My TL-S has a stamped production date of April 01 and it's VIN ends with A012014. I've noticed that the A56932 portion of the VIN also varies. Can anyone tell me how the VIN breaks down into fields and what they indicate?

And BTW, who owns the lowest VIN???

 

Your last numbers indicate when your car was made. Looks like you got the 12,014 TL-S made. I got my car at the end of march so I'm somewhere in the high 1,000's (Don't remember the exact number off my head).

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2002 Satin Silver TL-S With Navi

 

My "born on" date is 03/01/01 and I took delivery on 04/11/01.

 

A001836. Took delivery on 3/19. Old school!!

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2002 Aegean Blue TL-S w/Navi
Chrome stock wheels, H&R OE springs, tint, K&N drop-in
more mods to come...

 

Check out this thread.

http://www.acura-tl.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/001162.html

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Those who know, don't talk.

 

Mine is dated 3/01 as the production date, VIN ends as: 003429. Does that mean mine is the 3,429 to roll off the line. I did buy my car on 3/17, car was on the lot for 1 day.

 

For what it's worth, the last 5 digits of the VIN number are in fact sequence numbers, but I don't believe that they're model-specific. (i.e. a VIN ending in A005000 would be the 5000'th TL made, period... not the 5000th TL-P or TL-S).

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2000 WDP 3.2TL non-NAV
AEM CAI w/bypass, Comptech header

 

Mine is 000574, with a 2/01 born on date. I took delivery on March 13th.

 

My vin is A000320. I picked the car up on
3/22/01.

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2002 WDP/Parch TL-S
Factory Spoiler
Joshua Tree Woodtrim Kit
Clifford IG8000 alarm

 

Canadian has different method of decoding VIN though??? My last 4 digit of my VIN is 0093..

Andy Kuo

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'92 Mercedes-Benz 400SE
Pearl Grey/Black

'02 Acura TL-S
Satin Silver/Ebony, w/out NAV

 

Mine is A002663. Took delivery on April 21, 2001.

 

In the US, NADA sets the standards for all VINs and the last 6 digits are reserved for sequence identification (serial numbers). Serial numbers are in sequence for same family of cars only (all TLs for example). Although the NAV and non-NAV type S models have different digits 7-8 (68 for non-NAV and 69 for NAV), they roll off the assembly line together and both types are intermixed in the VIN sequence. Mine with NAV is in the 14000 range, so that means at least 14000 TLs models are out there somewhere, including all type-s, which I believe someone earlier had stated was about 25% of all TLs manufactured.

Matt

 

Mine is A010599. Took delivery on May 5, 2001.

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2002 Acura TL Type S
Nighthawk Black Pearl
Parchment Leather
Spoiler
Mud Guards
Wood Package
Wood Steering Wheel

 

A007086

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Those who know, don't talk.