Is it possible to tell what transmission is in a car by the vin? I'm looking for a dual range wagon and would like to streamline my search.

thanks

byron

yes it is possible, but I forget which digit tells what transmission it is, BUT the third digit will be a 2 for a 4WD

there is a vin decoder somewhere around here.

There's a Subaru decoder here:

http://subaru.sonik.us/vindecode.html

It doesn't work on older models with less than 17 digits.

The decoder is great, but here is a link to the data that it was created from. http://www.corkysrocks.net/images/VIN.bmp . By the way, the link on the decoder is wrong, it should be a .net instead of a .com, I had some trouble with my web host a last year and had to change it.

i'm trying to view that decoder information but it comes up way to small to see. am i missing a trick to make it bigger? i did get it to work by using "File - save as" and saving it to my computer as a bitmap (BMP) file. then i opened it up and could read it fine.

 

any decoders for newer subarus?

i'm trying to view that decoder information but it comes up way to small to see. am i missing a trick to make it bigger? i did get it to work by using "File - save as" and saving it to my computer as a bitmap (BMP) file. then i opened it up and could read it fine.

 

any decoders for newer subarus?

I believe that is a setting on your computer for opening pictures. On my computer, if I put the cursor over the picture, a tool will show up in the lower right hand corner that will allow me to expand it.