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#1 (**permalink**) 14 Jul 2007, 04:02 pm

"Harry" <harry@adinet.com.uy> wrote in message
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> My 1999 Accord has the VIN 1HGCG1650WA5001
> It is an American made Honda but bought in Uruguay (South America).
>
> In any American Honda page that asks for the VIN number I get as
> answer that it is a non valid VIN. At the Honda Transmission
> Settlement page it responds the same.
>
> Why is that if the car has been made in the USA?
>
> Thanks for any help and regards, Harry

You are two characters shy of having a complete VIN. The format is 17
characters and you have only 15. You need two more numbers. The last 4
must be numbers.

#2 (**permalink**) 14 Jul 2007, 05:21 pm

DodgeDriver wrote:
> "Harry" <harry@adinet.com.uy> wrote in message
> news:ngdi93pjqbj4q3juje17402t08utr2e77r@4ax.com...
>> My 1999 Accord has the VIN 1HGCG1650WA5001
>> It is an American made Honda but bought in Uruguay (South America).
>>
>> In any American Honda page that asks for the VIN number I get as
>> answer that it is a non valid VIN. At the Honda Transmission
>> Settlement page it responds the same.
>>
>> Why is that if the car has been made in the USA?
>>
>> Thanks for any help and regards, Harry
>
> You are two characters shy of having a complete VIN. The format is 17
> characters and you have only 15. You need two more numbers. The last 4
> must be numbers.
>
>

make that the _six_ digits being numbers.

#3 (**permalink**) 14 Jul 2007, 05:22 pm

DodgeDriver wrote:
> "Harry" <harry@adinet.com.uy> wrote in message
> news:ngdi93pjqbj4q3juje17402t08utr2e77r@4ax.com...
>> My 1999 Accord has the VIN 1HGCG1650WA5001
>> It is an American made Honda but bought in Uruguay (South America).
>>
>> In any American Honda page that asks for the VIN number I get as
>> answer that it is a non valid VIN. At the Honda Transmission
>> Settlement page it responds the same.
>>
>> Why is that if the car has been made in the USA?
>>
>> Thanks for any help and regards, Harry
>
> You are two characters shy of having a complete VIN. The format is 17
> characters and you have only 15. You need two more numbers. The last 4
> must be numbers.
>
>

make that the _six_ digits being numbers.

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