Topic: VIN Questions Production Number/Birth Date/First Ever Avalanche?

[MonstaMonsta]

Not really sure where to put this but... 

I had a quick question I wanted to ask...

My Vin# is 3GNEK13T026126750

Does this mean that my Avalanche was number 126,750 of that particular production line in 2001 with a model number of 2002? 
     -  How many were built in that model year?
     -  Is there a way to figure out the birthdate with just the VIN? 

My Avy is not with me, which is why I'm trying to figure it out from the VIN.

Also, Does anyone know what GM did with the first Ever produced chevy avalanche?  Just curious...

[trAVelingman]

The twelfth to seventeenth vehicle identification number digits indicate the sequence of the vehicle for production as it rolled of the manufacturers assembly line.

Eleventh vehicle identification number digit reveals the assembly plant for the vehicle.

Tenth vehicle identification number digit tells the model year. 1988 (J), 1989 (K), 1990 (L), 1991 (M), 1992 (N), 1993 (P), 1994 (R), 1995 (S), 1996 (T), 199 7(V), 1998 (W), 1999 (X), 2000 (Y)------2001(1), 2002 (2), 2003 (3)

There were 142,327 model year 2002 Chevrolet Avalanches produced.  52,955 of those were in 2001 with 89,372 produced in 2002.

[MonstaMonsta]

Thanks Again, trAVelingman!!!   

[MonstaMonsta]

The twelfth to seventeenth vehicle identification number digits indicate the sequence of the vehicle for production as it rolled of the manufacturers assembly line.

Eleventh vehicle identification number digit reveals the assembly plant for the vehicle.

Tenth vehicle identification number digit tells the model year. 1988 (J), 1989 (K), 1990 (L), 1991 (M), 1992 (N), 1993 (P), 1994 (R), 1995 (S), 1996 (T), 199 7(V), 1998 (W), 1999 (X), 2000 (Y)------2001(1), 2002 (2), 2003 (3)

There were 142,327 model year 2002 Chevrolet Avalanches produced.  52,955 of those were in 2001 with 89,372 produced in 2002.

VIN # 3GNEK13T026126750
So mine was manufactured in Sialo Mexico (3), Assembled in Oklahoma City (6), Model year 2002 (02), and was # 126,750 off the line (126750)?

[Main One]

There's a couple of places where it says what month your truck was built.  One of mine says December 2002, the other January 2003.  (I bought it in March 2003.)  All of the Avalanches are built in Mexico, but I guess there is some assembly at other places, such as Oklahoma.  I guess mine was built in Mexico in December 02, and had final assembly somewhere is in January 03.

[Flint 4X4]

VIN # 3GNEK13T026126750
So mine was manufactured in Sialo Mexico (3), Assembled in Oklahoma City (6), Model year 2002 (02), and was # 126,750 off the line (126750)?

Assembled in Silao, Model year '02 but it doesn't mean it wasn't built in '01. The 126,750 on the end of the VIN is not the sequence number and even if it was they roll Chevy Suburban off the same line. If you look under the frame rail you might see the frame date, under right side I think.

[Flint 4X4]

There's a couple of places where it says what month your truck was built.  One of mine says December 2002, the other January 2003.  (I bought it in March 2003.) 

The frame date on my first AV was 06/29/01 but final assembly was 07/06/01
It usually takes about aweek from frame to finished but can take longer.
You'd need a dealer to look up exact date unless they left the build manifest in by mistake

[MonstaMonsta]

The 126,750 on the end of the VIN is not the sequence number and even if it was they roll Chevy Suburban off the same line.

Thats interesting, thanks Flint 4x4!

[oHIobellboy]

This is a thread for Iceberg.

[Alaska_AV]

some one posted up this vin checker web site

http://www.compnine.com/vid.php

[Enkei]

Flint and I have tlked about this many times...  I know my old 02 was in my drive way June 1st of 01. Making it one of the first sold in the US. I remember taking it to The Truck'in Nat's in PA 2 weeks later and meeting the guys from GM showing the Show Orange Av there and telling them I had one outside, They did not belive me at first  So they walked out and saw it and said it's the first prodution one they have seen....

[Flint 4X4]

Allow me to explain this as best as I understand. I believe the VIN#'s come in packs, they are not assigned in any particular order other than each pack is in sequence. They are safely guarded until they are used.

Let me put it another way, say you had a safe full of $100 bills and when you needed some you reached in and grabbed a pack, then scanned in the serial numbers. A pack will be used in sequence together but you didn't use all the packs in sequence, you could have grabbed lowest number pack any time or highest number first.