BMW VIN-decoder (specs of BMW cars since 1928)

Artemis · 04-17-2013, 08:07 PM

BMW VIN-Decoder for BMW Vehicles since January 1928 (including: motorcycles, Mini, Rolls Royce):

UPDATE 2019:

Indicate the last 7 characters of any VIN of a BMW car (+ complete the CAPTCHA) to get a complete list of production specifications.

UPDATE 2020 (the referenced VIN-decoders are now mostly defunct):

Quote:

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

These VIN decoders are obsolete since mid-2019 when BMW started reusing the last 7 characters of the VIN. Only the full VIN is now unique. Some decoders recognize this and ask you to enter the full VIN or offer to choose the correct car from the ones that match those 7 characters, others just pull the first VIN that matches.

Ever since try the full VIN code (all characters).

uberschnell · 04-17-2013, 08:11 PM

nice!

Harlequin · 04-17-2013, 09:36 PM

Nice. Shame you can't save the PDF in English....

Artemis · 04-17-2013, 10:20 PM

Check also what is scheduled for the near future:
http://www.bmwarchiv.de/e-code/

Excerpts:

Past:
2007 - 2014 E82 BMW 1er Coupé Serie
2006 - 2006 E82/2 Z2 geplant

Future (Frontantrieb = FWD):
2013 - 2020 F15 BMW X5 - Sports Activity Vehicle Serie
2014 - 2021 F16 BMW X6 - Sports Activity Coupé Serie
2014 - 2021 F22 BMW 2er Coupé Serie
2014 - 2021 F23 BMW 2er Cabriolet Serie
2014 - 2021 F26 BMW X4 - Sports Activity Coupé Serie
2013 - 2020 F32 BMW 4er Coupé Serie
2013 - 2020 F33 BMW 4er Cabrio Serie
2013 - 2020 F34 BMW 3er Gran Turismo Serie
2015 - 2022 F35 BMW 3er Limousine (Langversion China) Serie
xxxx - xxxx F36 BMW 4er Gran Coupé Serie
2013 - 2020 F44 BMW 1er GT (Frontantrieb) Serie
2014 - 2021 F45 BMW 1er Touring (Frontantrieb, Studie: BMW Active Tourer) Serie
2014 - 2021 F46 BMW 1er City (Frontantrieb) Serie
2016 - 2024 F47 BMW X2 Serie
2015 - 2022 F48 BMW X1 Serie
2013 - 2020 i01 BMW i3 (Megacity Vehicle - Project i) Serie
2014 - 2016 i12 BMW i8 (BMW Vision EfficientDynamics) Serie
2014 - 2022 FAST Family Activity Sports Tourer Serie
xxxx - xxxx CAT Compact Activity Tourer (Sportvan) Serie
xxxx - xxxx JOY frontgetriebener 2-Türer unterhalb 1er Serie
2013 - xxxx 442 i100 Coupé ActiveHybrid Serie

ozinaldo · 04-17-2013, 10:27 PM

For a second I thought that the site would start listing my actual and future mod list as well! Absolute accuracy and only now I know the exact day of my car's production, 08.08.2011.

Tom303 · 04-17-2013, 10:43 PM

Thanks!

pinmagic · 04-18-2013, 08:19 AM

Holy cow - Big Brother is watching!

Artemis · 04-18-2013, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozinaldo

For a second I thought that the site would start listing my actual and future mod list as well! Absolute accuracy and only now I know the exact day of my car's production, 08.08.2011.

Now we can all know the exact birthday of our BMW cars.

Maybe Dackel can tell us what BMW considers as 'production date': the day that a VIN is attributed/allocated to "something" (main body? chassis?) that will become a car, or the day that the car is finished and rolling of the factory production lines ? How many hours or days did it normally take to build a 1M. My guess is 1 or 2 days. The production line is pre-programmed and can handle all sorts of cars consecutively.

1M Tex · 04-18-2013, 10:13 PM

Awesome. Thanks for posting.

Zuzu · 04-18-2013, 10:53 PM

Cool... Accidently typed in a 8 instead of 5, as the last digit, and my car came up as BSM..

I was thinking WTF...

Pyrat 2 · 04-18-2013, 11:02 PM

My 135is shows up as a 135i. Anyone else with an 'is' try this?

Updated. The 135is is a uc93. Should have known that.

gregthegr8 · 04-18-2013, 11:25 PM

I tried it last night as I was trying to figure out from that what "is" parts might be installed at the factory and which ones might be installed at the port and it also showed up as 135i. I had used a similar one last month though to confirm that comfort access was indeed installed on my car, since nobody knew what the deal was since it was showing as a no charge stand alone option on the configurator. =)

Why yes...I will take your free comfort access BMW...thank you very much!

JasonCSU · 04-19-2013, 11:25 AM

Cool, thanks for sharing!

Redadair · 04-19-2013, 11:40 AM

Very nice. I bought a 2004 330i ZHP Performance package and wanted to check it's original Option list because my car didn't have the rear spoiler which I added to the car. Sure enough the car was ordered with the Spoiler Delete Option.

Thanks

Hogsmith · 04-20-2013, 02:51 PM

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!

crozetian · 09-29-2013, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeelToe

My 135is shows up as a 135i. Anyone else with an 'is' try this?

Updated. The 135is is a uc93. Should have known that.

Yes, but why does power show up as 225kw, which is 300hp, instead of however many kw would be 320hp?

gregthegr8 · 09-29-2013, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crozetian

Yes, but why does power show up as 225kw, which is 300hp, instead of however many kw would be 320hp?

I imagine it shows up that way because it leaves the factory with the same engine and standard 300hp of any 135i, but is the PPK software that gets installed at the port when it gets to the US that bumps it up to 320hp.

///BYU · 09-30-2013, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artemis

Now we can all know the exact birthday of our BMW cars.

Maybe Dackel can tell us what BMW considers as 'production date': the day that a VIN is attributed/allocated to "something" (main body? chassis?) that will become a car, or the day that the car is finished and rolling of the factory production lines ? How many hours or days did it normally take to build a 1M. My guess is 1 or 2 days. The production line is pre-programmed and can handle all sorts of cars consecutively.

I would like to know this, as well. The production date for my 1M is listed on the site as 30 September 2011 (two years ago today!), but at some point I remember learning my car actually rolled off the production line on 1 October 2011, which was my daughter's 10th birthday. And on the black VIN tag inside the driver's side door frame it says "10/11". We'll probably keep celebrating October 1 as the date since my daughter is happy to share her birthday with our 1M.

Of course, 20 October 2011 was a pretty special day, too. Seems like only yesterday...

///BYU · 09-30-2013, 05:55 PM

The site shows my car with the correct list of options. My 1M is one of the few U.S. spec cars that was built with Nav without needing to also order the Premium Package and Convenience Package, thanks to an ordering glitch for a few days in September 2011.

P1 · 10-03-2013, 05:16 PM

Very nice. There used to be a Russian Web site that provided this, but I believe you have to sign up now.

thetuna · 10-15-2013, 01:54 PM

Hmmm, maybe you can help me figure something out.

I have a 2010 135i with m sport.
I put in my VIN, and it says:

Model Name
135IS
Type Key
UC73
Production Date
13.11.2009

And if I click UC73 it says:

Model
135i
Construction Date
11/2006 - 01/2009

Anyone know why it lists 135IS as the model name?

It also lists my leather color as "Lemon", unless lemon means something else in German...

Piets94 · 10-18-2013, 06:56 PM

Awesome link! Always wanted an options list on the e36 I have. Also, my 1M shows as a 28/06/2012 production. That's got to be nigh on one of the last to roll off the line??

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Harlequin Brigadier General 340 Rep 4,020 Posts Drives: F32 Coupé Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia BMW Club QLD Member iTrader: (5) Garage List 2015 428i M-Sport [8.40] 2012 1M Coupé [9.25] 2011 135i M-Sport [9.14]	Nice. Shame you can't save the PDF in English.... __________________
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Artemis Moderator 32931 Rep 13,405 Posts Drives: BMW M2C - BMW X1 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	Check also what is scheduled for the near future: http://www.bmwarchiv.de/e-code/ Excerpts: Past: 2007 - 2014 E82 BMW 1er Coupé Serie 2006 - 2006 E82/2 Z2 geplant Future (Frontantrieb = FWD): 2013 - 2020 F15 BMW X5 - Sports Activity Vehicle Serie 2014 - 2021 F16 BMW X6 - Sports Activity Coupé Serie 2014 - 2021 F22 BMW 2er Coupé Serie 2014 - 2021 F23 BMW 2er Cabriolet Serie 2014 - 2021 F26 BMW X4 - Sports Activity Coupé Serie 2013 - 2020 F32 BMW 4er Coupé Serie 2013 - 2020 F33 BMW 4er Cabrio Serie 2013 - 2020 F34 BMW 3er Gran Turismo Serie 2015 - 2022 F35 BMW 3er Limousine (Langversion China) Serie xxxx - xxxx F36 BMW 4er Gran Coupé Serie 2013 - 2020 F44 BMW 1er GT (Frontantrieb) Serie 2014 - 2021 F45 BMW 1er Touring (Frontantrieb, Studie: BMW Active Tourer) Serie 2014 - 2021 F46 BMW 1er City (Frontantrieb) Serie 2016 - 2024 F47 BMW X2 Serie 2015 - 2022 F48 BMW X1 Serie 2013 - 2020 i01 BMW i3 (Megacity Vehicle - Project i) Serie 2014 - 2016 i12 BMW i8 (BMW Vision EfficientDynamics) Serie 2014 - 2022 FAST Family Activity Sports Tourer Serie xxxx - xxxx CAT Compact Activity Tourer (Sportvan) Serie xxxx - xxxx JOY frontgetriebener 2-Türer unterhalb 1er Serie 2013 - xxxx 442 i100 Coupé ActiveHybrid Serie __________________ ///M is art ↔ Artemis
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ozinaldo Brigadier General 121 Rep 3,070 Posts Drives: 1M Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lisbon, Portugal iTrader: (0)	For a second I thought that the site would start listing my actual and future mod list as well! Absolute accuracy and only now I know the exact day of my car's production, 08.08.2011. __________________ "The mark of a great car is one whose overall competence exceeds what you should expect from its individual components and the 1M does just that", Chris Harris. BMW 1M-SOLD-: TECH: Evolve Race+N55mids, Evolve IC, Michelin PSS, ER cp, aFe filter, CDVx, Vorshlag camber plates, BMS OCC EXTERIOR: trunk spoiler, blacklines, black grills, IND goodies INTERIOR: Alcantara steering wheel, steel pedals, custom mats, MPower e-brake.
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pinmagic The Only Sane One Here 66 Rep 1,135 Posts Drives: 135i Convertible Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Arlington, VA iTrader: (1)	Holy cow - Big Brother is watching! __________________ 2011 135i VERT SGM/SB/MOONLIGHT - ED - with every single friggin' option they offered.
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1M Tex Private First Class 284 Rep 144 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW 1M Coupe, AW, Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA iTrader: (0)	Awesome. Thanks for posting. __________________ The 1 series M is the most badass, coolest, sickest BMW to debut since the 1988 M3. The E30 M3 finally has a successor. Please welcome the stupidly fast, wickedly tempered, awkwardly named, possibly perfect little son of a benchmark - Automobile Magazine, August 2011
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Zuzu Major General 2827 Rep 7,651 Posts Drives: M2C HS 6MT Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sydney Australia iTrader: (0)	Cool... Accidently typed in a 8 instead of 5, as the last digit, and my car came up as BSM.. I was thinking WTF...
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gregthegr8 Admiral of the Fleet 275 Rep 3,560 Posts Drives: Cars Usually Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (5)	I tried it last night as I was trying to figure out from that what "is" parts might be installed at the factory and which ones might be installed at the port and it also showed up as 135i. I had used a similar one last month though to confirm that comfort access was indeed installed on my car, since nobody knew what the deal was since it was showing as a no charge stand alone option on the configurator. =) Why yes...I will take your free comfort access BMW...thank you very much!
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JasonCSU Colonel 705 Rep 2,548 Posts Drives: '08 135i, '88 325is Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (0) Garage List 1988 BMW 325is [0.00] 2008 BMW 135i [0.00]	Cool, thanks for sharing! __________________ Delivered in Munich, broken in on the Nurburgring.
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Redadair Major 111 Rep 1,417 Posts Drives: 2011 1M #293 - 88 E30 M3 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murray iTrader: (0)	Very nice. I bought a 2004 330i ZHP Performance package and wanted to check it's original Option list because my car didn't have the rear spoiler which I added to the car. Sure enough the car was ordered with the Spoiler Delete Option. Thanks __________________ 2011 1M, Valencia Orange, All options. August 8th ED (#293 of 739 or 740) 88 E30 M3 100% OEM 73K Miles 02 E39 M5 Le Mans Blue 50K Miles 06 E46 M3 ZCP 58K Miles
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///BYU Lieutenant 269 Rep 470 Posts Drives: AW 1M Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Salt Lake City, UT iTrader: (1)	The site shows my car with the correct list of options. My 1M is one of the few U.S. spec cars that was built with Nav without needing to also order the Premium Package and Convenience Package, thanks to an ordering glitch for a few days in September 2011.
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P1 Lieutenant General 11727 Rep 11,191 Posts Drives: 2004 3/4 ton Duramax Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	Very nice. There used to be a Russian Web site that provided this, but I believe you have to sign up now.
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thetuna Private 30 Rep 50 Posts Drives: 2010 135i 6MT Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: CT, US iTrader: (0)	Hmmm, maybe you can help me figure something out. I have a 2010 135i with m sport. I put in my VIN, and it says: Model Name 135IS Type Key UC73 Production Date 13.11.2009 And if I click UC73 it says: Model 135i Construction Date 11/2006 - 01/2009 Anyone know why it lists 135IS as the model name? It also lists my leather color as "Lemon", unless lemon means something else in German...
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Piets94 Lieutenant 694 Rep 549 Posts Drives: 94 M3, AW 1M, M2 CS Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Awesome link! Always wanted an options list on the e36 I have. Also, my 1M shows as a 28/06/2012 production. That's got to be nigh on one of the last to roll off the line??
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