VIN# issues...my car from Canada?? -->
03-07-2005, 10:20 AM
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VIN# issues...my car from Canada?? -->
After reading posts on the org re the gas tank filler neck (http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=347576), I wanted to get my car checked to see if I have any related issues as well.
I called my locan Nissan dealership to set up an appointment to get my car checked and they said they could not find my VIN number in Nissan's database. They could not track the original buyer, original dealership that sold the car; they found nothing.
I then called Nissan's Customer Service and they too said they could not find my VIN number. They said it could be 1) they have "archived" my VIN number so it is no longer accessable or 2) my car was sold in Canada and brought to the US. I don't think this is true because the speed-o-meter is in MPH. Any other clues?
Any ideas about this situation? It seems so odd. Does anyone have a link to a VIN# reference/lookukp? If I do have a safety issue I want to get it looked at/fixed but I can't even get a dealership to look at my car w/o a valid VIN #
If anyone has a carfax account, let me know if you could run my VIN and see what the history is.
TIA
I called my locan Nissan dealership to set up an appointment to get my car checked and they said they could not find my VIN number in Nissan's database. They could not track the original buyer, original dealership that sold the car; they found nothing.
I then called Nissan's Customer Service and they too said they could not find my VIN number. They said it could be 1) they have "archived" my VIN number so it is no longer accessable or 2) my car was sold in Canada and brought to the US. I don't think this is true because the speed-o-meter is in MPH. Any other clues?
Any ideas about this situation? It seems so odd. Does anyone have a link to a VIN# reference/lookukp? If I do have a safety issue I want to get it looked at/fixed but I can't even get a dealership to look at my car w/o a valid VIN #
If anyone has a carfax account, let me know if you could run my VIN and see what the history is.
TIA
03-07-2005, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by RamJetMax
After reading posts on the org re the gas tank filler neck (http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=347576), I wanted to get my car checked to see if I have any related issues as well.
I called my locan Nissan dealership to set up an appointment to get my car checked and they said they could not find my VIN number in Nissan's database. They could not track the original buyer, original dealership that sold the car; they found nothing.
I then called Nissan's Customer Service and they too said they could not find my VIN number. They said it could be 1) they have "archived" my VIN number so it is no longer accessable or 2) my car was sold in Canada and brought to the US. I don't think this is true because the speed-o-meter is in MPH. Any other clues?
Any ideas about this situation? It seems so odd. Does anyone have a link to a VIN# reference/lookukp? If I do have a safety issue I want to get it looked at/fixed but I can't even get a dealership to look at my car w/o a valid VIN #
If anyone has a carfax account, let me know if you could run my VIN and see what the history is.
TIA
I called my locan Nissan dealership to set up an appointment to get my car checked and they said they could not find my VIN number in Nissan's database. They could not track the original buyer, original dealership that sold the car; they found nothing.
I then called Nissan's Customer Service and they too said they could not find my VIN number. They said it could be 1) they have "archived" my VIN number so it is no longer accessable or 2) my car was sold in Canada and brought to the US. I don't think this is true because the speed-o-meter is in MPH. Any other clues?
Any ideas about this situation? It seems so odd. Does anyone have a link to a VIN# reference/lookukp? If I do have a safety issue I want to get it looked at/fixed but I can't even get a dealership to look at my car w/o a valid VIN #
If anyone has a carfax account, let me know if you could run my VIN and see what the history is.
TIA
03-07-2005, 11:39 AM
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What a rot! The Canadian and USA VIN numbers are in the same database. Those are European VIN numbers that have their own FAST database. Carfax is not going to help you if Nissan does not recognize your VIN number either. The first thing to check is if the VIN number on the dashboard under windshield and on the plate on the firewall are the same and then give Nissan that number. You probably have a typo in your ownership, which you probably used to provide them with the VIN number???
03-07-2005, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Tarzan
What a rot! The Canadian and USA VIN numbers are in the same database. Those are European VIN numbers that have their own FAST database. Carfax is not going to help you if Nissan does not recognize your VIN number either. The first thing to check is if the VIN number on the dashboard under windshield and on the plate on the firewall are the same and then give Nissan that number. You probably have a typo in your ownership, which you probably used to provide them with the VIN number???
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