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Plymouth started as Chrysler’s value brand, competing directly with Ford and Chevrolet. Although they brand mostly sold stripped-down versions of their parent company’s vehicles, they have their share of classics. The GTX, Fury, Barracuda, Duster and Road Runner were a big part of the 1960s muscle car craze, while the Superbird’s aerodynamic styling was so radical that it was banned from racing. The brand was reborn with the release of the 1984 Voyager, the first modern minivan. Sales dwindled as the Plymouth gradually became the fleet sales arm of Chrysler. It would get one last hurrah with the Prowler, an experimental aluminum-intensive vehicle styled to look like a classic hot rod. Chrysler shut down the brand in 2001.
Sometimes you need a cheap, reliable vehicle to get to work, and sometimes you want something fun to drive on the weekends. Either way, Plymouth built cars that make a great choice for your next vehicle. How can you make buying a used Plymouth easier? Start with a VIN check from EpicVIN. Our search system will tell you what all those letters and numbers mean, including where the car was manufactured, and what equipment it came with. From there, you can check on the vehicle’s history by buying a VIN report. This lets you know about accidents and potential legal issues, so you can steer clear of lemons.
A VIN number is more than just a serial number. This 17 character code can tell you where a vehicle was built, when it was built, and what trim and engine it came with. This makes it a lot easier to find your next Plymouth. By verifying this factory information with the seller’s listing, you can avoid errors and spot falsified information. It also tells you things about a vehicle that the seller may forget to mention. That way, you can filter out cars that don’t have the specifications you want.
Plymouth put the VIN on several parts of the vehicle, making it harder for this number to be falsified. Here’s a list of the most common VIN locations.
The VIN is on a plate riveted to the dash board. You can see this plate by standing next to the driver’s side door and looking through the windshield.
The VIN is also stamped on the inside of the frame. This VIN can be seen by lifting a carpet flap under either the driver’s or passenger’s seat.
Open the driver’s door and look at the B pillar. On the side or front of this pillar, you should see a large sticker with vehicle information. The VIN is either above or below the bar code on this label.
Open the hood. You may see the VIN in two locations: on the cowl, next to the driver’s side hood support, or on the radiator support, next to the hood latch. On some older cars, you may be a partial VIN on these areas. Partial VINs are the last 8 characters of the VIN, but the characters before the serial number switch places. For example, if the VIN ends with “RX203793”, you should see “XR 203793” stamped into the vehicle.
The engine may have a “VIN pad” on one side of the block, next to the oil pan. On rear wheel drive vehicles, this flat, raised area is on the passenger’s side. The VIN is also used to identify the vehicle on documentation. Titles, insurance cards, build sheets and window stickers have this number on them.
How do you decode the VIN number? Here’s what you can learn from each character, including common codes and their meanings.
The first character is the country of origin:
Code | Country |
---|---|
1 | United States |
2 | Canada |
3 | Mexico |
4 | United States joint venture plants including Diamond Star Motors (DSM) and NUMMI |
J | Japan |
The second character is the make. This will be either “P” for Plymouth or “C” for Chrysler.
The third character is the vehicle type:
Code | Vehicle Type |
---|---|
2 and 3 | Passenger car |
4, 8 and 9 | MPV or SUV |
The fourth character is the safety system:
Code | Safety System |
---|---|
C | Automatic seat belts until 2000. Side airbags for all seat rows on models 2000 and later. |
D | Seat belts |
X | Driver’s side airbag |
Y | Passenger’s side airbag |
G | Dual airbags |
H | Dual airbags and automatic seat belts |
J | Restraint system airbags |
The fifth character is the model line:
Code | Model |
---|---|
B | Gran Fury |
H | Voyager wagon |
M | Horizon |
P | Front wheel drive minivan |
S | Sundance and Neon |
T | All wheel drive minivan |
W | Prowler |
Character 6 is the trim level. “1” is the most basic, going up to “5” tor the top trim level. Performance trims use a “6” or “7” for this character, while special models use a “9”.
Character 7 is the body style:
Code | Body Style |
---|---|
0 | Extended wheelbase wagon and minivan |
1 | Regular wheelbase wagon and minivan |
4 | Long wheelbase |
5 | Short wheelbase and convertibles |
6 | Sedan |
8 | 4 door SUV |
The eighth character is the engine. These codes changed frequently during production, so it’s much easier to use our decoder to find the original engine. For example, if you’re looking at a Prowler, an “F” is an iron block engine, while a “G” is an aluminum block V6.
Character 9 is a check digit, used to validate the rest of the VIN.
Character 10 is the model year. This uses a total of 30 numbers and letters. In 2002, Plymouth’s final model year, this character is a “2”.
Code | Country | Code | Country | Code | Country | Code | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E | 1984 | R | 1994 | 4 | 2004 | E | 2014 |
F | 1985 | S | 1995 | 5 | 2005 | F | 2015 |
G | 1986 | T | 1996 | 6 | 2006 | G | 2016 |
H | 1987 | V | 1997 | 7 | 2007 | H | 2017 |
J | 1988 | W | 1998 | 8 | 2008 | J | 2018 |
K | 1989 | X | 1999 | 9 | 2009 | K | 2019 |
L | 1990 | Y | 2000 | A | 2010 | L | 2020 |
M | 1991 | 1 | 2001 | B | 2011 | M | 2021 |
N | 1992 | 2 | 2002 | C | 2012 | N | 2022 |
P | 1993 | 3 | 2003 | D | 2013 | P | 2023 |
Character 11 is the assembly plant:
Code | Plant |
---|---|
A | Lynch Road |
B | Hamtramck |
C | Jefferson Avenue |
D | Belvidere |
E | Los Angeles or Bloomington, IL |
F | Newark, DE |
G | St. Louis or Saltillo, MX |
J | St. Louis North |
K | Pillette Rd |
L | Toledo |
M | Lago MX |
N | Sterling Heights |
R | Windsor |
S | Warren |
T or V | Toluca |
W | Kenosha or Toledo |
X | St. Louis |
Y | Kenosha |
Characters 12 to 17 are the car’s serial number. This number is reused, so the only way to identify a specific vehicle is with the full VIN.
Here are some examples of Plymouth VIN numbers and the information you can learn from them using our VIN look up:
Las ubicaciones cambian de un fabricante a otro, pero hay tres zonas en las que se puede encontrar el código en la mayoría de los vehículos:
- Mira en el salpicadero a través del parabrisas. En el lado del conductor, deberías ver una pequeña placa metálica con el número estampado en ella.
- Abre la puerta del conductor. Busca una pegatina de identificación en la parte frontal y en el lateral del marco de la puerta. Suele incluir el logo del fabricante. El código debería aparecer en esa pegatina.
- Abre el capó. Puede que veas una pegatina en el cortafuegos o al lado de la barra antitorsión del lado del pasajero. Algunos autos tienen el número grabado en una de estas partes.
Puesto que este número se usa para identificar al vehículo en documentos oficiales, también lo puedes encontrar en el título, la pegatina de la ventana y las pólizas de seguros.
También decodificamos números de vehículos recreativos, camiones pesados y motos. Si necesitas decodificar el número de un vehículo recreativo, asegúrate de que sea el emitido por el fabricante del chasis, no el del proveedor de servicios de equipamiento adicional.
No. Los vehículos canadienses y mexicanos suelen tener el mismo formato. Otros países utilizan sus propios formatos.
Es el fabricante quien determina lo que se incluye en algunas partes del número. Por ejemplo, algunas empresas no incluyen información sobre la transmisión o los niveles de equipamiento.
Normalmente, no. Hay pocos fabricantes que estampan el código dentro del motor. En esos casos, si el VIN del motor y el del auto coinciden, se trata del motor original. En cambio, en la mayoría de los vehículos no hay nada que vincule un motor a un vehículo específico. Como mucho, buscar el vehículo en nuestra web te dirá si se ha instalado otro tipo de motor. Por ejemplo, si alguien pone un V8 en un Ford Mustang, nuestra página te dirá que originalmente traía un V6.
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