i remember a thread on how to read the VIN number and determine its details.
i cant seam to locate this thread anymore. does anyone know how or know where the thread is?

im looking because im after a diamante tailight replacemet, however the diamante VIN that i have doesnt work when i give it to mitsubishi. i used an online VIN reader program but the section of code that says the model of the car (ie diamante) is saying "known"

i remember a thread on how to read the VIN number and determine its details.
i cant seam to locate this thread anymore. does anyone know how or know where the thread is?

im looking because im after a diamante tailight replacemet, however the diamante VIN that i have doesnt work when i give it to mitsubishi. i used an online VIN reader program but the section of code that says the model of the car (ie diamante) is saying "known"

Well if you go to the Workshop manual for eg the TH series, in General you will find what each character defines here in Australia at least.

Character
1 Geographic Area 6: Australia
2 Country within Geographic area M: Australia
3 Manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors
4 Car line T–Magna / K–Verada
5 Series H–series
6 Engine / Trans- 3: 3.0 litre MPI <leaded fuel> (Man)
mission combinations 4: 3.0 litre MPI <leaded fuel> (Auto)
5: 3.0 litre MPI <unleaded fuel> (Man)
6: 3.0 litre MPI <unleaded fuel> (Auto)
7: 3.5 litre MPI <unleaded fuel> (Auto)
7 Price class A: V6 Advance
D: Executive
K: Altera LS
U: V6 Altera
M: Executive (NZ)
S: Sports
W: V6 Xi (Pacific)
W: SEi (NZ)
Z: Super Saloon/Elite (NZ)
H: 3.5 Ei
X: 3.5 Xi
8 Body type 42: Sedan / 46: Wagon
9 Year W: 1998 / X: 1999 / Y: 2000 / 1: 2001
10 Assembly Plant T: Tonsley Park
11 Body number 000001 to 999999

awsome, this should be stickied

EDIT:http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vinDecoder.asp just found this website, works well
as the workshop manual doesnt work for Diamantes

awsome, this should be stickied


Well it's in the manuals so not too hard to find except for some reason in the TL version General index comes up but not the pages , not for me anyway. I'm sure somone could format it better than what I have, use the manuals.