hey guys, am trying to get shocks and axles for my 2000 but the manufacture sticker on door says 8/99 so am told it could be a 99 or 00, again the official car documentation says 2000, not sure what to make of the manuf date.....hate to get the wrong stuff!!

 

is it a 5th gen or 4th gen? they start production on cars early so a 2000 can say 99 on the door.

5th gen its a 2k
4th gen its a 99

 

Since it was produced after June '99, it would probably be safe to assume it was an early production year '00.

 

am sorry yea is 5th gen model...so then even manuf date doesnt matter right? I would still buy parts for a '00 (5th gen)

 

Its a 5th gen. 2000 is the year.

 

2000

 

If the 8th digit to the left of the vin is a "Y", the car is a 2000. If it is an "X" it is a 1999.

 

if its a 5 gen (which u can obviously tell by the way it looks) then im guessing all 5 gen parts would be the same so it shouldn't matter what yr your car is...all 5.5 gen parts for the most part should be the same too

 

you would go in and order parts for a 2000 and tell them the build date if they ask as some parts where changed in certain months and might make a difference.

If you are having a problem figuring out what generation car you have, you shouldn't be buying or trying to fix anything on the car yourself, do your car a favor and bring it into a shop. Ordering parts is only half the battle, getting the right part from the counter guys is a whole different story. GL

 

maybe this is why "they" always ask me for my VIN number when I go to the parts counter at the Nissan Dealer?

 

there is probably a reason there is a 2000 and a 2000.5 FSM. I know when i replaced my slave cylinder for my clutch they asked me the manufacture date. I later found out that they used the same slave cylinder as the 4th gens and then switched the design. The new one was backwards compatible but who knows what other parts are like this and may be diffenent

 

for the sake of buying parts for a car, or registering it, or whatever....build date isn't usually relevant. MODEL YEAR is relevant.

Since new models come out at or before the beginning of a model year, obviously the build date has to be earlier than that....

My 2009 subaru was built in august 2008. And I bought my 2009 subaru in SEPTEMBER of 2008.

/thread.

 

Too bad this thread is closed.

When I did brake pads (aftermarket, Hawp HP+, from Tire Rack) on my 20AE it was not enough to know the model year, or even the month in which it was built. My car was built in the specific month in which the change-over from one design to the other occurred. I forget which end it was, but I ended up having to take things apart in order to determine which pad configuration (shape) I needed.

Point #1 - when running production changes are made you could be on either side of the switch-over without reliably knowing which. I assume that's one of the main reasons why the dealerships all work from the VIN these days. I worked at one dealership for a while, and part of my job was to chase parts at a number of others.

Point #2 - most parts counter guys that I've run across have been pretty sharp at their job. But not always so good at describing unusual situations that they just might have personal knowledge of, or at coping with nonstandard parts and modified cars.


Norm

 

When I first saw that thread I thought that there should've been no doubt of the year, given the fact that the model went from one generation to the next one. I still don't know the reason for a 2000 and a 2000.5 FSM. Build date, along with model year, is still somewhat relevant in some cases.

 

nsnrider, Norm, and others have made good points, so I think this actually can be an informative discussion. I've cleaned up the useless posts and merged/reopened the thread. Please keep things civil and on topic. Thanks.

 

It might be an updated or revised manual with nothing to do with actual model year, not necessarily a mid year change. I do believe I had found some differences in them, but I completely forgot what it was. I'll have to take another look...