Where to find year of car

April 2, December 19, Home Product Support my. Home » Product Support » my. January 24, The 10th character in the character VIN represents the vehicle model-year.

This standard applies to vehicles built in or after Print-friendly ShareThis. Featured footer link. March 1, October 5, Products footer link.

But, if you are wondering when your car was actually rolled off the production line, this information can be harder to obtain.

For example, a Ford Mustang may have been actually been manufactured in the year While would be the model year, the year of production would be One reason is that vehicle recalls are sometimes effective before or after a certain production date.

For the majority of cars manufactured outside of Australia, it is quite common for the car to be built in one year e. Every model driving on Australian roads must be rigorously inspected and crash tested to be worthy of a compliance plate. The compliance plate used to be a quick indication to registration authorities that compliance with the ADRs has been demonstrated for the vehicle in question. As of the 1st of July however the need to actually fit road vehicles with identification plates containing compliance information has become redundant because the Register of Approved Vehicles RAV was introduced.

When an internationally manufactured car had reached our shores it previously had to be fitted with a compliance plate before it is able to be driven on the road.

Now this all happens online. Because fitting the car with a compliance plate before the use of the RAV could be done within one year, even if the car arrived in the final months of the previous year, or was built in the previous year, the date on the compliance plate could be different than the build date. The same applies for locally manufactured vehicles. There are certain vehicles that do not have to comply with the ADRs and be fitted with a compliance plate but these are exceptions and you should get the advice of an appropriate authority before buying such a car.

However, for the most part the year of the car will refer to the year it was manufactured, so our example Camry would be a car built at some point during A VIN is composed of 17 characters digits and capital letters that act as a unique identifier for the vehicle. A VIN displays the car's unique features, specifications and manufacturer. Also a photographer, she records adventures by camera, combining photos with journals in her blogs.

Her latest book, "A Travel for Taste: Germany," was published in Step 1 Locate the VIN number of the car in question. Step 2 Make note of the 10th character of the VIN.