Vehicle Identification Number; Notes - Lotus TURBO ESPRIT Service Manual

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATICN NCPMBER
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The Vehicle I d e n t i f i c a t i o n
N u m b e r
WIN) is stamped
on a
p l a t e f i x e d to the
r i g h t
or
l e f t hand f r o n t wheelarch i n s i d e the f r o n t luggage canpartment.
This
number is
repeated on the r i g h t hand side
of
the c h a s s i s f r o n t frame, v i s i b l e
f r a n w i t h i n t h e r i g h t hand f r o n t wheelarch.
. .
VI N
Plate
on
wheelarch
V I N
stamped
on
chassis
This number, together with t h e engine numkr (see TDA or
TDB)
should
be
quoted i n
a l l
e n q u i r i e s regarding
t h e
vehicle.
There are two v a r i a t i o n s of t h e
V I N ,
one k i n g f o r Danestic and export
markets o t h e r than f o r t h e USA, which c a n p l i e s w i t h European Econanic C m u n i t y
(EEC)
d i r e c t i v e s , and one f o r the
USA
which
canplies
with requirements
laid
d m by
t h e National Highway T r a f f i c S a f e t y Association
( W S A ) .
The seventeen c h a r a c t e r s of t h e VIN are coded as follws:
1.
=A
V I N
c h a r a c t e r 6:
501
=
Basic
E l i t e
521
=
Basic
E c l a t 701
=
Basic
Esprit
502
= Elite
A/C
522
=
E c l a t A/C
702 = E s p r i t
A/C
503 = E l i t e
A/C
&
PAS
523
= E c l a t
A/C
&
PAS 701
Ccmn = Esprit
Cmunanerative
504
= E l i t e
Auto 524
=
E c l a t Auto 702
C m =
E s p r i t
C m .
A/C
A/C &
PAS
A/C
&
PAS
2. S e x r a t e serial number sequences a r e used f o r t h e f o l l m i n g groups of
c h a s s i s m r k e t ( c h a r a c t e r -12 1 ;
D
A,
ErGr
HrS
B,CiF,K
3 .
For change p o i n t i d e n t i f i c a t i o n i n S e r v i c e Notes, P a r t s L i s t s and Service
B u l l e t i n s , t h e f o l l m i n g VIN c h a r a c t e r s
ONLY
w i l l be quoted;
Danestic
&
Export
-
5,6,12,14 t o 17
,
USA
-
4,12,14
to
1 7
Example A
t y p i c a l change p o i n t could be listed
as
folluws;
82
D
1100 (Danestic Turbo 1100)
8 2 q / ~ / G / H / S 0 3 4 1 ( E x p o r t T u r b o 0 3 4 1 )
F B/c/F/K
0265 (USA Turbo 0265
1
Note that t h r e e numbers are needed to i d e n t i f y the s i n g l e change point due
to t h e d i f f e r e n t serial n m b e r sequences o u t l i n e d i n n o t e 2.
I f a dash
is used
i n p l a c e of the c h a s s i s m r k e t letter code (e.g.
'a
.82
-
0341 or F
-
02651, t h i s
is
t h e change p o i n t f o r . a l 1 markets i n that
s e r i a l numker sequence n o t otherwise l i s t e d .
- - - - - - -
-
-.
1992 1 0
1
- .