Interpreting chassis number - LETS HELP EACH OTHER

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lets post your vehicle chassis number here and we can interpret its chassis number so that it will help new buyer in knowing month and year of manufacturing

first lets do it manufacturer wise ,once  we get full details of decoding of chassis number from all major manufactures from india,we can put a much details thread and ask our beloved moderators to make it sticky

this is for tata cars ..i came to know from other website

credits to original poster

all credits to original posters please

CHASSIS NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON THE B PILLAR WHEN OPENING DRIVING DOOR,ITS WILL BE DENTED IN ALMOST ALL CARS ,OTHER WISE LOCATE UNDERNEATH BONNET

One can always has the choice of disclosure of their unique number ,instead they can put xxx.main purpose of this thread to know month and year of manufacturing

eg : 600132CTZP78900. instead u can put 600132CTZPxxxxx.

Here is the Indica/Marina/ Indigo coding:

I have picked this from Tata Indica Users Group. Due credits to Mr. Achin Juneja, the guru on Tata cars..Very useful info.

The Link:
Yahoo! Groups

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The post:
Chassis Number :
A typical chassis no. is --- 600132CTZP78900.

The first 6 characters are the model code --- in this case, Indica DLE.

The 7th character --- 'C' in this example --- represents the month of
manufacture, according to the foll. table :
A --- Jan.
B --- Feb.
C --- Mar.
D --- Apr.
E --- May.
F --- Jun.
G --- Jul.
H --- Aug.
J --- Sep.
K --- Oct.
L --- Nov.
M --- Dec.
Pls note that ' I ' is not used.

The 8th & 9th characters together represent the year of manufacture,
according to the foll. table :
Z --- 0
Y --- 1
X --- 2
W --- 3
V --- 4
U --- 5
T --- 6
S --- 7
R --- 8
Q --- 9
P --- 10
and so on.
In our example, the 8th & 9th characters are ' T Z '. Reversing the order
makes it ' Z T '.
As per the table, this converts to ' 0 6 ', or the year 20 06, the ' 20 '
being assumed.

The 10th character represents the Plant location, with ' P ' for ' Pune '.

The last 5 numbers comprise the Serial No. of the chassis.

So, our example no., 600132CTZP78900, means the model is Indica DLE,
manufactured in March, 2006, at Pune, having chassis serial no. ' 78900 '.

Engine Number :
A typical engine no. is : 475IDI__03 CTZP12345.
The first 6 to 8 character group represents the engine type, as per foll.
table :
475IDI --- Non turbo diesel.
475IDI TC --- Turbocharged Diesel.
475MPFI --- Petrol MPFI.

The next 2 digit number represents the emission norms as per the foll. table
:
05 --- BS-2 from Jan 2005 onwards.
03 --- BS-3.

The remaining 9 characters represent the month, year of mfr., Plant, &
serial no. of engine, as per the chassis no. tables.
So an engine no. of 475IDI 03 CTZP 12345 will be a non-turbo diesel engine,
conforming to BS-3, manufactured in March, 2006, at Pune, & having serial
no. 12345.



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but for new indica vista i just came to know it gor different pattern

60xxxx9PDXXXXX.   i just forgot those number,i got this from inspecting a new vista quadrajet,i forgot exact number..

here 9 maybe year

p stads for pune

d for month April

i want to get it confrimation from other buyers of vista here

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FOR MARUTI vehicles

LAST TWO DIGITS WILL BE FOUND UNDERNEATH THE BONNET ONLY,IT WONT AVIABLE ON B-PILLAR ON OPENING DRIVER DOOR

Consider MA3EKE41SOO123456-D9 as chasis number of the Swift and just decode as below

 MA3 - Corresponds to Manufacturer
 EKE41- Corresponds to the variant
 S00  - Indicates type of car
 123456- Last six digits indicate unique serial numbers/Chasis ID.
 D9- April 2009
**Months (Jan-Dec) are denoted by A to M (i is silent) .

OT:: Just note down this while pre-registartion checkup and cross check during the  pre-delivery inspection.

credits to praveen

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i invite all to please post lot more information

thats a huge chunk of info Prasanth. Seems like a lot of hard work has gone into getting all this. Very informative .Thanks

Prashanth,

Kudos for the nice effort.

I am sure the new car buyers will find this info useful and get benefited.

You read my mind Prashanth, I wanted to confirm if the Alphabet-Number date of manufacture code was indeed right coz my dealer informed me of it. I wanted to confirm it in carwale by posing the question but you posted all the requisite info which mkes things easy for many. Thanks a lot Prashant.

Good work indeed, Prasanth.  This thread can be referred to in case of doubts/queries. Thanks a ton.

Keep it up.

Dear Prasanth & Pankaj,

How do we figure out for Hyundai Cars:

Chassis # MALAN51CR9MXXXXXX

Please help me in understanding this Chassis #

Guys, I figured that out. Please refer the below website inorder to interpret the Chassis # for Hyundai Cars. (May be this site is little old and doesn't have information about new cars Eg: i10 & i20, if someone finds it please update it here which will be of great help!)

http://www.hyundai.auto.ru/vin.pdf

Chassis # MALAN51CR9MXXXXXX - Model : i10 Sportz

Where:

1: Geographic Zone

M - India

2 : Manufacturer

A - HMI (Hyundai Motor India)

3 : Vehicle Type

L - Not Listed

4 : Series

A - Not Listed

5 : Body Style and Version

N - GLS : Middle/Super Deluxe

6 : Body Type

5 - Sedan 5DR

7 : Restraint System, Gross Vehicle Weight Rating

1 Both Sides : A/Belt Class B (1361~1814Kg)

8 : Engine Type

C - Not Listed

9 : Check Digit or Drive Side

R - RHD

10 : Model Year

9 - 2009

11 : Plant of Product

M - Chennai (India)

12 : Serial Number

-Prem

Oh, that's great

Thanks for the link/info - it will help other Hyundai owners to interpret.

Can any one help-me with Interpreting chassis number for maruti swift??