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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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MY '00 #5486, 13.5k miles
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Old Oct 11, 2018 | 03:24 AM
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Is anyone able to decode my VIN AP11102067 ?
The strange thing is that it's a 10 digit VIN not 17 digit ... (S2000 year 1999 AP1)


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Old Oct 11, 2018 | 06:14 AM
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https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-ta...light=vin+code
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Old Oct 11, 2018 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Puer Aeternus
is anyone able to decode my VIN AP11102067 ?
I suspect you have a JDM car, in which case your chassis code is probably LA-AP1 and your chassis number is AP1-1102067. That would mean it's from the second "run" of S2000s in the Japan market, which were produced from May 2000 through early September 2001. About 3500 cars were made during that period, including the first VGS cars. Yours would have been the 2067th of the series, so was probably made around March of 2001.

If it's not a JDM car, then if you're willing, please provide your entire 17-digit VIN. It might also help to provide the paint color, interior color, and any other factory options.
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Old Oct 11, 2018 | 05:31 PM
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More info: http://s2000.club/OM/VIN.pdf
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Old Oct 12, 2018 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by twohoos
I suspect you have a JDM car, in which case your chassis code is probably LA-AP1 and your chassis number is AP1-1102067. That would mean it's from the second "run" of S2000s in the Japan market, which were produced from May 2000 through early September 2001. About 3500 cars were made during that period, including the first VGS cars. Yours would have been the 2067th of the series, so was probably made around March of 2001.

If it's not a JDM car, then if you're willing, please provide your entire 17-digit VIN. It might also help to provide the paint color, interior color, and any other factory options.
My S2000 is a Japan import and have a ten (10) digit VIN... so it must be a JDM. How can I correctly decode the 10 digit JDM VIN?
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Old Oct 12, 2018 | 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Puer Aeternus
My S2000 is a Japan import and have a ten (10) digit VIN... so it must be a JDM. How can I correctly decode the 10 digit JDM VIN?
Some people say that is just a serial number.
For example its like GH-AP1 100 _ _ _ _ The 100 is like a "model" number (there is 100, 110, 120, 130, 200, AP2)
100 model = 04/1999 -
110 model = 04/2000 -
120 model = 09/2001 -
130 model = 10/2003 -
200 model = 04/2004 -
AP2 models = 11/2005

With the AP2 models the chassis number continues like " ABA-AP2 100 _ _ _ _ " and the 100 etc models follow the same order as above but for the following years. For a type S I think it should be ABA - AP2 110 _ _ _ _ and later. not bellow 110 model number.
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Old Oct 15, 2018 | 10:25 AM
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^That's largely correct. Basically the model and chassis codes identify the "version", or production series. The first six digits of the VIN are the chassis code, and the last 4 digits are the serial number. Here's a bit more detail about each JDM production series.


Based on Japanese recall data, it appears that the lowest production VIN is AP1-1000034. About 8500 GH-AP1s were made, by far the most of any model series. For the next series, LA-AP1-110, about 3500 cars were made. I don't have production numbers after that, but those 12,000 cars represent more than half of the roughly 21,700 JDM S2000s ever sold. In 2002, about 1500 cars sold, and then sales remained steady at about 1000 cars per year through the end of production.
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Old Oct 15, 2018 | 02:39 PM
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Nice chart, did you create? Mind if I add to the site in the "What does your VIN mean?" PDF. I don't have much info on Japanese VINs.
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Old Oct 15, 2018 | 02:49 PM
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^Sure, please do.
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