VIN decode

[JodyS21]

Has anyone figured out how the VIN number is formatted to give the date of manufacture etc?

This didn't work for mine, not a couple of others.

Result of VIN Number decoder

 

[Jake]

Has anyone figured out how the VIN number is formatted to give the date of manufacture etc?

This didn't work for mine, not a couple of others.

Result of VIN Number decoder

There was a thread about 4 or 5 months ago trying to decipher the VIN. I don't think a date of manufacture could be determined from what I remember.

 

[GordieG]

There was a thread about 4 or 5 months ago trying to decipher the VIN. I don't think a date of manufacture could be determined from what I remember.

Agreed. There were various theories put forward but none of them could be substantiated and all of them could be disproved by somebody‘s vehicle.

 

[JodyS21]

Ok thanks.
I search the forum for VIN and found no results?

 

[GordieG]

I'm not sure about MG UK's VIN number format, but by comparing it to other manufacturers, the 9th character could be the month, and the 10th sates the year of production (some letters like I are skipped to avoid confusion with digits).
It seems that your MG's VIN is similar format to Chevrolet.

So FL = June, 2020
Make sense?

source:

Find your car's date of manufacture (VIN) | Team-BHP

How do you know that your dealer isn't selling you a 6 month old car, under the guise of a new one? Or worse still, a car that's over a year old?Knowing when your car was manufactured ...

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There were loads of posts and theories following on from the above

 

[GordieG]

The actual thread was started on 10 November 2020 and was titled
Dealer unaware of ZS EV updates