build date

[flt.eng]

How can I check on my cars build date. The vin No. is WDB2110652A267420 8

 

[mb270]

The 10th character denotes the year, in your case 2 which is 2002. Try this link.
Vehicle Identification Number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[flt.eng]

thanks

Thank you, Iwish I had'nt asked now, as it means the body panels are
probably not galvanised.

 

[whitenemesis]

EPC gives the build date is 18-02- 2003

 

[Frankie]

Mine has a 2 for it's 10th digit and it's 1996.

 

[mb270]

Mine has a 2 for it's 10th digit and it's 1996.

Did you check the link I posted on my reply. You might possibly have not counted the letters?

 

[Frankie]

it's definitely a 2,when I put it in the Data Card thingy it comes up with being built 1996

Edited to correct myself.

It was built 13/12/95,so I don't think that link you posted seems to work in this situation.
To the original poster,try this http://translate.google.co.uk/trans....ru/mercedes/F/#1/&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

It's coming up as 18/03/03 according to that.

 

[nigel cross]

The 10th character denotes the year, in your case 2 which is 2002. Try this link.
Vehicle Identification Number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dont think this is correct as mine is a 2, but I bought it in 2002 and it approx 1 year old

 

[whitenemesis]

it's definitely a 2,when I put it in the Data Card thingy it comes up with being built 1996

Edited to correct myself.

It was built 13/12/95,so I don't think that link you posted seems to work in this situation.
To the original poster,try this Google Translate

It's coming up as 18/03/03 according to that.

The Wiki link is wrong.

 

[richard]

The 10th character denotes the year, in your case 2 which is 2002. Try this link.
Vehicle Identification Number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thats the American system (for Mercedes purposes - you'll have to look up the datacard in mercedes database (EPCnet is the easiest way for most people) to find the year....)

R

 

[richard]

This is what I have discovered by observation about Mercedes vehicles ..

Wab cdefgh ij klmnop q

W is the letter W
ab = i've seen DB DC DD on passenger cars, DF on vans, MX on SLS
DB was most of the passenger cars until the ML came out which was DC
I think newer cars come as DD.
cde is the model series (such as 212 for current E class)
f is the body type (0 = saloon, 1 = estate, 3 = coupe, 4 = convertible, 8 = 'GL', I think 7 is CLC)
gh is then the engine type, but only consistant in a given model series
i seems to be the number 1 or 2
j is a letter to show the factory.
klmnop is the 6 digit unique within the model series (ie current E class etc)
q is a checksum which you don't normally see or need

Richard

 

[whitenemesis]

Wab is the world manufacturer code.

This from EPC

http://www.MBClub.co.uk/forums/678251-post28.html