Does anyone have a breakdown to what each letter/number means in our VIN's ?

I know the last 4 digits are used for the production counter.

 

The meaning of each character should be the same for all cars. It may be wrong, but my manual here at work(insurance) breaks it down as follows:

1- country of origin
2- make
3- vehicle type
4- restraint type
5- model
6- series(trim level)
7- body type
8- engine
9- check digit(no meaning)
10- year
11- assembly plant
12 through 17- production sequence

 

is production sequence basically your car's "birth" number? aka, what number in line it was?
i never knew all that info was involved in VIN #'s , i should pay more attension

 

Can you tell us the break down of numbers in the production sequence?

 

The last 6 digits represent what order the vehicle came off the assembly line. For example, JHMBB6246VC003524 was the 3524th '97 base model Prelude to come from that particular plant.