Is there a way to tell the month of production by the VIN?

[Thrashmetl]

Simple question. I’m looking to buy a Stinger within the next week or so and I found a new 2018 GT2 for sale. I’m trying to figure out if it’s an earlier 2018 or a later 2018 as I’d rather have a later 2018 as chances are better that some of the kinks were figured out already. I know the last six are the production numbers, but I haven’t found a site that actually gives the production month when you enter the VIN.

Last six are: 019949

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Simple question. I’m looking to buy a Stinger within the next week or so and I found a new 2018 GT2 for sale. I’m trying to figure out if it’s an earlier 2018 or a later 2018 as I’d rather have a later 2018 as chances are better that some of the kinks were figured out already. I know the last six are the production numbers, but I haven’t found a site that actually gives the production month when you enter the VIN.

Last six are: 019949

Open the bonnet (hood) there should be a sticker with month & year in top left side.

 

[Thrashmetl]

Open the bonnet (hood) there should be a sticker with month & year in top left side.

Unfortunately don’t have access, just pulled the VIN off the website.

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Unfortunately don’t have access, just pulled the VIN off the website.

Sorry, but that’s the only way I know.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Googling is hard....

Kia VIN decoder - Lookup and check Kia VIN number and get build sheet with specs.

 

[Bernie Fen]

hmmm somethings not right here... I looked up my VIN from that site and mine says AWD when its RWD... idk how accurate that site is but my car is definitely RWD.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Edit. Apparently you can only get the year from the vin.

VIN Decoding | CARFAX

 

[Luminary]

I do not know if that is correct. My VIN ends in 023838, and was built in Dec 2017.

On a side note you can look up your window sticker (works for any KIA, not just the Stinger, though does NOT show the build date):
https://www.kia.com/us/en/data/dealerinventory/windowsticker/YOURVINHERE

 

[nhcowboy28]

I do not know if that is correct. My VIN ends in 023838, and was built in Dec 2017.

On a side note you can look up your window sticker (works for any KIA, not just the Stinger, though does NOT show the build date):
https://www.kia.com/us/en/data/dealerinventory/windowsticker/YOURVINHERE

Im gonna edit my edit. Lol

Vehicle Identifier Section
Digits 10 through 17 make up the Vehicle Identifier Section (VIS). The tenth digit indicates the year.

Year Year Year Year
1980 A 1995 S 2010 A 2025 S
1981 B 1996 T 2011 B 2026 T
1982 C 1997 V 2012 C 2027 V
1983 D 1998 W 2013 D 2028 W
1984 E 1999 X 2014 E 2029 X
1985 F 2000 Y 2015 F 2030 Y
1986 G 2001 1 2016 G 2031 1
1987 H 2002 2 2017 H 2032 2
1988 J 2003 3 2018 J 2033 3
1989 K 2004 4 2019 K 2034 4
1990 L 2005 5 2020 L 2035 5
1991 M 2006 6 2021 M 2036 6
1992 N 2007 7 2022 N 2037 7
1993 P 2008 8 2023 P 2038 8
1994 R 2009 9 2024 R

 

[Luminary]

Forgive me, but I still do not get it. The tenth digit in my vin is a "J", as is the example you provided. So it is either 1988, or 2018 according to Carfax. Mine was built in Dec 2017 as shown on the sticker in the door jamb.



I would think the tenth digit is the Model Year, not the Build Year.
As I said, I do not get it.

Edit: Not sure I liked my full VIN viewable, so I cropped the pic to remove it...

 

[nhcowboy28]

Forgive me, but I still do not get it. The tenth digit in my vin is a "J", as is the example you provided. So it is either 1988, or 2018 according to Carfax. Mine was built in Dec 2017 as shown on the sticker in the door jamb.

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I would think the tenth digit is the Model Year, not the Build Year.
As I said, I do not get it.

Edit: Not sure I liked my full VIN viewable, so I cropped the pic to remove it...

Probably model year.

Ask dealer for an actual build sheet if you can’t look at the door plate on the car.

 

[brancky3]

On a side note you can look up your window sticker (works for any KIA, not just the Stinger, though does NOT show the build date):
https://www.kia.com/us/en/data/dealerinventory/windowsticker/YOURVINHERE

That's really cool, thanks for sharing

 

[Doel]

Simple question. I’m looking to buy a Stinger within the next week or so and I found a new 2018 GT2 for sale. I’m trying to figure out if it’s an earlier 2018 or a later 2018 as I’d rather have a later 2018 as chances are better that some of the kinks were figured out already. I know the last six are the production numbers, but I haven’t found a site that actually gives the production month when you enter the VIN.

Last six are: 019949

I internet shopped my stinger, I just asked them to snap a photo of the door jam and they did, easiest way to do it.