[POWER - RAM]

got the vin of a RC i want to buy and would like to check it out. heres the number

3b4gh07z1km91896o

THanks

 

[mopar4x]

3 = Mexico
B = Dodge
4 = Multipurpose Passenger
G = 5001-6000 lbs
H = ?
0 = 100 or 150s (1/2 ton) Series
7 = Sport Utility 2 Door
Z = 5.9liter V8, EFI (1990-1993)
1 = (check digit)
K = 1989
M = Lago Alberto

The rest is the serial number.

 

[Sam Simpson]

Here is your decode

nevermind, Mike beat me to it

 

[mopar4x]

Hey, that stupid RamHead thing I made finally paid off

I should do a cut & paste feature that would grab all the fields as one string, and pop it on the clip board...

 

[POWER - RAM]

Thanks, waht about like to see if its ever been wrecked? can u do that?

 

[Ronzilla]

I have heard that you can check that kind of stuff on carfacts.com or something to the order. I have never tryed it tho.
tim

 

[dodge88]

http://www.carfax.com

$40 per vin I believe, or something like that.

Randall

 

[POWER - RAM]

ya i was wonderin if anyone had a membership or wahtever at carfax or one of the others. u pay like 40 bucks or something then u can use it all u want for free. i didnt really want to pay 40 bucks just to hear no never been wrecked. but oh well, he sold the truck already anyway.

 

[BradicusX]

I just looked thru the CarFax site. It's $19.99 for a 30-day account with an unlimited number of reports. You can only get one 30 day account in a 12 month period per household. After the 30 days it's $14.99 per report...
Glenn

Got it at work & it is pretty reliable. Also have TXDOT.com membership & NTSB.com.

 

[Trailduster79]

I wouldn't trust carfax.com We know for a fact that my brother's sonoma was in atleast 1 wreck and we did a carfax report on it to see what showed up, and it didn't even show it had been in a wreck. We knew had has because the previous owner told us he wrecked it, so I wouldn't always trust them.

 

[BradicusX]

I wouldn't trust carfax.com We know for a fact that my brother's sonoma was in atleast 1 wreck and we did a carfax report on it to see what showed up, and it didn't even show it had been in a wreck. We knew had has because the previous owner told us he wrecked it, so I wouldn't always trust them.

Carfax does not repot ALL bodywork on ALL cars and does not claim to. It discloses repaired damage that exceeds state and federal requirements for disclosure of frame damage or a total loss. We run about 1200+ Carfaxes per week and they are over 99% accurate.

 

[Trailduster79]

So, it will only report if the car has frame damage or has been totalled?

 

[BradicusX]

So, it will only report if the car has frame damage or has been totalled?

Or hail damage or flood or any other damage that exceeds state/federal disclosure requirements or title issues. They get their information from a national insurance database & if the insurance company is not involved in a repair they have no way of knowing about it.
If a vehicle doesn't have any of the above damage, it ain't that big of a deal anyway right? I mean, if it is just cosmetic damage and it was repaired good enough for you to not see it and it's a safe car, who cares? If it's a bad body repair you don't need to pay Carfax to see it. So, they provide info that most people aren't able to determin on their own by looking at a particular car.

Hey, I ought to be gettin some $$ from Carfax for this rant!

Brad