I thought this was cool.....http://www.courtesyparts.com/specs/vin.html

 

Excellent find!

Added to the FAQ.

Your Social Security Number can be decoded as well.....

 

thanks!

 

I used to know part of the sequence, used to freak people out when I told them where they were born and stuff ....

 

have a link of how to decode? sounds cool.

 

How do you decode your social security number? You can also do drivers licenses...well at least in Jersey that I know, but probably works in all states. All the letters and numbers correspond to your physcial features and birthdate and other such things.

-Jon

 

www.howstuffworks.com

 

Oh sweet...thanks.

-Jon

 

OK, now i'm confused...I looked at the VIN # explanations and compared them to my VIN. My VIN is JN1CA21DVTblahblah; the part I don't understand is the D signifies "Air Bags w/3-point belts", but I have ABS, so shouldn't that D be a T ("2-wheel Drive, 4-wheel ABS") instead? What's goin on here?

-Jon

 

I'm not sure. When I get a chance, I'll take a look.

 

OK, thanks a bunch. I'm just suspicious cuz when I bought it used from a used car dealer in April or so it was listed as having ABS and there is an ABS light on the dash, but I haven't been able to activate the ABS yet. I have tried a few hard hard stops from 15 or 20 mph. Once I was doing about 55 and I slammed on the brakes, I don't think the pedal was fully to the floor, but the tires chirped and no ABS came on. Just wondering...these things always make me nervous because I had 2 accidents in my old '95 GLE that might not have happened if I had ABS.


-Jon

 

Dont you know anything? DEEZO