[Almaretto]

I used to use bimmer.work, but too many errors.

I mostly use decoder.bvzine.com now.

[Kri]

Thanks for all that links to existing Vin decoder, "unfortunately" i know already all of them.

I opened that thread for searching for information about the server / webservice itself, because i also want to understand how the last 7 digits of the vin are calculated, not only the already well-known common composition.

Kri

[emhtuning]

Thanks for all that links to existing Vin decoder, "unfortunately" i know already all of them.

I opened that thread for searching for information about the server / webservice itself, because i also want to understand how the last 7 digits of the vin are calculated, not only the already well-known common composition.

Kri

that is a basic information which is available on the internet for ages .

[Almaretto]

Thanks for all that links to existing Vin decoder, "unfortunately" i know already all of them.

I opened that thread for searching for information about the server / webservice itself, because i also want to understand how the last 7 digits of the vin are calculated, not only the already well-known common composition.

Kri

For what additional information are you looking beside what is detailed here: https://bit.ly/2TWkQBn?

[Kri]

guy`s, thats exactly what is just wrote, that i already know this information
i want to know the detailed information behind the last 6 digits (sorry not 7), for me it seems that BMW does say its a serial, but i suspect its more behind the number than just a serial.

Kri

[Wibbles]

Get yourself an AOS account, that is the most reliable way.

[TBGaming]

I think it’s a serial number, I saw at my local dealer vins K415663, K415664 and K415665 which are all identical cars

[Node]

All 7 last symbols is just a serial number of the specific car. Period. If you take consequential numbers you will see they all were produced on the same day, then next day and so on. And you can clearly see that car options vary very wildly between them.

[ynguldyn]

guy`s, thats exactly what is just wrote, that i already know this information
i want to know the detailed information behind the last 6 digits (sorry not 7), for me it seems that BMW does say its a serial, but i suspect its more behind the number than just a serial.

Kri

It is indeed just a serial number.

In VIN7, only the first letter means something. It's the code of the manufacturing plant. It used to be just letters, but now numbers are also used, like 7 for Leipzig or 8 for SLP. The next position can be a number or a letter, then the remaining five can only be numbers, and these six positions together are more or less arbitrary. BMW used to allocate them in large blocks sized from 500 up to several thousand, with the goal of having the VINs for the same model to be sequential, and each newly allocated block would follow the previous one if you sorted them alphabetically. But over the last several years that system gradually fell apart. Now BMW allocates smaller but more numerous blocks per model, so you will find the VINs for a given model spread far across the whole namespace, and Leipzig has abandoned the old system of block allocation altogether, so if VIN7 starts with the number 7, each new car gets the next number in sequence regardless of its model.

[dj_zerocool]

Hi,

the offline-ETK does not contain this function, imho.

regards,
harry

I just remembered how it used to work , sorry it was my mistake that there used to be a free ASAP access floating on the net ( ETK111111 i guess ) , which I used to save in ETK , and I used to get VIN decoder from ETK directly . 

Yes I got into that ETK account but I can't figure out how to get the vin decoded even then 

i used to get an option after entering the vin number , i can't really remember but it was there , i don't have any active asap account now ,otherwise i would have looked into it once again .

there is an official online ETK for everyone, but without prices, the ASAP login for it is
user: eu111111
password: bmwetk1