For 1990-2009 cars

### Vehicle Identification Number

The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Derivative is located in one place on the engine and is a seventeen digit number stamped or laser etched onto the block at the vehicle assembly plant. If reading the identification number the following information can be obtained:

• | The first three digits identify the vehicle make.

• | The fourth digit is the vehicle line.

• | The fifth digit identifies the chassis type.

• | The sixth and seventh digits are the grade type.

• | The eighth digit is the engine.

• | The ninth digit is a check digit.

• | The tenth digit is the model year.

• | The eleventh digit is the manufacturing plant.

• | The twelfth to seventeenth digits are the serial number.

The engine block is marked with the VIN on a pad area on the left rear side (1).

### Engine Plant Sequence Number

The engine plant sequence number is located in one place on the engine.

### Engine Barcode Description

Position | Definition | Character | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
Engine Barcode Description The Engine Barcode format is 10XXX-XXXXXXXXX, totaling 15 characters.
1-2 | Flex ID | 10 | Component ID
3-5 | Broadcast Code | BWD | Broadcast Code
6 | Hyphen | -- | Hyphen
7-13 | Serial Number | -- | Serial Number
14-15 | Blank | -- | Intentionally Blank