Hi. I have a 01 blaster and supposedly you can determine the year model with the VIN. Does anyone know how to do this???

Thanks.

 

I dont know how to do it, but you might get more results if you posted in a different section, im not trying to be mean or anything, I just thought that you should know. Also im pretty sure that theres a way to do this, id do a google or yahoo search and see what you can find.

 

Yeah, I tried google searching, but had no luck. Haynes and other service manuals give you a VIN range for each year, but I don't have one handy. No big deal, just wanted to know.

 

The 8th digit from the end, wil tell you the year. On any 17 digit VIN this is true. Since 2001, the number has been 1 for 2001, 2 for 2002, and so on. Prior to that they used letters. Skipping letters like S (looks like 5), I (looks like 1), Z (like a 2) and so on. A 2000 has a Y, 1999 has a X, 1998 a W, 1997 V, and so on. This works on cars, trucks, atvs, boats, anything using 17 digits.
If you have an older on and cant figure it out, I can so let me know.

 

welll on a Russian MIG it's next to the altimator

 

It's the 10th digit in the vin that tells the year not the 8th.

Let me correct my misinterpretation of your post. The 8th digit from the end is the 10th digit when reading from left to right. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]