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Year Codes Reference
Decode model year codes from position 10 of VINs
30
Year Codes
1980
Earliest Year
2039
Latest Year
30
Year Cycle
How Year Codes Work
Position 10 of a VIN encodes the model year. The encoding cycles every 30 years, so the same code can represent different years (e.g., 'A' = 1980 or 2010). For vehicles manufactured after 2010, the more recent year is typically used.
All Year Codes
1
2 years
2031
Recent
2001
2
2 years
2032
Recent
2002
3
2 years
2033
Recent
2003
4
2 years
2034
Recent
2004
5
2 years
2035
Recent
2005
6
2 years
2036
Recent
2006
7
2 years
2037
Recent
2007
8
2 years
2038
Recent
2008
9
2 years
2039
Recent
2009
A
2 years
2010
Recent
1980
B
2 years
2011
Recent
1981
C
2 years
2012
Recent
1982
D
2 years
2013
Recent
1983
E
2 years
2014
Recent
1984
F
2 years
2015
Recent
1985
G
2 years
2016
Recent
1986
H
2 years
2017
Recent
1987
J
2 years
2018
Recent
1988
K
2 years
2019
Recent
1989
L
2 years
2020
Recent
1990
M
2 years
2021
Recent
1991
N
2 years
2022
Recent
1992
P
2 years
2023
Recent
1993
R
2 years
2024
Recent
1994
S
2 years
2025
Recent
1995
T
2 years
2026
Recent
1996
V
2 years
2027
Recent
1997
W
2 years
2028
Recent
1998
X
2 years
2029
Recent
1999
Y
2 years
2030
Recent
2000