What year does the tenth digit of the vehicle identification number correspond to?

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DeJosie
07/30/25 2:25am
Vehicle identification number tenth digit as J means 1988. The tenth digit is the model year code. Each year is assigned a code character. Here is the extended content: 1. From the 1980s to 2000, each year was represented by a character, with 1980 assigned the character A, and 2000 assigned the character Y. Subsequent years are represented by numbers, with 2001 coded as 1, 2002 as 2, and so on. 1988 was assigned the character J. 2. Since each manufacturer uses different codes, and each vehicle produced by the same factory has its own production sequence number, every vehicle produced in a specific year has a unique VIN.
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