed.