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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 |
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10-06-2011, 03:09 AM | #68 |
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My VIN No; UK is : WBAWY 72040LL2****
10th digit "O"!! Nothing like yours!!! My car is in the paint shop today.
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10-06-2011, 12:13 PM | #69 | |
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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. |
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10-06-2011, 12:19 PM | #70 |
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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.
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10-06-2011, 09:18 PM | #72 |
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My 2012 has arrived at the dealership! Pickup on Saturday!
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10-06-2011, 09:46 PM | #73 |
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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.
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10-07-2011, 12:22 AM | #74 |
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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.
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10-07-2011, 12:24 AM | #75 |
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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.
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Mine is finished as of 3 days ago. We will have it on Monday (the 10th). |
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Production started!!!
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!!!
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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. Last edited by drmd; 10-08-2011 at 11:46 AM.. |
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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.
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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....
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Good chance within 2 weeks, possibly 3.
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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!
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