there are differences in VINs do differentiate between model years - and there is also a digit that changes based on the number itself (like 003472 for mine). . .that is why yours is 8bd and mine is 0bd. Check out http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/vindecoder.html for all of the details. Michael Babb From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clint Pearson Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:11 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] Need to check a VIN? I had to change the "0bd" to "8bd" to get mine to work. What's the significance of that? Clint 4739 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/