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[Quagmire2]

Tesla Model Y VINs appear in NHTSA database ahead of deliveries

The Tesla Model Y is now a listed model on NHTSA’s manufacturer page for Tesla, and Model Y VINs can...

electrek.co

Seems they did in Fremont.

Well Fremont would have made the first Y period so it starting at 000001 would make sense there.....

 

[evseeker]

Check digit decoder is down... lol

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SITE IS BACK UP!

 

[Prax]

VIN decoder says NA395383 is now valid

Ignore, the original vin did not include the 3 check digit, it had a 0.

 

[Mateo83]

Well Fremont would have made the first Y period so it starting at 000001 would make sense there.....

So why wouldn't Austin start with 000001 AS WELL?

 

[advocate8]

VIN decoder says NA395383 is now valid

That’s a start in that it doesn’t prove the VIN is fake.
But...That’s of course not the same thing as saying it is a valid, real, Tesla-issued number. That site will decode any VIN you throw at it if you make up one that follows the Tesla convention for the order and number of letters and numbers. Which anyone can do in two minutes.

 

[JDL@h]

Can someone call the Ohio Tesla showroom and confirm the Austin VIN?

VIN decoder says NA395383 is now valid

Are you sure, check digit calculator was showing 9th digit needs to be a 3 a minute ago

 

[goin2drt]

VIN decoder says NA395383 is now valid

Good one. still down. Made me look though.

 

[JDL@h]

Good one. still down. Made me look though.

it was up 2 mins ago, i was able to check, it went down after that

 

[JDL@h]

This site also seems to do the same check digit verification like the NHTSA site: https://www.cjponyparts.com/resources/check-digit-calculator

 

[solodogg]

Check digits are a mathematical calculation, there are no updates to a website that are suddenly going to make it legitimate. They're there for this specific purpose, to validate whether a VIN number is legitimate or not.

 

[Prax]

Good one. still down. Made me look though.

I have no dog in this fight, but heres the screenshot:

Original VIN provided by the user: 7SAYGDEF0NA395383
VIN I typed into the NHTSA database: 7SAYGDEF3NA395383

My bad.

 

[solodogg]

I have no dog in this fight, but heres the screenshot:

...and the VIN provided by the troll had a 0 in the check digit position, not a 3 like your screenshot shows. The VIN number is invalid, there's no further point in continuing to debate this.

 

[WiscWestCoast]

I just checked the EPA site and still no certificate of conformity, so any VINs issued now can't be delivered until that happens anyway, so it would be a gamble on Tesla's part to issue a VIN they can't yet deliver.

 

[advocate8]

...and the VIN provided by the troll had a 0 in the check digit position, not a 3 like your screenshot shows. The VIN number is invalid, there's no further point in continuing to debate this.

awww... can’t we debate it a LITTLE more? just while we wait on more drone footage of catch-basins, solar panels on the roof and concrete being poured? Pretty please?

 

[Prax]

...and the VIN provided by the troll had a 0 in the check digit position, not a 3 like your screenshot shows. The VIN number is invalid, there's no further point in continuing to debate this.

Balls, thats what I get for not paying attention. Editing posts and removing the image

 

[BGOwner]

it was up 2 mins ago, i was able to check, it went down after that

It keeps crashing because everyone here is hitting site and keeps entering a bad VIN.

 

[Azyn]

Alright guys, I have an update. I sent it to Sawyer Merritt for double checking and his inside source at Tesla says it's legit. Was asking him about the check digit but I guess Tesla source confirmed?

 

[JDL@h]

Alright guys, I have an update. I sent it to Sawyer Merritt for double checking and his inside source at Tesla says it's legit. Was asking him about the check digit but I guess Tesla source confirmed? View attachment 773740

Great to hear. Maybe the check digit number will change to correct value only after EPA certification.

 

[goin2drt]

Oh wait if it comes from him then it is FACT. He hasn't been wrong yet and everybody thinks he is Mr. Tesla. Again I will wait and believe the first Austin car when I see it being delivered.

 

[advocate8]

Alright guys, I have an update. I sent it to Sawyer Merritt for double checking and his inside source at Tesla says it's legit. Was asking him about the check digit but I guess Tesla source confirmed? View attachment 773740

this needs more clarity. did his source just look at the number and say yeah, that looks like a legit VIN? Or did he say yeah, we have assigned VINs for Austin vehicles and deliveries are about to start?
And then... did you send him the OP’s first vin or the Vin with the “3” substituted in later that actually went through the decoder?

That color of vehicle and the P trim, hasn’t been seen among the more than 140 cars that have been built and seen. So... its gonna take proving.