car info

[uncleyaris]

Would any of the experts know if there is a way to find out info on our cars. I mean the date of production, factory etc... Just curious.

UY

[mikeukrainetz]

the VIN tags on any car provide most if not all of this information. The trouble is trying to trace it without going through Toyota itself. A Chilton or Haynes manual sometimes provides this information.

You can also search google (or other) for similar Toyota models (echo) which would have been produced within the last few years - sometimes the production codes stay the same for location / year / engine etc.

Im used to doing these types of searches for older vehicles, tracing back used engines to vehicles and vice versa as well as available options but nothing newer than the 80's.

Its getting harder it seems to find this information so If anyone has a sure way please post it.

[punch]

Would any of the experts know if there is a way to find out info on our cars. I mean the date of production, factory etc... Just curious.

UY

the breakdown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_VIN_codes#Vehicle_Type

and Toyota's official vin decoder.
http://fleet.toyota.com/html/vin_decoder.asp

[punch]

the breakdown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_VIN_codes#Vehicle_Type

and Toyota's official vin decoder.
http://fleet.toyota.com/html/vin_decoder.asp


the date of manufacture is also on the vin plate in the upper right corner (eg. 03/06)

[mkaresh]

Most cars have the month of manufacture on a plate somewhere, the VIN plate in this case apparently. In other cases it'll be a plate on the driver's door jamb.

I briefly considered asking for this info from people participating in my survey, to be able to check if specific problems were isolated to one part of the model year, but figured few people would be willing and able to find it.

[punch]

the date of manufacture is also on the vin plate in the upper right corner (eg. 03/06)

also on this plate you will find:
C/TR (colour/trim)

color codes:
068 Polar white
1F8 Meteorite metallic
1E0 Flint mica
1E7 Silver streak mica
209 black sand pearl
3R3 Barecelona red metallic
3P0 Absolutely red
8R3 Pacific blue metallic
8S6 Nautical blue metallic
8T0 Blazing blue pearl
8T1 Bayou blue pearl

Trim codes:


A/TM ( axle code/transmission type)

Transmission type:

U340E electronically controlled four-speed overdrive automatic transmission
C50 5 speed Manual

[uncleyaris]

Thanks for the info, Hows the snow doing in Barrie?

UY