meddyliol Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 My VIN starts with a W, I have been searching all over the place to find out where it was made and possibly when. Was the car made in Germany or Spain? How do I decipher the VIN to extract the relevant info? Thanks in anticipation Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdman Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 My VIN starts with a W, I have been searching all over the place to find out where it was made and possibly when. Was the car made in Germany or Spain? How do I decipher the VIN to extract the relevant info? Thanks in anticipation Brian See here :P This site is often recommended for the fullest information but I don't see how to make it work:- http://www.etis.ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikestones Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Your Vin will look somethng like this WFOJXXGAJJ9R12345 I did post how to break down the number some months back,I will re post asap. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikestones Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Your Vin will look somethng like this WFOJXXGAJJ9R12345 WFO means ford europe J is 5 door (G is 3 door) x x these two are not used on cars G is for Germany (location of factory)(W=spain) A This is the factory ,within the country (A=cologne,P=Valencia) J This is the model type (Fiesta) J this is a check repeat of letter 4 in the sequence 9 this indicates built in 2009 R This is the month of build 12345 the12,345th fiesta to be built at the indicated factory,in the month shown The month indicator does not follow a logical pattern may 2009=R june 2009=B Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrbuff Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Interesting stuff pikestones! cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickj Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Great stuff cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meddyliol Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thanks a lot, my car was made in Spain. Not sure if that's good or bad. Cheers Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hula89 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 German. YES. After all my French cars happy I now have a car made by people who know what they're doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thank you for telling us....almost 4 years after the post was made ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hula89 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thank you for telling us....almost 4 years after the post was made ;) Apologies I found it in a google search and forgot it wasn't something that was on the homepage. Ah well. I got told that all rhd ones were German anyway but by the looks of things they're not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuke Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Hi, it is even easier by going into Etis and under minor features it will state what plant the car is built at. Just goggle that and you'll find out where that is. For example all 2013 Fiesta's are made at the 'Niehl Plant Built', which is in Cologne, Germany... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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