Jonathan Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hi guys I have been attempting to make sense of the VIN used on Subaru's Legacy. While I have things (I think) more or less sorted out for the first two generations of Legacys, the newer ones have new codes that I am not aware of. Please help me out if you spot an error or can add any additional information : The first 3 digits are the vehicle type / Manufactures location: "JF1" Passenger car manufactured by FHI in Japan. "JF2" Multipurpose passenger vehicle made by FHI in Japan. "4S3" Passenger car made by SIA in Indiana "4S4" Multipurpose passenger vehicle made by SIA in Indiana (2005+ Outback for instance) The 4th digit is the model: "B" = Legacy "G" = Impreza, "S" = Forrester, "W" = Tribeca The 5th digit is the vehicle type: "C" 1st gen Sedan, "F" or "J" 1st gen Wagon "D" 2nd gen Sedan, "G" 2nd gen Wagon, "K" 2nd gen Wagon "E" 3rd gen Sedan, "H" 3rd gen Wagon "L" 4th gen Sedan, "P" 4th gen Wagon T=Baja D=Impreza Sedan X=Tribeca ("Crossover" vehicle) The 6th digit of the VIN is the engine code. 6 ..... '90-'95 2.2 liter 3 ..... '96+ 2.2 Liter (FWD) 4 ..... '96+ 2.2 Liter (AWD) 6 ..... '96+ 2.5 Liter (only available w/AWD) 7 ..... '04+ 2.5 Liter Turbo (Sti ?) 8 ..... '01+ 3.0 H6 (only available w/AWD) ??? The 7th digit is the Trim Level (varies by year and model): 2 = 2nd Gen Brighton 3 = 2nd Gen L, Outback 4 = 2nd Gen LS, LSi 5 = 3rd Gen GT (?) 6 = ? 7 = 1st Gen Turbo, 2nd Gen GT 2005 MY 0=XT, 1=i, 2=i ltd, 3=XT ltd, 4=R 5=R ltd, 6=R LL Bean, 7=GT Ltd, 8=GT 9=GT Spec B The 8th digit is the Weight Class and/or Restraint Type : 5 = Dual SRS Airbags 6 = Dual SRS Airbags + Side curtain airbags. (?) C = Class C (4000-5000 Lb GVWR) The 9th digit is simply a "check digit" : The 10th digit is the year of Manufacture: F=1985, G=1986, H=1987, J=1988, K=1989, L=1990 M=1991, N=1992, P=1993 R =1994, S=1995, T=1996 V=1997, W=1998, X=1999 Y = 2000 1=2001, 2=2002, 3=2003 4=2004, 5=2005, 6=2006 7=2007 The 11th digit is the Transmission/Drivetrain configuration (varies by year and MFG plant): 1=SIA 5spd FWD 3=SIA 6spd AWD 4=SIA 5EAT AWD 6=SIA 5spd AWD 7=SIA 4EAT AWD 9=SIA 4EAT FWD G=FIH 5spd AWD -= 6spd or RHD Postal vehicle H=FHI auto AWD L=FIH 6spd AWD Digits 12 through 17 are for the sequential serial number part of the VIN 1##### is for Baja 2##### is for Legacy 4-door Sedans 3##### is for Legacy Station Wagons 4##### is for the B9 Trebeca 5##### is for the Impreza Sedan 6##### is for Legacy & Outback Wagon 7##### is for Forrester 8##### is for Impreza Sport Wagon If you folks dont mind could you post the first 12 or so digits of your VIN as well as basic information about your car (year, engine size, trim level, and transmission type, and country ) ? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawdaddy79 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Have you tried sending an email to Subaru.com asking about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 just curious, but why are you doing this? I am attempting to learn the logic behind Subarus VIN. I am not asking you folks for your full VIN... you dont have to be paranoid, or anything. I just think it helps to know the VIN codes. The last 6 digits of the VIN are your unique serial number. While I am certainly curious about rough numbers for the different years, I am not asking for your full VIN... I just curious about about the meaning of these codes. Yeah, I could TRY and ask SoA for this, but the thing is these codes vary by year. For instance, engine code "6" which used to mean the largest motor available, 2.2 or 2.5 I suspect means something totally different now that there is an H6, a 2.5i and a 2.5 Turbo. I dont think SoA's information would be especially reliable If you feel weird about disclosing even a partial VIN thats fine, but if you are willing to help me out, I would certainly appeciate it. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derffred Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 you're crazy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxdave99 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Here's an idea, look on ebay / cars.com / autotrader.com all cars for sale have a full vin If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyh Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 just curious, but why are you doing this? Dude, it's just car geekery, but on a Subaru level. People do it all the time with different car makes. Go to an air cooled VW meat sometime, now those people are scary. Sorry, but my car is on the left coast while I'm on the right coast for now. Martin Luther - "Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long." EL4NFZT7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red beast Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn't matter what's your vin, vin by an inch or a mile; vinning's vinning. http://www.thewallpapers.org/movies/2fast2furious/001_2_Fast_2_Furious-003.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.T.Subie Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 :lol: Denial is your best friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 C'mon. The guy is trying to collect useful info. For example being able to tell the vin if car is MT/AT could be useful when shopping for a car. Carfax e.g. does not provide such information. If you don't want to help, at least resize the pic, so it's not that obnoxiously huge. My vin: 4s3bp6868563xxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdubs Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 On SL-i.net a member is doing something similar, I don't see the big deal. Also, if you haven't found this site yet, try here. http://www.cars101.com/subaru/vin.html my 07- 4S3BL6166762xxxxx my 95- 4S3BK6551S73xxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 On SL-i.net a member is doing something similar, I don't see the big deal. Also, if you haven't found this site yet, try here. http://www.cars101.com/subaru/vin.html Thanks for this link, didn't see it before, although I know and use cars101.com... Btw, I was wondering if color was encoded in the VIN. Apperently not, however SubaruFast (application for looking up parts) is able to tell the exterior color from the VIN number. Perhaps it has database of serial numbers vs. body colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azca Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn't matter what's your vin, vin by an inch or a mile; vinning's vinning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_sharp Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 7th Digit = 9 on (all) spec.Bs lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 You could always just look here: http://www.thel7.com/Identification.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyh Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 that would be too easy Martin Luther - "Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long." EL4NFZT7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 Thanks Uncle Mat, B dubs, & Dr. Sharp. Red Beast, Even though I have never met you, I still hate you. If You could shrink or delete your photo, that would be very nice. Your 95 LSi Wagon has a 4EAT even though based on the trim code I think you should have "4" not "5" for a 7th digit, B Dubs ? (more likely my VIN decoder logic is off, though). Also your '07 2.5i Sedan has side curtain air bags. Joe's Cars101 VIN decoder is cool, and although I have known about his site, I never saw his VIN decoder before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in CT Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 For information about decoding 1992-2000 model year VINs, visit http://web.archive.org/web/20050307223611/www.aiam.org/vin.shtml. The 2005 Subaru VIN is defined at http://www.bankheist.net/vinchart.pdf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuksob03 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 wow, I was trying to figure this out the other day for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbtech Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Is there any way to tell what day a car was assembled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Is there any way to tell what day a car was assembled? Count how many pieces fell off it within the first week. It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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