Thanks Jon. I am aware the dealer can do this, I was just hoping for
something a little more convenient. Also, I am shopping nationwide and I
don't know how the local dealer would react to me asking for 10 or 20 build
sheets.
Russ
>From: jon@dakota-truck.net
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: used vehicle research?
>Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:22:53 +0000 (UTC)
>
>"Russ Borman" <xjruss@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>: I'm shopping for a new (to me) truck. Is there any place on-line that I
>: could look up a VIN number and be able to see what that vehicle is
>equipped
>: with? Like looking at the window sticker at the dealer? I don't know if
>: Carfax or any of those services offers this?
>
>
> Not that I know of. There are VIN decoders out there, such as the
>one of the DML home page (http://www.dakota-truck.net/vin) which will
>give you some *basic* info like the engine and body style, however I
>am not aware of any service which will give you the entire option
>list.
>
> If you take the VIN to a Dodge/Chrysler dealer, they can punch it
>into the computer and generate a 3 page printout showing all the
>options (even more detailed than the window sticker). I assume
>the other manufacturers can do this too. I guess it depends on how
>comfortable you are asking the dealership to do this. If you are
>looking at a used vehicle which a dealership is selling, I would
>definitely ask them to generate the printout for me.
>
> Several years back, there was a DMLer who was a service manager
>at a Dodge dealership who was considering offering a service to DMLers -
>we would provide our VIN and he would send the printout as a scanned
>in JPEG. It didn't work out though - it would have been too much
>workload for him. He did do my truck as a test though. (That's how
>I found out I had a 90 amp alternator installed instead of the 120
>the truck was supposed to come with!)
>
> So anyway, to make a long story short, the only place that I know
>of where such a report can be generated is at a dealership.
>
>--
>
> -Jon-
>
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