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Yong Huang - 06 Mar 2008 19:43 GMT

Where do I find a complete list of the meanings of VIN initial letters
or numbers? J for Japan. 1 for US. 5?... Thanks.

Yong Huang

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Tegger - 07 Mar 2008 00:28 GMT

Yong Huang <yong321@yahoo.com> wrote in news:8fdc3764-80e5-4999-8812-
93c51a34542f@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> Where do I find a complete list of the meanings of VIN initial letters
> or numbers? J for Japan. 1 for US. 5?... Thanks.

Google is your friend.

And lucky for you, today I'm in a good mood, so I'm your friend too; I did
your Googling for you.

See here:
http://www.kerrywilson.com/vin.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/vin.htm
http://buydomestic.net/blog/?p=23

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Yong Huang - 08 Mar 2008 02:24 GMT

> Yong Huang <yong...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:8fdc3764-80e5-4999-8812-
> 93c51a345...@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
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>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Thanks, Tegger. I did search on Google first. But my keywords were
"vin initial letter", but didn't find what 5 was (my 07 Odyssey is 5).
Do you know what's the difference between 1, 4 and 5? The first link
you gave me says they're all the U.S. The second link doesn't say. I
don't have permission to view the third link. Thanks again.

Yong Huang

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Tegger - 08 Mar 2008 13:43 GMT

>> Yong Huang <yong...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:8fdc3764-80e5-4999-8812-
>> 93c51a345...@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> you gave me says they're all the U.S. The second link doesn't say. I
> don't have permission to view the third link. Thanks again.

That "5" is a puzzle, isn't it?

Out of personal curiosity, I did some more looking around,
and found this document:
<http://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/automotive/PACT/2006%20VIN%20Honda.pdf>

The Odyssey is built in Lincoln, Alabama. During my search
I was starting to think all the "5" vehicles came from Alabama,
but then the PDF blew that up by stating that Ohio can be a "5" as well.
Now I don't know what to think.

An interesting Usenet thread on the subject, is here:
<http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.ford/browse_frm/thread/25dcc7223dcf2352
/89e5205a8a1108e3?lnk=st&q=#89e5205a8a1108e3>

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