How do you decipher the window sticker and codes?

[Myfast70]

There's a ton of shipping and build codes and other numbers on my window stick that I would like to know what they mean. It seems as if my car build date has been moved up and according to SVT they now say is in production.

Is there any way to figure this out thru my window sticker?

 

[Habbro]

Found on themustangsource.com great forum also. You may have to join to view but these are 2 great links. The second shows a sample sticker with deciphering.

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[Myfast70]

Thanks for the info! :rockon: I'll copy and paste it here for the SVT guys to see without having to sign up on yet another forum.

This has been posted over and over and over, but still the question keeps coming up. Rather than just PM the info, I will post it here. I figure having this all in one place will be useful for some. Since it all has been posted several times already, I figure one more time won't hurt.

How to see your window sticker:

Just paste your vin after these urls. Be sure to include all, including the = sign.

http://services.forddirect.fordvehicles.com/inventory/WindowSticker.pdf?vin=

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Vin Decoding info:

2012 Ford Mustang VIN Decoder - MustangAttitude.com Data Explorer


Window Sticker Info:

I put an attachment here that tells what some of the info is. I also put a link to a post that explains some of it. Basically, the build date is on the upper left part of the page and should look like 120110415 (April 15 2011). The date in the box that starts with "This label is affixed.." is not the date the vin # was issued, but rather where either the window sticker was made, or something was serialized in the factory. Someone else will hopefully be able to explain that better. Please add to this is if you know more about any of these codes.


One explanation:
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Sample window sticker with explanations:

There are a few errors in the labels used here:

Batch ID - is also, or is actually the invoice date. 9G28 decodes to:
'9' -> last digit of the year -> 2009 : note 'A' -> 2010, 'B' -> 2011, etc.
'G' -> 7th letter of the alphabet -> 7th month -> July
'28' -> day of the month
thus July 28, 2009
The Batch ID down below is similar, but with a '1' affixed on the end.

'Shipping Car No.' is actually the invoice sequence number from that batch of invoices made that day. It appears in three places: after "FLR" (which means Flat Rock), the '100353' in small print at the to, and '000353' before the invoice date down below.

"VA" after "FLR-000353" is Virginia.

Down below, the Order number '1003' is correct, and is preceded by '27', which is the zone district number.

'O/T' means "Order type" - '1' = retail, '2' = stock. There are also a bunch of letter codes for internally invoiced cars. I don't know the meaning of those ones, yet.

'N' after '9G281' is 'Normal', and 'R' would be 'Rebill', the data transaction type