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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: grifter on 30 September 2020, 20:22:50
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On some of the online parts catalogues there is a, what I am assuming to be, a part of of a chassis no listed saying for [part] [VIN code] like this:
FOR TILTING STEERING COLUMN V1000001-
https://opel.7zap.com/en/car/v94/l/0/6-1/
My chassis number is W0L0VBMXXXXXXXXXX
X being a long number. how does this V1000001 correspond to the chassis number?
Thanks
G
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That style of number looks like the GM numbers that I've seen on my parts receipts when I've purchased parts from a Vauxhall garage. :-\
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It appears to be a Build Range rather than a VIn .... for example, V1000001- onwards. Sorry, no idea other than that. :-\
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It appears to be a Build Range rather than a VIn .... for example, V1000001- onwards. Sorry, no idea other than that. :-\
This...
Basically 'V' is the start of the unique chassis number. In your example, Up to V1000000 would have had one part fitted, and V1000001 Onwards have a different part fitted.
This may simply be a supplier change, or could be a redesign. As another example, pre facelift parts will be 'Upto V1xxxx27' and post facelift will be 'From V1xxxx28'.
To specifically answering your question, V1000001 is representative of the last seven digits of your chassis number.
If your the last seven digits are less than 1000001 then that part is wrong for your car, but if they are equal to or greater than 1000001, then that part is correct.
That isn't to say that an earlier part won't fit, so you need to have a rough idea of what you want to achieve.
In your example, there are three different numbers for the steering column assembly, two are NoLongerStocked and one is the current item, all with different part numbers.
Just because something is NLS doesn't mean you can't buy one, so always search with all the part numbers ;)
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The VIN number of a modern vehicle has 17 characters.
The character in position 10 is for the model year. It represents a design specification.
Character 11 is the factory code. '1'. in this case, means Rüsselsheim. So all Omegas have 1 at character 11.
Characters 12 through 17 are the serial number. The serials are in ascending order but not fully sequential. IE numbers are skipped.
The model year does not necessarily mean that the vehicle was actually built in a particular calendar year.
In your example the 'V' indicates Model Year 1997. Opel starting building MY '97 spec cars in August 1996. I don't know when they stopped. Could even be into 1998.
Sometimes there is production overlap between two different model years. EG Elite six pots might be MY '01 and CDX four pots MY' 02 even if built on the same day.
The MY does not necessarily correlate with the date of 1st registration. EG MY '01 cars were still being built in '02 and might not have been registered until '03.
Parts are always specified by the manufacturer to fit a model year range. So in your example, a tilting column to fit a MY '97 car onwards.
R=1994
S=1995
T=1996
U=1997
V=1998
X=1999
Y=2000
1=2001
2=2002
3=2003
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Excellent, thanks all for the description and explanations of that number, I wasn't sure what the number itself correpsonded to on the actual VIN number but that explains it.
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R=1994
S=1995
T=1996
U=1997
V=1998
X=1999
Y=2000
1=2001
2=2002
3=2003
Whoops. Apologies for the typo in the Model Year list above. Below is the corrected version.
The letters I, O, Q, U & Z are not used to indicate MY. Nor is the number 0
R=1994
S=1995
T=1996
V=1997
W=1998
X=1999
Y=2000
1=2001
2=2002
3=2003
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Model years start halfway through the previous year, so W, for example, covers from about August 1997 through to about July 1998. This is build date, and has no reflection whatsoever on registration date.
Most changes came in for W (MFL) and Y (FL), though there were changes at other times (eg change of 2l petrol and 2.5d for 96 model year, and the new V6 cost cutting engines for 2001MY)
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On the inside door panels there is dates on the backside of them. Gives a clue on when it was put together. Dates on parts like this are usually in Just-In-Time flows and should be no more than a week ahead of assembly line.
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On the inside door panels there is dates on the backside of them. Gives a clue on when it was put together. Dates on parts like this are usually in Just-In-Time flows and should be no more than a week ahead of assembly line.
They can vary wildly, as although they may only arrive at the factory just in time, they could be several months or more since they were manufactured, as suppliers do tend to batch produce, especially for less common parts.
Hence the use of the VIN, which is definitive :)
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On the inside door panels there is dates on the backside of them. Gives a clue on when it was put together. Dates on parts like this are usually in Just-In-Time flows and should be no more than a week ahead of assembly line.
Most plastic moulded components on the Omega (and many other cars cars for that matter) are date stamped with manufacture dates, usually by a dot graph for the month and year, or a circular month and year indicator / pointer. Gives an indication of production months and therefore a generalisation of the vehicles age. My early 2002 Elite has many late 2001 trim components for example. Interesing to know, but no means conclusive.
Also helps authorities to age identify stolen vehicles that have had all forms of VIN identities removed.