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      04-17-2013, 07:07 PM   #1
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Lightbulb BMW VIN-decoder (BMW cars since 1928) (update: now mostly defunct)

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):
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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.
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      04-17-2013, 07:11 PM   #2
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nice!
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      04-17-2013, 08:36 PM   #3
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Nice. Shame you can't save the PDF in English....
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      04-17-2013, 09:20 PM   #4
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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
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      04-17-2013, 09:27 PM   #5
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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.
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      04-17-2013, 09:43 PM   #6
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      04-18-2013, 07:19 AM   #7
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      04-18-2013, 07:22 AM   #8
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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.
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      04-18-2013, 09:13 PM   #9
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Awesome. Thanks for posting.
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      04-18-2013, 09:53 PM   #10
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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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      04-18-2013, 10:02 PM   #11
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My 135is shows up as a 135i. Anyone else with an 'is' try this?

Updated. The 135is is a uc93. Should have known that.
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      04-18-2013, 10:25 PM   #12
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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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      04-19-2013, 10:25 AM   #13
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Cool, thanks for sharing!
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      04-19-2013, 10:40 AM   #14
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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.

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      04-20-2013, 01:51 PM   #15
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
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      09-29-2013, 06:44 PM   #16
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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?
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      09-29-2013, 07:11 PM   #17
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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.
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      09-30-2013, 03:00 PM   #18
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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...

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      09-30-2013, 04:55 PM   #19
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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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      10-03-2013, 04:16 PM   #20
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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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      10-15-2013, 12:54 PM   #21
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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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      10-18-2013, 05:56 PM   #22
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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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