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RonnieDu Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2018 Posts: 1 Location: Cabo San Lucas
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:55 pm Post subject: Trying too confirm vehicle chassis number |
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I have a 2000 VW Beetle made in Mexico. The chassis number does not come up on any Samba site. The 3rd digit, S, in the chassis number is suppose to be the model and although I definately have a Beetle the digit indicates it is a Jetta! Digits 7 & 8 codes 1 & B also do not relate the Samba site model.
No internet search for my Beetle's chassis number turns up anything.
What is going on??
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12860 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: Trying too confirm vehicle chassis number |
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Welcome to The Samba!
With your car being as new as it is, does it have a 17 digit VIN? If so, I imagine that the first two are either 3 (Mexico production) or 9 (Brazil production) & V (Volkswagen)
If it has a 17 digit VIN, try this to help you decode some of it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:02 am Post subject: Re: Trying too confirm vehicle chassis number |
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the type is identified by the 7th and 8th digits. before 1998 you have "11", after "1B" as in your number.
see here:
http://1600i.de/1600i-allgemein/uebersichten/fahrgestellnummern.html
edit: the "S" in third position is odd (theoretically the third digit should be a "W"), does your VIN area look like this, or is it molested in any way?
edit II: are you sure the "S" is not the fourth digit? in that case it would be normal.
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'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
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