![]() The eleventh character identifies the assembly plant where your Mustang was built. ![]() The number identifiers stopped at "9" and restarted at "A" in 2010. After "Y" in 2000, the model year identifiers went to numbers starting with "1" in 2001. The model year identifier starts at 1980 (when VINs were standardized) and started at the letter "A". The t enth character identifies the model year. For example: There's a lot of math that goes into calculating how to use the check digit with your VIN, and as long as your Mustang doesn't have a suspicious history, you shouldn't have to worry about this digit. It's used to verify VIN accuracy and ensures the VINs of any two vehicles produced within a 30 year period won't be identical. The n inth character is the check digit (something unique to North America). Following our EcoBoost example, H is the 2.3L 4-cylinder. The eighth character is your engine code. The fifth through seventh are the submodel digits. The fourth character will denote safety features. They'll tell you what size engine you have, what platform, transmission type, and body type. These five characters are used by manufacturers to identify your car’s attributes. The f ourth to eighth characters belong to the Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS).
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