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What’s the x in my vin

MIcKd33

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in my vy sv8 my vin is 6g1yk51xf
Does anyone know what the x is?
I can’t find it anywhere
 

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Does it have a 5.7 or a 6.0?
 

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X = security code. But I don't know what that means
 

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X = security code. But I don't know what that means
Fairly sure the 'f' will be the security code, all the lists I've come across say the 9th digit is the security code and the 8th is the engine.
 

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The VIN decoder thread is buried at page 10 in the General forum dated 21 Sep 2020.

@immortality ............... could you please make that a sticky and more acccessable.
 

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This exercise used to be easy.
I have my VINs decoded, but online searching seems to be very vague now that Holden is just another extinct GM/ Chevrolet product, and I am having difficulty replicating the info from external sources that I found years ago..
 

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I have tracked back through the manuals VT-VZ and don't find an X in that location anywhere.

6g1yk51xf from the VY manual translates to

Oceania, Australia, Hoilden, VY, LEvel 1 BCM, 4 Door Sedan, Amnual seat belts, Engine Type X (not shown anywhere) - but F, the following digit does show as a 5.7 litre Gen III

The only reference to an X I have fond anywhere relates to the luxury level - nothing about security.

The X appears to be an erroneous digit. Take it out and the VIN makes sense.

Sorry I couldn't solve your puzzle but hopefully you can narrow it down from here,



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This is the VIN for my Monaro ... 6G1VX14FX4Lxxxxxx
6G1 Holden, V V2, X CV8, 1 coupe, 4 active seat belts with driver, passenger and side airbags.
F 5.7 Gen III engine, X security code, 4 year 2004, L Elizabeth assembly plant,
......... and now, I can't find where I got that Info.
 

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This is the VIN for my Monaro ... 6G1VX14FX4Lxxxxxx
6G1 Holden, V V2, X CV8, 1 coupe, 4 active seat belts with driver, passenger and side airbags.
F 5.7 Gen III engine, X security code, 4 year 2004, L Elizabeth assembly plant,
......... and now, I can't find where I got that Info.

Interesting that yours does not follow the standared either. If the manual was to be believed yours should be:
6G12X4FX4L with X being described in the manual as the check digit which may well have ben described elsewhere as a security code.

If the OP had the F and X swapped it would make sense if X is the security code/check digit. Could it simply be a transcription error?
 

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^^^^ ...... I just looked at my VIN plate on the radiator panel, the windscreen, and rego papers to confirm the VIN.
What I am now confused about is the original source of my info.
 
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