How to determine a car's equipment by body number

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Instructions for using the system for searching the release date, catalog data and calculating duties for Japanese cars.

Everything is very simple:

1.Choose the make of the car.
2. Enter the Body Brand.
3.Enter the Body Number.
Then click the “Search” button: find data on the EPC electronic catalog.
4. Based on the data found, you can find a modification of this car in our catalog of Japanese cars.

If you don’t know how to enter your data correctly, let us explain:

The body number of Japanese-assembled cars (Frame No., Chassis No.) consists of two fields:
1. model or brand of body;
2. the number itself.
You can find the body number on the engine compartment plate of the car, as well as in the documents for the car (vehicle passport, registration certificate, bill of lading).
Example of an engine compartment plate
In the line entitled Frame No we see the body number.

Determining the date (year) of production for Toyota . (toiota, Toyota, Toyota)
Body model – a combination of letters and numbers (4 – 6 characters).
Number – 7 digits or a letter and 6 digits.
Example.
Body EXZ10 – 0020027, can also be written as: EXZ100020027
Body model or brand – EXZ10, must be entered in the “Body Make” field
Number – 0020027, must be entered in the “Body Number” field

Draw your attention to!
Unlike other programs for determining the release date for Toyota, which are displayed on many web sites, our Database takes data directly from the Japanese EPC database. The system for determining the release date in these programs is based only on the Toyota numbering plan. In order not to blend in with the crowd, we decided to use a more complex method, which, in our opinion, better suits the interests of visitors. For those who want to determine the release date of European or Arabic versions of cars, we plan to connect the corresponding EPC database modules in the future. The TOYOTA database works for Japanese-made cars manufactured before 2005.

Determining the release date (year) for Nissan. (Nisan, Nissan, Nissan)
Body model – a combination of letters and numbers (3 – 8 characters).
Number – 6 digits.
Example.
Body SS28MN – 304093, can also be written as: SS28MN304093
Body model or brand – SS28MN, must be entered in the “Body Make” field
Number – 304093, must be entered in the “Body Number” field.
The NISSAN database works for Japanese-assembled vehicles manufactured before 2005.

Determining the release date (year) for MMC . Mitsubishi (Mitsubisi, Mitsubishi,

mitsubishi, mitsubishi) Body model - a combination of letters and numbers (3 - 5 characters).
Number – 7 digits.
Example.
Body V43 – 4010807, can also be written as: V434010807.
Body model or make – V43, must be entered in the “Body make” field.
Number – 4010807, must be entered in the “Body number” field.
The MMC database works for Japanese-made cars manufactured before 2005.

Determining the release date (year) for ISUZU . (Isuzu, isuzu)
Body model – a combination of letters and numbers (0 – 7 characters).
Number – 7 digits.
Example.
Body UBS69GW – 7289223, can also be written as: UBS69GW7289223.
Body model or make – UBS69GW, must be entered in the “Body make” field.
Number – 7289223, must be entered in the “Body number” field.
For ISUZU cars, it is possible that only the 7-digit body number is present, for example, 0466891. It must be entered in the “Body number” field. The
ISUZU database works for Japanese-assembled cars manufactured before 2005.

Determining the release date (year) for SUZUKI . (Suzuki)
Body model - a combination of letters and numbers (3 - 5 characters).
Number - 6 digits.
Example.
Body JB23W - 312775, can also be written as: JB23W312775.
Body model or make – JB23W, must be entered in the “Body make” field.
The number is 312775, must be entered in the “Body number” field.
The SUZUKI database works for Japanese-made cars manufactured before 2005.

Determining the release date (year) for SUBARU . (Subaru)
Body model - a combination of letters and numbers (3 characters).
Number - 6 digits.
Example.
Body CXW - 007221, can also be written as: CXW007221.
Body model or make – CXW, must be entered in the “Body make” field.
The number is 007221, must be entered in the “Body number” field.
The SUBARU database works for Japanese-made cars manufactured before 2005.

Determining the release date (year) for DAIHATSU . (Daihatsu, Dayatsu, daihatsu) .
Body model - a combination of letters and numbers (3-5 characters).
Number - 6 or 7 digits.
Example.
Body L710S - 0044788, can also be written as: L710S0044788.
Body model or make - L710S, must be entered in the "Body make" field.
The number is 0044788, must be entered in the “Body number” field.
The DAIHATSU database works for Japanese-made cars manufactured before 2005.

Determining the date (year) of production for MAZDA . (Mazda)
Body model - a combination of letters and numbers (3-8 characters).
Number - 6 digits.
Example.
Body SG5W - 400065, can also be written as: SG5W400065.
Body model or make - SG5W, must be entered in the "Body Make" field.
The number is 400065, must be entered in the “Body number” field.
The MAZDA database works for Japanese-made cars manufactured before 2005.

Determining the date (year) of production for HONDA . (Honda).
Body model - a combination of letters and numbers (3-4 characters).
Number - 7 digits.
Example.
Body CL9-1002882, can also be written as: CL91002882.
Body model or make – MF08, must be entered in the “Body make” field.
The number is 1000001, must be entered in the “Body number” field.
The HONDA database works for Japanese-made cars manufactured from 1999 to 2003 .

Checking the vehicle's equipment

Checking a car's equipment is a procedure that allows you to understand the potential of a car in a timely manner. Using the Autocode service, you can at any time identify your car by its VIN or license plate number and find out which engine was installed by the manufacturer, the original color of the car, and much more.

How to find out the car's equipment

The Autocode service will help you check the equipment of your car for free. The check can be carried out using the VIN code or state registration number. number. Information about the car (body number, state number, VIN) is entered into a field on the website page, after clicking the “Check car” button, data about the car options appears on the screen.

It will take no more than one minute to check the car’s configuration by VIN or state number. By paying for the full report (349 rubles), within 5 minutes you will receive a detailed history of the vehicle’s operation: data on mileage, technical. inspections, compulsory motor liability insurance, number of owners, traffic police restrictions and much more.

The procedure will allow us to draw the following conclusions:

Compare information about the body number, vehicle documentation provided by the owner of the vehicle with factory information;
Protect yourself from possible confiscation of the car by the traffic police, if the car is stolen or fines are imposed on it.

Checking by wine or state number will help protect yourself from a bad deal.

What information can you get from the free report?

If you decide to find out the car's equipment by VIN or state license. number, using the “Autocode” service, the following information will become available to you:

Steering wheel location;
Type, power, engine size;
Year of production of the machine;
Vehicle category.

This information is provided free of charge and is sufficient to make appropriate decisions about the overall condition of the vehicle. An additional paid report will show the color of the car and tell the full history of the vehicle.

Advantages of the Autocode service

By using the Autocode service, you will receive the following benefits:

Possibility to check the equipment of the car for free if you have a VIN code or state license. numbers. Many other verification services require additional data;
Reliable verification. Information is provided only from official sources in just 5 minutes;
Site options are available to every user without registration. To find out the equipment of the car by VIN and state license. The number just needs to enter the information online;
Save time. Within 5 minutes, data on the car’s equipment and a complete history of the car will appear on the screen;
Ability to check cars that do not have a VIN. You can find out the history of a Japanese car by looking at the state registration number. number.

Having a broken VIN code or discrepancy between the data received from the vehicle seller and the factory settings is a serious problem for the car buyer. To avoid difficulties when making a transaction, choose convenient and reliable verification methods.

How to find out a car's equipment by VIN code for free

When purchasing a used car, information received in a timely manner using the VIN code will save the buyer a lot of nerves. The check does not take much time and allows you to get an initial idea of the car being sold.

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is a unique vehicle identification number assigned by the manufacturer. The 17-character combination includes Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 and capital letters of the Latin alphabet. The exception is the alphabetic symbols I, O, Q, which are easily confused with numbers.

By deciphering the alphanumeric VIN marking, you will receive the following data:

manufacturer country;
year of issue;
body type;
type of transmission and wheelbase.

Sometimes this even includes the interior color. The ninth character in the sequence is also a check digit. By substituting it into a special formula, you can calculate the reliability of all other numbers in the combination.

There are opportunities to find out the vehicle's equipment by VIN for free.

What is it for

Detailed information on the configuration of the car of interest protects the buyer from purchasing a car that was stolen or involved in crime.

Fraudsters who customize a vehicle to match the original VIN cannot do so in great detail. If there is even the slightest discrepancy between the visual inspection of the car and the VIN parameters, it is better to refuse to purchase such a car.

Where to find VIN

The location of the VIN markers differs for different brands of cars.

Number plates can be installed on non-removable parts of the body, for example:

B-pillar, driver's door side;
partition between the hood and the passenger compartment (under the hood);
support for any front wheel (under the hood);
body floor (under the carpet and trim);
a special window in the lower left corner of the windshield;
inner space of the right wheel arch.

How to determine the equipment

You can find out the vehicle's equipment by VIN for free in three ways:

manually;
on free Internet services;
using special programs.

There is no single worldwide database for automatically determining vehicle parameters, since each manufacturer combines the VIN code in accordance with its own regulations. Therefore, in order to get maximum information about the car’s configuration, it is worth studying several sources.

A very labor-intensive method. You can determine the equipment by accessing reference materials from the manufacturer of a specific machine. Most of the text will have to be translated from English.

Internet services

Most online resources provide only the most general data for free. To find out more details, you will have to pay 200 rubles or more. All services provide information after entering the code in the appropriate field.

Vinformer.su is the most extensive site for checking VIN numbers. The following information about the vehicle is provided free of charge:

model;
model code;
car brand;
body type;
date of manufacture;
transmission type;
manufacturer and production data.

Without registration, the service allows you to decrypt three VIN numbers per day.

Auto-japanese.com and japancats.ru are services that contain equipment for Japanese cars. In addition to standard facts, information about the location of the steering wheel, the color of the car, and interior trim is also provided, which will help to identify the discrepancy between the purchased car and its code in case of fraud.

Mercedes-catalog.by is a service for checking the wines of Mercedes cars.

The complete set of BMW cars can be found on the resource etkbmw.com.

Important information is provided by the official website of the traffic police. By breaking the code on it, you can find out about the car’s participation in accidents, the presence of restrictions and investigative actions related to it.

Special programs

The effectiveness of special software that allows you to decipher the VIN number is questionable. Equipment data may be displayed incorrectly; the databases are rarely updated. But to get a complete picture of the car you are buying, you can additionally use this information.

There are also various mobile applications that allow you to quickly get a decryption of the code near the machine. They still have many shortcomings and bugs. Subject to further improvement, there will be a steady demand for them.

Data on the configuration obtained by recognizing the VIN code should be sufficient when checking a vehicle purchased second-hand. If there is the slightest discrepancy between the car’s parameters and those indicated in the code, you should think about the car’s possible criminal history and refuse the deal.

Determining the configuration by body number

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Serena. Body, interior ⇒ Determination of configuration by body number

Post by bsm » 08 Feb 2008, 16:40

Friends!
Serenka is coming to me from Japan, naturally I can’t wait to find out everything about it in more detail, the decoding of the body here - http://auto-japanese.com/Pr_1year/index.php
showed the following:
Year of manufacture 2004
Month of manufacture 6
Interior color C Exterior
color KY0
Code models FDANHGBC24EZA——
Body description C24
Optional W
Optional QR20DE
Optional 4WD
Optional H/R
Optional VG
Optional AT.R4
Optional 8P
Special.
equipment COLD2 Special. YEAR2 equipment

in general, everything is clear, except for the last two points “Special. equipment" - what could this mean?

Post by barakuda » 08 Feb 2008, 21:59

Post by Mikhail Jr. » 08 Feb 2008, 23:04

Post by Dmitry Demyanov » 08 Feb 2008, 23:51

Year of manufacture 2002
Month of manufacture 1
Interior color C Exterior
color KY0
Model code EDANRFBC24EZAC-H—
Body description C24
Optional W
Optional QR20DE
Optional 4WD
Optional N/R
Optional V
Optional AT.R4
Optional 8P
Special.
equipment COLD2 Special.
equipment DOORG Special. SUNVB equipment

I hit my own. COLD2 -2 air conditioners or version for cold climates (heated mirrors, wipers), COLD-cold.
DOORG -maybe el.
door closer.DOOR-door. There is definitely no SUNVB sunroof, maybe UV protection or tinting. SUN sun.

Self-check of a car by body number

Buying a used car exposes the future owner to certain risks that can lead to serious problems. The car may be pledged to the bank under a loan agreement, and information about customs clearance may be incorrect. The title may be a duplicate or the mileage stated by the seller may not be true. This is why it is important to check the car by body number.

At best, the troubles will be of a technical nature; at worst, the car will be confiscated by court decision without any compensation. To avoid this, they check its history against open databases using various services. There are several ways to obtain a complete vehicle history.

How to check a car on the traffic police website

The official traffic police registry operates online, offering motorists the service of checking a car by body number or VIN. To make a request, you must register on the State Services portal .

State services and the traffic police are the basis for free vehicle inspections.

The information obtained as a result of the verification will contain the following information :

The presence or absence of restrictions on vehicle registration
Information about traffic accidents
Vehicle insurance information (MTPL, CASCO)
Being hijacked
Compliance of PTS with body number
Information about bail or arrest
Customs clearance

Processing the request takes no more than a minute, so most drivers use the traffic police website.rf. If you contact the regional traffic inspection centers in person, you will have to prepare a paper list of documents for the vehicle and stand in line.

This option is resorted to in cases where it is necessary to obtain a certificate in hand for other actions with the car (for example, drawing up a deed of gift from a notary).

Features of checking license plates of right-hand and left-hand drive cars

Japanese right-hand drive cars produced for the domestic market do not have a VIN, and the body number contains alphabetic characters. To determine the customs duty and check the license plate number of a right-hand drive vehicle manufactured in Japan, special services are used, where you can also determine the year of manufacture, equipment and obtain other basic information.

“Japanese” can come to the Russian Federation in various ways, including illegal ones.

All cars in Japan upon resale receive an auction sheet, which indicates the owners, accident information, registration restrictions and diagnostic card data. When passing through customs registration, the car’s history is duplicated in Russian registers and entered into open databases.

To check the payment of duties (customs clearance), go to the official website of the Customs Union, where they receive an official response upon request. Paid services for checking right-hand drive cars provide a complete history of the vehicle from the start of operation and year of manufacture to the last repurchase.

Examples of such sites:

What is the difference between the body number and the VIN?

Many car enthusiasts confuse the body number with the VIN. The first consists of nine or twelve (right-hand drive cars) alphabetic and numeric symbols, which can be found on the chassis or under the hood in the form of a plate.

The number code contains: 4-5 digits - information about the brand and body type, the remaining characters - factory equipment. VIN is 17 characters with the complete technical characteristics of the car according to the international classification.

A comprehensive check using the body number and VIN gives the owner a guarantee that the car has its original engine, and the transmission components have not been changed during the process of possible repairs. This helps to avoid buying a restored vehicle when it was imported into Russia in parts to evade customs duties.

Where to look at the VIN on a car

The standard VIN marking is a special nameplate that is applied by the manufacturer to continuous parts of the car. It has standard sizes and a specific code structure of 17 characters.

The main locations of VIN on foreign cars:

At the bottom of the windshield on the driver's side
In the engine compartment on the front parts of the body or frame
On the driver's door pillar
In the cabin on the floor closer to the frame near the driver's seat

Visually, the VIN code can be either a plate or a string of numbers/letters.

The code is generated according to a certain rule, which is called a check number. This means that symbols like I/O/Q will never be used in the same number. Such protection is provided against possible interruption of some similar numbers, for example, 1 and 4, 3 and 8.

Location of VIN on domestic cars

The marking of vehicles produced in the USSR and Russia differed from the international one until 2000. In the 1980s, the identification number on domestic cars for the domestic market consisted of 10 characters, where the year of manufacture was indicated by an alphabetic symbol (for example, A - 1980, B - 1981, C - 1982).

In the 1990s, international requirements were introduced for export vehicles, and in 2000, on the recommendation of the Tax Service of the Russian Federation, all cars produced in Russia began to be marked with a 17-digit code.

Example of VIN location on a Granta glass.

The nameplate with VIN on domestic Lada, GAZ and other brands can be located:

In the engine compartment on the right side are the suspension springs
In the upper inner part under the wheel arch of the right wheel
On the top of the radiator cross member
In the engine compartment in front of the air filter
On the body support of the engine compartment there is a cup of the right mudguard
Duplicate VIN in the luggage compartment

Cars produced before 2000 have this atypical location of the identification number. All modern markings and their places of application are standardized and comply with the international classification. To find the VIN nameplate, you can use the raspolozhenie-vin.com service.

How to find out the equipment of a car by body number

If you use the body number to obtain the vehicle history, then the report on the configuration, technical characteristics and registration restrictions will be the same as using the VIN.

This service is provided in cases where the identification number is missing or does not contain all 17 characters according to the ISO 3779-1983 standard (right-hand drive Japanese cars, or domestic ones produced before 2000).

Vintage cars did not have modern body or frame markings.

Some data will available for vintage cars manufactured before 1983. Then the standard classification requirements began to apply equally in the countries of Europe, the USA and South America. In most cases, the make, engine model, body style and specifications will be open.

Check for theft, arrest and restrictions of the traffic police, FSSP

All the necessary information about the arrest, theft and registration of a car is provided by the official website of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (GIBDD.rf). To obtain certain information about customs clearance or bank collateral, use the resources of the FSSP, FNP and Customs Service services (reestr-zalogov.ru, fssprus.ru).

A complete history with a guarantee and report generation can be ordered on specialized paid services that collect information from open databases.

The history of a car not only helps to avoid the unpleasant consequences of illegal purchase and sale, but gives a real market assessment, taking into account the technical condition, the ability to determine mileage and participation in an accident.

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