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What Your VIN Really Tells You
Episode 1
Published 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
Those seventeen characters on your dash are a fingerprint for your vehicle. Here's how to read them and why it protects both buyers and sellers.
In this episode:
• A VIN is 17 characters and encodes country, make, engine, model year and a unique serial.
• The ninth character is a check digit that exposes typos and tampering.
• Always confirm the VIN on the car matches the paperwork, the insurance slip and any history report.
In this episode:
• A VIN is 17 characters and encodes country, make, engine, model year and a unique serial.
• The ninth character is a check digit that exposes typos and tampering.
• Always confirm the VIN on the car matches the paperwork, the insurance slip and any history report.