How can I find my Jeep's date of manufacture if my Jeep came with no sticker in the door? Just curious is all, as I want to know everything I can about my TJ even the most useless little things like this.
How to find TJ manufacture date without a door sticker?
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I work at a dealership which sells Jeep, but what is a VIS and who at my dealership would I exactly need to see?
There are a lot of vin decoders online too. I think there was a jeep specific link floating around here somewhere.
I don't think the VIN contains anything but the model year. You probably have to find tags on the vehicle.
Did you look on the A pillar at the top hinge or on the B pillar like most other vehicles.
I work as a GM technician. We use a program called Global Connect. When diagnosing certain concerns, I may need to know if a vehicle has certain RPO codes (options)
I simply plug in the last 8 digits of the VIN # and get the vehicle build. The VIS(Vehicle Inquiry System) shows me everything about the vehicle, which includes the build date, the plant the vehicle was built at, components used, and all the RPO codes. It also shows the vehicle history, open/completed recalls and numerous other info about the vehicle.
Go the service dept and ask the writer to run a VIS or a vehicle build. Every vehicle manufacturer has the capability to do this. It may be referred to by another name depending on the manufacturer.
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Try this VIN decoder: https://www.vindecoderz.com/
On mine it gives two Date fields. The second one, below Transmission, is the date of manufacture (matches my door sticker).
On mine it gives two Date fields. The second one, below Transmission, is the date of manufacture (matches my door sticker).
This one is fun too: https://fcacommunity.force.com/RAM/s/equipment-listing
It shows all of the options on your vehicle, with a lot of other stuff like "Route 24 - UP, Rolla, CO" which is the route and railroad it came on, state and maybe city it was originally delivered to, "5 Additional Gallons of Gas".
It shows all of the options on your vehicle, with a lot of other stuff like "Route 24 - UP, Rolla, CO" which is the route and railroad it came on, state and maybe city it was originally delivered to, "5 Additional Gallons of Gas".
Is that how much gas the dealer put in it for test drives? Or the factory? Why would they record details to that level? Strange.
There is a LOT of info buried in there.
I looked up that reference to "UP, Rolla CO" in mine. Rolla is a Union Pacific Auto Unload facility in a suburb of Denver. Useless information, but somewhat fun.
Perhaps when buying a used TJ, looking this stuff up could be useful. Knowing if the Jeep was originally a dry southwestern vehicle or salty northeastern one could tell you things.
There is a LOT of info buried in there.
I looked up that reference to "UP, Rolla CO" in mine. Rolla is a Union Pacific Auto Unload facility in a suburb of Denver. Useless information, but somewhat fun.
Perhaps when buying a used TJ, looking this stuff up could be useful. Knowing if the Jeep was originally a dry southwestern vehicle or salty northeastern one could tell you things.
