[meehalych]

VIN is to be under the front passenger's seat

[meehalych]

Do you have a manual, that came along with the car?
The VIN location points must be described there.

Could you take the photo of the wind screen's lower left corner (unless the steering wheel is located on right) and the photo of driver's side sill, where the identification plate is to be placed according to the screen shot I posted here?

Part number, inscribed on that sticker of yours doesn't exist.

VIN is to be dublicated and engraved on the body of car.
My advice is, if you won't find other VIN locations, to come to a dealer, where the car was purchased, and ask them to show you those places.

[tla]

The VIN should also be among your registration and certificate of ownership papers.

[Alasama]

Tks, will take more photos and check the papers for confirming the information on the sticker. 

[Alasama]

Just took some photos...
Driver's side sill, nothing there.


Lower portion of windscreen, also nothing there.


Under passenger seat, I found it, and it's same number as the sticker in the bonnet.

[meehalych]

Just took some photos...

Under passenger seat, I found it, and it's same number as the sticker in the bonnet.

At least you found one 

what about my question concerning car manual?

[meehalych]

May be that car was produced by one of China factories (this explains those hieroglyphs inscribed on the stickers)?
http://worldwide.hyundai.com/company-overview/profile/manufacturing.html
+ The China factories, keeping pace with the world's biggest market
The China factories have a total annual production capacity of 600,000, with the establishment of a second factory capable of producing 300,000 units per year. To keep pace with the rapidly expanding Chinese market, a third factory is under construction and will be finished by 2012, bringing total China capacity to 1 million cars per year.

[Alasama]

At least you found one 

what about my question concerning car manual?
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Yeah, the location of VIN shown in the manual is just as same as what you said. But actually VIN can "only" be found under passenger seat.

So, my VIN is also following the same principle of the chart on the top of this post?

[meehalych]

Yeah, the location of VIN shown in the manual is just as same as what you said. But actually VIN can "only" be found under passenger seat.

So, my VIN is also following the same principle of the chart on the top of this post?

apart from the first three letters, yes

[Lorian]

I think (memory fades) that in Taiwan, (due primarily to some tax issues) the cars are shipped to Taiwan as parts (or partly built) and finally assembled there.  There is a post about is somewhere, with much dust.

I suspect the parts originate from the Ulsan, but don't know.

[Lorian]

4th Digit will change for 2012 model year.  Older Euro models had code FDe - the new one is GDe. Other stuff will change too. If anyone works it out when they get a new car PM me and I'll update the first post.

I might have considered a new i30 but the front grille would make me sad.

[Dazzler]

4th Digit will change for 2012 model year.  Older Euro models had code FDe - the new one is GDe. Other stuff will change too. If anyone works it out when they get a new car PM me and I'll update the first post.

I might have considered a new i30 but the front grille would make me sad.

I think there are different designs of grill in different models (Alanho is investigating that)

[tla]

May be that car was produced by one of China factories (this explains those hieroglyphs inscribed on the stickers)?

My Beijing built i30 has a VIN that roughly follows Lorian's chart. 

The first three letters of my VIN are "LBE".  The "L" is the code for China, and I assume the "BE" is for Beijing.

[eye30]

Anyone got an up to date VIN details for this thread?

[Doggie 1]

Is there a VIN decoder for the new GD available, does anyone know?

[meehalych]

Is there a VIN decoder for the new GD available, does anyone know?

a local dealer may say that for sure

[plasticphyte]

Is there a VIN decoder for the new GD available, does anyone know?

a local dealer may say that for sure

I realize this is an old thread, however I was looking through it and compared the MKII decoder to my GD, and it is fairly spot on. The only part of the VIN decoder that didn't match or had no data was the fifth character (model) and the tenth character (model year).

The fifth digit for me was '3', which for Australia I can only presume matches up with Premium.
The tenth digit was also easy to figure out, as the value C becomes MY12, and value D becomes MY13.

I'm sure any other Aussie members here could verify the fifth character values for the Active, Elite, and Premium models by checking to see if theirs equates to 1 for Active, 2 for Elite, and 3 for Premium.

[Doggie 1]

Is there a VIN decoder for the new GD available, does anyone know?

a local dealer may say that for sure

I realize this is an old thread, however I was looking through it and compared the MKII decoder to my GD, and it is fairly spot on. The only part of the VIN decoder that didn't match or had no data was the fifth character (model) and the tenth character (model year).

The fifth digit for me was '3', which for Australia I can only presume matches up with Premium.
The tenth digit was also easy to figure out, as the value C becomes MY12, and value D becomes MY13.

I'm sure any other Aussie members here could verify the fifth character values for the Active, Elite, and Premium models by checking to see if theirs equates to 1 for Active, 2 for Elite, and 3 for Premium.

My fifth character is "2" and the tenth is "D"

I have an Oct 2012 built Active.

[plasticphyte]

...
My fifth character is "2" and the tenth is "D"

I have an Oct 2012 built Active.

Tricksy Hobbitses Hyundai. Could very well be 2 for Active, 1 for Elite, 3 for Premium, etc.

[Lorian]

If you can figure it out i'll update the document -  haven't looked at it for at least a year (been busy)