[Penso di no]

Originally Posted by Bustofa

My car is also en route to Europe and the the 10th digit on my VIN is also zero.

That's strange. It's supposed to be C for 2012 (as was mentioned).

What does this VIN decoder site say if you copy/paste your VIN in? It's a Ford site but the decoder appears to understand all VINs and even knows that "L" is Spartanburg. I couldn't find any 2012 X3 VINs to plug in (dealers don't appear to have stock yet), but I found a 2012 X5 (with C in position 10) and it decoded just fine. You sure you're looking at the right digit? The one just before the "L"?

5UXWX7C53BL733472 (2011 X3)
5UXZV4C50CL750734 (2012 X5)
12345678901234567

Output for the X3 (formatted as a table on the site, but that doesn't copy well to here):

VIN Results
VIN: 5UXWX7C53BL733472

World Manufacturer Identifier - 1st, 2nd, 3rd Positions
VIN Code: 5UX
Assembly Country: United States
Make: BMW
Body Style: Sport Utility Vehicle

Restraint System Type (Passenger Cars) or Brake Type and GVWR Class (Trucks and Vans) - 4th Position
VIN Code: W
Brake System: Standard
GVWR Class:
GVWR Range: 0 - 6,000 Pounds

Line,Series Body Type - 5th, 6th, 7th Positions
VIN Code: X7C
Vehicle Line: X3
Series: xDrive35i
Vehicle Type: Truck

Engine Type - 8th Position
VIN Code: 5
Engine: 3.0 L
Cylinders: 6
Fuel: Gasoline

Model Year - 10th Position
VIN Code: B
Model Year: 2011

Assembly Plant - 11th Position
VIN Code: L
Assembly Plant: SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

Production Sequence Number - 12th - 17th
VIN Code: 733472
Prod Sequence Number 733472

Additional Information
Wheel Axles Wheelbase 221.2

[JOHNBMWM5]

My VIN No; UK is : WBAWY 72040LL2****

10th digit "O"!!

Nothing like yours!!! My car is in the paint shop today.

[Penso di no]

Originally Posted by johnbmw6

My VIN No; UK is : WBAWY 72040LL2****

10th digit "O"!!

Nothing like yours!!! My car is in the paint shop today.

The great thing about standards is there are so many to choose from. Turns out that either Europe doesn't follow ISO 3997 or it's more flexible than I thought. I'm not going to pay 50 Swiss Francs to get a copy of the standard to find out.

Anyway, here's a decoder for European Fords: http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/vindecoder.html. More importantly, there's a breakdown of the Euro VIN, which is different from the US one. Position 11 is the year and 12 is the month. There's a table at that link that explains the complex coding of those, but unfortunately it only goes through 2005.

[MileHiGolfer]

Mine went into production on Monday, and is still in production today (Thursday). CA told me a week to build, a week to get here. That sound accurate? Got a buyer for my wife's 4runner already.

[JOHNBMWM5]

Originally Posted by Penso di no

The great thing about standards is there are so many to choose from. Turns out that either Europe doesn't follow ISO 3997 or it's more flexible than I thought. I'm not going to pay 50 Swiss Francs to get a copy of the standard to find out.

Anyway, here's a decoder for European Fords: http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/vindecoder.html. More importantly, there's a breakdown of the Euro VIN, which is different from the US one. Position 11 is the year and 12 is the month. There's a table at that link that explains the complex coding of those, but unfortunately it only goes through 2005.

Position 11 and 12 can not be right as mine says "L" for 11 and "L" for 12!!!.

[Dukat]

My 2012 has arrived at the dealership! Pickup on Saturday!

[greg2step]

so the last 6 digits are a sequential production #? mine is 735138 built somewhere around first week sept.

Also whats the 9th digit for? I have a 1 - nothing listed in your helpful key on that digit.

[Penso di no]

Originally Posted by greg2step

so the last 6 digits are a sequential production #? mine is 735138 built somewhere around first week sept.

Also whats the 9th digit for? I have a 1 - nothing listed in your helpful key on that digit.

9th digit is a sort of checksum calculated from the rest of the VIN. It's helpful for detecting typos. Similar to what they do for credit cards. If you change any position (including that one) and feed it to the Ford decoder, it'll tell you to get real and enter a valid VIN.

[Penso di no]

Originally Posted by johnbmw6

Position 11 and 12 can not be right as mine says "L" for 11 and "L" for 12!!!.

It does seem unlikely that 2011 would be L, but we really don't know because our chart ends at 2005 (I found one for 2007, but that's still not helpful). Maybe your CA can help you. I couldn't find a decent UK/Euro VIN decoder.

[Penso di no]

Originally Posted by Dukat

My 2012 has arrived at the dealership! Pickup on Saturday!

Woot!

[caesardog]

Originally Posted by Dukat

I received an email with my build video today. They show a video of the car appearing to be mostly build, rolling on the tires.

Does that mean it's mostly complete or is it stock footage? This came 1-2 weeks earlier than I expected. Status is still, "in production".

The only parts of the build video that have your car, are where the VIN pops up in a bar on the bottom of the video. It should happen in 6 spots (moon roof; windshield; tilt; "marriage"; touch down; drive off. On mine, the last part, (the best part) it said "live camera temporarily unavailable."

Mine is finished as of 3 days ago. We will have it on Monday (the 10th).

[colson79]

Originally Posted by Dukat

My 2012 has arrived at the dealership! Pickup on Saturday!

Looking forward to seeing you pics.

[Rinse]

My car is on the train from Spartanburg and should be arriving in Toronto on Oct 17th!

Ordered September 10th, so just a little over a month.

[Penso di no]

Originally Posted by caesardog

The only parts of the build video that have your car, are where the VIN pops up in a bar on the bottom of the video. It should happen in 6 spots (moon roof; windshield; tilt; "marriage"; touch down; drive off. On mine, the last part, (the best part) it said "live camera temporarily unavailable."

Mine is finished as of 3 days ago. We will have it on Monday (the 10th).

Too bad above the video, dog. Congrats on the delivery, though!

[Penso di no]

Originally Posted by Rinse

My car is on the train from Spartanburg and should be arriving in Toronto on Oct 17th!

Ordered September 10th, so just a little over a month.

I'm so jealous of you all getting your X3s. Gotta pull the trigger at some point...

[beto_L.A.]

The status on my 2012 X3 28i says
PRODUCTION BEGINS...and so does the wait!!! this would be the 2nd
BMW that I have ordered and see the progress of the production of the
Vehicle. This will be my Xmas present!!!

[drmd]

I ordered x28i on 9/26. Just got email from dealer. Production was started at 12:07 yesterday, October 7. Your VIN is 5UXWX5C54CLXXXXXX.


Last seven digit of VIN are different from production number initially received!!!

Hopefully I should get it by Nov first week.

[sd1014]

Just received a call from my dealer and he said my X3 will arrive in Oxnard on 10/22 and should arrive at the dealership no later than 10/27. My production started on 09/30 and finished 10/07.

[greg2step]

so whats the deal - if you live out west they ship the X3 by railroad, but in the east by truck? Also someone in Toronto mentioned a train. obviously if you don't live in US or Canada - on a boat, port of Charleston it is....

[drmd]

Status updated to production on BMW website today.........
When should I expect my car to be delivered? I am in Michigan.

[Dukat]

Originally Posted by drmd

Status updated to production on BMW website today.........
When should I expect my car to be delivered? I am in Michigan.

Good chance within 2 weeks, possibly 3.

[Want the thrill]

Originally Posted by drmd

Status updated to production on BMW website today.........
When should I expect my car to be delivered? I am in Michigan.

Once production finished on my X, (which takes 5 working days), it was released to the carrier the next day and arrived in Michigan the following day (released to carrier July 1st, delivered to the dealer on July 2nd). You should have it in no time at all!