The 17-character code that runs the automotive world (cardog.app)
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GreatBlueHeron@piefed.ca on 08 Aug 11:07 collapse

I must be still half asleep because I can't make sense of that.The article says:

Position 1 - Geographic Region:

    1-5: North America
    6-7: Oceania
    8-9: South America
    A-H: Africa
    J-R: Asia
    S-Z: Europe

Position 2 - Country Code: Within North America (1-5):

    1,4,5: United States
    2: Canada
    3: Mexico

How can any VIN then begin with "5Y"? Their dictionary does not assign a value to "Y" in position 2??

Chronographs@lemmy.zip on 08 Aug 11:27 next collapse

Yeah I looked it up on another site and it doesn’t agree with their explanation of how to decode a VIN. Seeing as “Cardog is the AI car companion that makes ownership simple and transparent” I’d be willing to bet that article was written by AI and is just making shit up.

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works on 08 Aug 12:43 collapse

Yeah, even a cursory glance at Wikipedia shows this is just wrong.

1 United States 2 Canada 3A-3X Mexico 34 Nicaragua 35 Dominican Republic 36 Honduras 37 Panama 38-39 Puerto Rico 4 United States 5 United States 7 United States

…m.wikipedia.org/…/Vehicle_identification_number

In fact, the wiki is a better read too.