Originally Posted By: earlyre
For fords, you can get its etis report ( similar to what the Chrysler guy mentioned above) here:
Go to etis.ford.com, then click on the vehicle tab. Then input the VIN. it will tell you have every thing that car rolled off the line with, where that line was, and what day it was ( in euro format dd/mm/yy) for free.
ok. I can tell i typed that 1) in a Hurry, 2) on my phone..
the Proper address is
http://www.etis.ford.com/ (and yes, having the
http://www. out front does matter)
Then Click the Vehicle Tab, then enter the VIN in the box marked "VIN Entry", then Search.
you should get a screen like this:
Then Click on this Drop down (Circled in Red):
and the Result is like this PDF (my Car, hopefully with the VIN blacked out.)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_xZhNFCp6tXaFVzRklJVGhQM28/view?usp=sharing
and Keep in Mind this is a Ford Europe Site, so the build Date is in a European Date Format (DD/MM/YYYY)
Citing my car as an example, the Etis Report shows 02.09.2008
That is September 2nd, 2008, not the Ninth of Feb. (this became painfully obvious when i ran the report on my mom's Taurus, which was built on 29.09.2008, and last i checked, there aren't 29 months in a year.)