[Kathryn]

I've been looking through the documentation we received with our EX-L and cannot see the date our vehicle rolled off the line. Is the date somehow imbedded in the serial #?

 

[ifonline]

This is from memory (which is dangerous at best)... Look at the sticker/plate on the either the driver's side door frame or the edge of the door itself. A date of manufacture should be there. The only date encoded in the VIN is the model year. The date of manufacture for a specific vehicle is not.

 

[Kathryn]

Ah, thanks Ian. I see it now...

 

[Army Dad]

On the Ridgeline you could tell from the VIN what number your vehicle was of the assembly. I don't remember where the number was in the sequence. If I can find the link at the ROC I'll pass it on.

 

[chefmark]

On the Ridgeline you could tell from the VIN what number your vehicle was of the assembly. I don't remember where the number was in the sequence. If I can find the link at the ROC I'll pass it on.

The last numbers on the VIN is the count of your car for that Model Year, Like the first CT off the line was 00001 for 2010. My last four numbers are 1780. So my car was the 1780 made for 2010. For the Month the car was made look inside the dirvers side door. Where they put all the info.

How to read a VIN
1st character- Identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured.
For example: U.S.A.(1or 4), Canada(2), Mexico(3), Japan(J), Korea(K), England(S), Germany(W), Italy(Z)
2nd character- Identifies the manufacturer. For example; Audi(A),
BMW(B), Buick(4), Cadillac(6), Chevrolet(1), Chrysler(C), Dodge(B),
Ford(F), GM Canada(7), General Motors(G), Honda(H), Jaquar(A), Lincoln(L), Mercedes Benz(D), Mercury(M), Nissan(N), Oldsmobile(3), Pontiac(2or5), Plymouth(P), Saturn(8), Toyota(T), VW(V), Volvo(V).
3rd character- Identifies vehicle type or manufacturing division.
4th to 8th characters- VDS - Vehicle Descriptor Section. These 5 characters occupy positions 4 through 8 of the VIN and may be used by the manufacturer to identify attributes of the vehicle. Identifies vehicle features such as body style, engine type, model, series, etc.
9th Character - The check digit "character or digit 9" in the sequence of a vehicle identification number (VIN) built beginning with model year 1981 (when the 17 character digit format was established) can best be described as identifying the VIN accuracy.
A check digit shall be part of each vin (since 1981) and shall appear in position
nine (9) of the VIN on the vehicle and on any transfer documents containing
the vin prepared by the manufacturer to be given to the first owner for purposes
other than resale. Thus, the vins of any two vehicles manufactured within a 30
year period shall not be identical. The check digit means a single number or letter
"x" used to verify the accuracy of the transcription of the vehicle identification
number.
After all other characters in the VIN have been determined by the manufacturer
the check digit is calculated by carrying out a mathematical computation
specified. This is based on vin position, sample vin, assigned value code,
weight factor and multiply assigned value times weight factors. The values are added and the total is divided by 11. The remainder is the check digit number.
The correct numeric remainder - zero through nine (0-9) will appear.
However, if the remainder is 10 the letter "X" is used to designate the check
digit value/number.

10th character- Identifies the model year. For example: 1988(J), 1989(K), 1990(L), 1991(M), 1992(N), 1993(P), 1994(R), 1995(S), 1996(T),
1997(V), 1998(W), 1999(X), 2000(Y)------2001(1), 2002(2), 2003(3)
11th character- Identifies the assembly plant for the vehicle.
12th to 17th characters- VIS - Vehicle Identifier Section. The last 8 characters of the VIN are used for the identification a of specific vehicle. The last four characters shall always be numeric. Identifies the sequence of the vehicle for production as it rolled off the manufacturers assembly line.

 

[Army Dad]

The last numbers on the VIN is the count of your car for that Model Year, Like the first CT off the line was 00001 for 2010. My last four numbers are 1780. So my car was the 1780 made for 2010. For the Month the car was made look inside the dirvers side door. Where they put all the info.

How to read a VIN
1st character- Identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured.
For example: U.S.A.(1or 4), Canada(2), Mexico(3), Japan(J), Korea(K), England(S), Germany(W), Italy(Z)
2nd character- Identifies the manufacturer. For example; Audi(A),
BMW(B), Buick(4), Cadillac(6), Chevrolet(1), Chrysler(C), Dodge(B),
Ford(F), GM Canada(7), General Motors(G), Honda(H), Jaquar(A), Lincoln(L), Mercedes Benz(D), Mercury(M), Nissan(N), Oldsmobile(3), Pontiac(2or5), Plymouth(P), Saturn(8), Toyota(T), VW(V), Volvo(V).
3rd character- Identifies vehicle type or manufacturing division.
4th to 8th characters- VDS - Vehicle Descriptor Section. These 5 characters occupy positions 4 through 8 of the VIN and may be used by the manufacturer to identify attributes of the vehicle. Identifies vehicle features such as body style, engine type, model, series, etc.
9th Character - The check digit "character or digit 9" in the sequence of a vehicle identification number (VIN) built beginning with model year 1981 (when the 17 character digit format was established) can best be described as identifying the VIN accuracy.
A check digit shall be part of each vin (since 1981) and shall appear in position
nine (9) of the VIN on the vehicle and on any transfer documents containing
the vin prepared by the manufacturer to be given to the first owner for purposes
other than resale. Thus, the vins of any two vehicles manufactured within a 30
year period shall not be identical. The check digit means a single number or letter
"x" used to verify the accuracy of the transcription of the vehicle identification
number.
After all other characters in the VIN have been determined by the manufacturer
the check digit is calculated by carrying out a mathematical computation
specified. This is based on vin position, sample vin, assigned value code,
weight factor and multiply assigned value times weight factors. The values are added and the total is divided by 11. The remainder is the check digit number.
The correct numeric remainder - zero through nine (0-9) will appear.
However, if the remainder is 10 the letter "X" is used to designate the check
digit value/number.

10th character- Identifies the model year. For example: 1988(J), 1989(K), 1990(L), 1991(M), 1992(N), 1993(P), 1994(R), 1995(S), 1996(T),
1997(V), 1998(W), 1999(X), 2000(Y)------2001(1), 2002(2), 2003(3)
11th character- Identifies the assembly plant for the vehicle.
12th to 17th characters- VIS - Vehicle Identifier Section. The last 8 characters of the VIN are used for the identification a of specific vehicle. The last four characters shall always be numeric. Identifies the sequence of the vehicle for production as it rolled off the manufacturers assembly line.

Excellent, thank you.

Mine is 14799 with a build date of July '10

 

[CCT]

Your VIN's must read differently to ours up north. Mine is:

5J6TF2H58AL802197 -- build date May, 2010.

C.

 

[fishnbanjo]

My # is like yours is written CCT. i.e. 5J6 etc. build date June 2010

Your VIN's must read differently to ours up north. Mine is:

5J6TF2H58AL802197 -- build date May, 2010.

C.

 

[mike]

Thanks for the info!

I've got 0557. Had the CT since December 09 and no problems (knock on wood)
Black on Black, 4WD w Navi

 

[melchor1106]

Ours was built in Feb of 2010. We bought it in early August of 2010. So far we've had no issues......

 

[Barbosa]

Interesting. I will have to go look mine up tonight.

 

[RyansQuick6]

#8068 born 2/10, bought 3/27/10, deliverd 4/1/10

 

[JRRRR]

OK lets see, first three digits of my VIN is 5J6 so its made in the U.S.A.
The 10th digit is "A" so it was built in 2010,
The 11th digit is "L" so it was built in East Liberty, Ohio
The sequence number is 13388
The door sticker shows a 'born on' date of June 2010.

Honda must really want to keep the coding of the VIN a secret, because I could not find any one place on the Internet that gave detailed information on the VIN.
Richard