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Old January 12th, 2023, 7:49 PM
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I was using this web site to check the age of my Jaguar XF today (the 10th character in the Vin #) and I was able to confirm the year built was 2016.

I then thought that I would confirm the age of my 2017 Infiniti Q50S - its VIN # is JNIBFAV37A0440004
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Old January 25th, 2023, 3:17 AM
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One of my friends also used vinpit.com to check the history of an old car. VinPit will be the best and most free option if someone needs a detailed history.
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contacting dealer is also a good option but there are some sites too
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Originally Posted by 73shark
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A dealer can run the VIN and get option info and maybe service info, not sure tho.

Carfax can get most but not all accident repair history. That probably costs some money.
I often check cars by vin decoder, because if you buy a used car at an auction you can get serious problems later in operation. That is why it is important to collect all the available objective data about the car and its problems, which of course accumulate over the years, and then decide for yourself whether to take it or not. I usually look https://epicvin.com/vin-decoder/audi wine decoding and Audi when I bought it I studied it. But I had peace of mind when buying later.

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Thanks for sharing this thread here. What is the easiest to search car vin number? Do you use any app for this type of information? I searched on Google and found a big list of vin provider. I want to input this one for example https://www.vincheckfree.com/ What do you think?

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