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The 10th character in the 17-character VIN represents the vehicle model-year.

  This standard applies to vehicles built in or after 1981.
      Before 1981, the VIN format was not standardized and varied by manufacturer.
  Note: VINs do not include the letters I (i), O (o), Q (q), U (u), Z (z) or the number 0 for model year identification.

A 1980 L 1990 Y 2000 A 2010 L 2020 B 1981 M 1991 1 2001 B 2011 M 2021 C 1982 N 1992 2 2002 C 2012 N 2022 D 1983 P 1993 3 2003 D 2013 P 2023 E 1984 R 1994 4 2004 E 2014 R 2024 F 1985 S 1995 5 2005 F 2015 S 2025 G 1986 T 1996 6 2006 G 2016 T 2026 H 1987 V 1997 7 2007 H 2017 V 2027 J 1988 W 1998 8 2008 J 2018 W 2028 K 1989 X 1999 9 2009 K 2019 X 2029