[Lorian]

Following the demise of version 1, here is mark 2 of the i30 VIN decoder. Feel free to reply with any corrections or additions.

Get a high-res printable copy here

[AlanHo]

Congratulations on a nice presentation.

Spot on for my car which is a new i30 1.6 CRDi manual Premium to be delivered September 2010

TMADC51SLBJ1XXXX8

[eye30]

Just checked my vin number and have the following which don't follows as shown:

Registered in mid Sept 2007 (Car released for sale in UK Sept 2007)
Built in Korea

number 5 = C  - Mine is a Comfort (base model) model. Is this the same as SLX?
Number 9 = R - Not 0-9 as shown
Number 10 = 8 - Not 7 as shown (When does 08 year start?)

[Lorian]

Just checked my vin number and have the following which don't follows as shown:

Registered in mid Sept 2007 (Car released for sale in UK Sept 2007)
Built in Korea

number 5 = C  - Mine is a Comfort (base model) model. Is this the same as SLX?
Number 9 = R - Not 0-9 as shown
Number 10 = 8 - Not 7 as shown (When does 08 year start?)

Number 5 - I'll add a table for the UK ones built in Korea but it's only going to have yours in it until more folk fill in the gaps. C being a comfort doesn't make a lot of sense to me at the moment, so I cant guess the others.

Number 9 - I just need to copy some data down from above, that will be fixed shortly.

Number 10 - 8 is correct, up until this year the years start in the august before. so from August 2007 to August 2008 (approximately) the number will be an 8.

[Lorian]

Ok thats it updated, the "R" is a bit of a mistery, lets assume it means RHD for the moment

Might need to press CTRL-F5 (in IE) to see the update.

Still plenty of info missing/blanks to fill in, particularly on digits 8 & 9.

[eye30]

Number 10 - 8 is correct, up until this year the years start in the august before. so from August 2007 to August 2008 (approximately) the number will be an 8.

So does this mean if I was to sell I can now say 2008   

Cheers for the up date.

Shambles - can you check your VIN as you bought your Premium model 6 months after me and see how it compares.

[Myowni30]

The VIN code for my October 09 i30 Comfort show a different TRIM code as below:

March 2010 code okay.



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[Lorian]

Number 9 = R - Not 0-9 as shown

This does indeed mean right-hand-drive, Left hand drive is a "P" in the same field (updated in 1.3)

So does this mean if I was to sell I can now say 2008  

It could correctly be described as a MY08 (Model Year) but the MY designation can be pretty confusing (take the MY11 being available in the UK since April this year doh!)

[Lorian]

The VIN code for my October 09 i30 Comfort show a different TRIM code as below:

Hmm. My MY10 (A) Style variant is also a C. I guess the messed up. I'll add both for the moment.

[sparki30]

No.5 Model series.

My VIN has C but is UK premium model 2008. so must cover various models.

[Lorian]

That field seems to get a new meaning each model year. I guess 2008 was the same as the MY2010 cars. I'll add that next time I do an update, thx.

[bumpkin]

I have just checked this against mine and I also have the C at digit 5 for an MY08 Premium.

[2i30s]

thanks for the link to here earlier Brian. 

[Dreytac]

My i30 is listed by the dealer as a MY09 but it has an A in the VIN which means a MY10 according to your decoder. Prod date is 01/09/09.

[Dazzler]

My i30 is listed by the dealer as a MY09 but it has an A in the VIN which means a MY10 according to your decoder. Prod date is 01/09/09.

Vehicles built in September are often the next model year (so that is quite possible)

[meehalych]

Mine:

Model                                       i30/i30CW (CZECH PLANT) (2009-) (JD)
ENGINE TYPE                DOHC-MPI
TRANSAXLE                4AT 2WD
engine                            1.6L-GAMMA

car body                             SEDAN-5DR(5)
petrol                            GASOLINE-UNLEADED
manufacture date      16.01.2009
unit code                                A
packaging code                  G265
country code                     C40
body color code                   2X
interior color code      XP
region                                  H4
steering wheel                                      L

[stochastic]

My 7th digit your post claims is always a 1, but mine has an A.  Any ideas what that might mean?  That it's an Elantra Touring not an i30?
Also, my 9th digit is a 5 and your chart labels this as a 'check digit'.  I don't understand that, can you clarify?

Just for reference my Model Series (digit 5) is B and in Canada my Elantra Touring trim level is a GL.  They sold three trim levels, this is the middle, the L, GL, and GLS.  Edit:  This was in the 2010 model.  I see right now you can't buy an L trim level.

Any further details needed?

[Dazzler]

My 7th digit your post claims is always a 1, but mine has an A.  Any ideas what that might mean? Lorian who started this thread Didn't come on for over 12 months although he did make a quick surprise visit the other day  That it's an Elantra Touring not an i30?
Also, my 9th digit is a 5 and your chart labels this as a 'check digit'.  I don't understand that, can you clarify? Wiki explains it better than I can..
"A check digit is a form of redundancy check used for error detection, the decimal equivalent of a binary checksum. It consists of a single digit computed from the other digits in the message.
 
With a check digit, one can detect simple errors in the input of a series of digits, such as a single mistyped digit or some permutations of two successive digits."

[Doggie 1]

With a check digit, one can detect simple errors in the input of a series of digits, such as a single mistyped digit or some permutations of two successive digits."[/color]

That's somewhat similar to the explanation my doctor gave me last time I visited I think   

[meehalych]

If anyone needs an information extracted from VIN code of your car, send me a message with VIN and I'll work it out or you can do it yourself by registering here http://www.elcats.ru/ ,  but as far as I know this procedure is forbidden for non-Russian IPs (at least that was true a year or two ago).

[Alasama]

hi meehalych,

Do you have any idea why the starting 3 digital of my VIN different from neither TMA nor KMH ? It's RFH. (I bought it new in Apr 2010)

Or anyone can tell ? 

[meehalych]

hi meehalych,

Do you have any idea why the starting 3 digital of my VIN different from neither TMA nor KMH ? It's RFH. (I bought it new in Apr 2010)

Or does anyone can tell ? 

Where did you find that sticker?
There are only three places where VIN can be found in i30 and neither seems to look similar to yours


It seems to me to belong to a certain part as one can make out "Part number" and "Serial number" right under those capital letters

[Alasama]

I did not see it neither near driver's door nor on the windscreen, so I open the bonnet to find another one. Then I found the two stickers in the engine room, near the fender, both left and right side.

It shows "Vehicle Identification Number" which is in red, on the top of sticker.
Below the VIN number, it shows "Part No. XXXXXXXXXXX" and "Serial No. XXXXXXXX"

I'll try to check the one which is under my seat, and take a better photo of this sticker tomorrow.

[meehalych]

here one can decode first three letters of VIN, which are known as WMI (World Manufacturers Identification)
as for RFH: RF - Taiwan; FH - there is nothing there
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/TORONTO/VIN/WMI.html

[Shambles]

...I found the two stickers in the engine room, near the fender, both left and right side.

Does the other one you found start with "LFH"?

In which case the letters could mean "Left Fender [Hyunda]" and "Right Fender [Hyundai]"


Or maybe not.

[Alasama]

Cool !  It does mean Taiwan. So the sticker is the correct VIN.
However, can you decode my car is equipped with U engine ?

[meehalych]

Cool !  It does mean Taiwan. So the sticker is the correct VIN.
However, can you decode my car is equipped with U engine ?

If Shambles is right, that sticker belongs to fender and has nothing to do with VIN

could you write down that Part number, which is inscribed on the sticker?

I have tried to replace those first three letters with both TMA and KMH, but nothing worked - VIN is invalid

[Alasama]

Oh, thanks for reminder.
Indeed I forgot to take the photo of another sticker. But this RFH xxxxxx sticker is on driver side, we are left drive here. So it seems not be [right fender hyundai], I think. 
I'll check again tomorrow.

[Shambles]

No vin decoder I've got (or seen) has "RF" as a Hyundai WMI

[Alasama]

This morning I take a look for the one under the seat, but I still found nothing. 


I took the pictures of both stickers with better quality.

Right side.


Left side