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How To Find Chevrolet Vehicle Manufacturing Date With VIN Number?
Finding the actual age or manufacturing month and year of a vehicle is easier than you think. You can use the VIN, or vehicle identification number, to find the month and year of manufacturing of any vehicle. Every vehicle comes with a VIN, which is easily accessible. In this article, we explain how to read the Chevrolet VIN number and know the month and year of manufacturing of your Chevrolet car or SUV.
How To Read VIN Number Of Chevrolet Vehicles?
A VIN number consists of multiple characters and digits and it could span up to 22 characters. However, the number of characters and digits varies from one carmaker to the next, but there are essentially 2 characters that are required to know the manufacturing date of any vehicle. In the case of Chevrolet cars and SUVs, their VIN number generally consists of 17 characters.
In Chevrolet vehicles, the VIN characters begin mostly with MA6. In Chevrolet cars produced until February 2011, the 9th character represents the month of manufacturing while the 10th character represents the year of manufacture. In cars manufactured post February 2011, the 7th character represents the month of manufacture while the 0th character represents the year of manufacture.
You can use the table mentioned below to check the month and year of manufacturing of your Chevrolet vehicle.
Code Structure For Month
Take a look at the characters used for different months of the year:
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Code Structure For Year
Take a look at the characters used for different years:
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If your Chevrolet car was manufactured before February 2011 with the following VIN - MA6MFBC1BBB096358 - then the 10th character, which in this case is B, represents the month of manufacturing. The 11th character, which is B in this case, represents the year of manufacturing. Hence, the Chevrolet vehicle with the VIN number MA6MFBC1BBB096358 was manufactured in February 2011.
If your Chevrolet car was manufactured after February 2011 with the following VIN - MA6MFBC1ACB096358 - then the 10th character, which in this case is A, represents the month of manufacturing. The 10th character, which is C in this case, represents the year of manufacturing. Hence, the Chevrolet vehicle with the VIN number was manufactured in January 2012.
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Nikil's a huge fan of classic cars, especially Italian beauties such as the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint and the Iso Grifo. His love for cars and bikes originated when he first laid his eyes on a poster of the Ferrari F40 and the MV Agusta F4 when he was just a child. He also loves all things analogue, especially vintage cameras and turntables.
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