My VIN

[djambalawa]

Hi folks... just looking up what the characters in my VIN mean but it seems it doesn't quite line up with what it says in an online workshop manual I found...


My VIN is SALLDCH572V84938b


So from what I understand is;


SAL = world manufacturer
LD = Landrover Defender
H/V/K = 110/90/130 (but I have a C here?)
M/A/B/E/F/H = H for High Capacity Pickup sounds right
8 = TD5 - but I have a 5 here?
7 = RH drive
Not sure what the rest means...


Its a 2003 130.. can anyone enlighten me? The compliance plate does say "Country of Origin" - South Africa also... is that common?

[sheerluck]

SAL Manufacturer code: Land Rover
LD Model: Defender (for early models: Ninety, or One Ten)
C Wheel base: 130 inch, Extra Heavy Duty (XD)
H Body type: High-capacity pickup (HCPU)
5 Engine type: 2.5 litre Td5 (EU5 spec)
7 Steering and transmission: Right-hand drive (RHD), 5-speed manual (LT85, LT77, LT77S, R380 or other)
2 Model year: 2002
V Assembly location: Blackheath, Cape Town, South Africa, for 147-specification
84938B Serial number

[sheerluck]

Info from here Clifton Scientific Text Services, the Netherlands

[The ho har's]

All these years use the conventional Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

Digits 1 Geographic Region: S = Europe
2 Country: A = United Kingdom
3 Manufacturer: L = British Leyland/Land Rover
4,5 (model) LB = Series III, Stage I, Lightweight
LD = 90 & 110, later Defender
LH = Range Rover (mk I) (Classic)
LJ = Discovery
LN = Freelander
LP = Range Rover (mk II)
LT = Discovery, Series II
6 (wheelbase) A = 88" & Freelander, & 100" for RR mk I
C = 109" and 1 ton
G = 100"
H = 110" & 147"
K = 127"
M = Special
R = 110"
S = Military 110"
V = 92.3"
7 (body type) A = Truck Cab, Soft Top or Hard Top (Utility body)
B = 3 door Station Wagon, or Freelander 5 door hardtop
E = 2 door Crew Cab
F = 4 door Crew Cab
H = High Capacity pick-up (Some had an A instead of the H)
M = 5 door Station Wagon & 7 Door SW
R = Monteverdi Range Rover
8 (engine) B = 2.5l, 4 cylinder, Turbo diesel
C = 2.5l, 4 cylinder, diesel
D = 2.5l, 4 cylinder, petrol
F = 200 Tdi & 300 Tdi (2.5 Liter, 4 cylinder, Turbor Diesels)
G = 2.25l diesel & Freelander V6
H = 2.25l petrol
M = 3.9 liter V8 (injection)
P = 2.6l 6 cylinder, petrol
V = 3.5l V8 petrol (carburettor)
Y = 2 liter T16 petrol
Z = 3.9 liter Izuzu diesel
3= 4.2 V8 petrol (injection)
8 = Td5
9 (steering/transmission) 1 = RHD, 4 speed
2 = LHD, 4 speed
3 = RHD, automatic
4 = LHD, automatic
5 = RHD, 4 speed & overdrive
6 = LHD, 4 speed & overdrive
7 = RHD, 5 speed
8 = LHD, 5 speed
10 (model variant/model year?) A = up to 1983-1984
B = 1985-1987
E = 1988
F = 1989
G = 1990
H = 1991
J = 1992
K = 1993
L = 1994
M = 1995
N = 1996
? = 1997
? = 1998
W = 1999
? = 2000
1 = 2001
2 = 2002
11 (assembly location) A = Solihull
F = CKD
V = South Africa
12-17 (serial number)

Mrs hh

[The ho har's]

Hi folks... just looking up what the characters in my VIN mean but it seems it doesn't quite line up with what it says in an online workshop manual I found...


My VIN is SALLDCH572V84938b


So from what I understand is;


SAL = world manufacturer
LD = Landrover Defender
H/V/K = 110/90/130 (but I have a C here?)
M/A/B/E/F/H = H for High Capacity Pickup sounds right
8 = TD5 - but I have a 5 here?
7 = RH drive
Not sure what the rest means...


Its a 2003 130.. can anyone enlighten me? The compliance plate does say "Country of Origin" - South Africa also... is that common?

Interesting it says yours is a 2002 model, and yes South Africa is common. Are you sure the 8th number is correct? Are you reading off the windscreen plate, you are right is should 8. OK I have checked ours and we have a 5 also. and ours is definitely a Td5 so maybe the info is incorrect. The Clifton one is more correct.

http://www.lrfaq.org/FAQ.3.LRevents.html

Mrs hh

[djambalawa]

Thanks all - I thought I had an '03 so good to know what year it is.. hmm might have had more chance of a Salisbury diff with a '02? Ah well.. it doesn't have one

[ugu80]

All these years use the conventional Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

10 (model variant/model year?) A = up to 1983-1984
B = 1985-1987
E = 1988
F = 1989
G = 1990
H = 1991
J = 1992
K = 1993
L = 1994
M = 1995
N = 1996
? = 1997
? = 1998
W = 1999

Fascinating. I have a 1995 130 Defender. At position 10 of my VIN I should have an M, but I have a T. What does that mean?
Just looked up the Clifton, should have done that first, T is model year 1996 (I have a 1996 compliance plate and 1995 manufacture date).

[djambalawa]

Just had another look at mine and it is dated 06/03 so yeah dunno why the VIN would say 2002.

[sheerluck]

Just had another look at mine and it is dated 06/03 so yeah dunno why the VIN would say 2002.

Is that 06/03 the compliance date or the build date? Don't forget that all three of those dates/years can be different.

My understanding is that that model year is which year's 'equipment list', for want of a better term, that the vehicle belongs to. So if there are no updates or changes to a vehicle's spec from one year to the next, then it can still show the previous calendar year's model letter.

[The ho har's]

Just had another look at mine and it is dated 06/03 so yeah dunno why the VIN would say 2002.

It would be the compliance date, so 2002 is the build date Land Rover's years go from end August. Simular to a calendar year. My 1951 series 1 was sold 8/12/1950 in Tamworth

Mrs hh