can someone decode my vin for me??

[Warren 88 Accord]

i should say help me decode Jhmca5549jc032589

[RAZR]

i should say help me decode Jhmca5549jc032589

Are you sure this is ur vin? cause thats a japanese vin i think. Because the vehicles made in the USA have a 1 at the start of the vin.

[Warren 88 Accord]

yeah if my email actually works for me ill post the pic

[TYPExR]

http://www.decodethis.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65&vin=JHMCA5549JC032589

[DBMaster]

Pretty cool, except it says that the engine is "16V." I checked mine and it said the same thing. Mostly correct, though.

[itzdave]

Are you sure this is ur vin? cause thats a japanese vin i think. Because the vehicles made in the USA have a 1 at the start of the vin.

when the vin starts with an H, it means the car was made in japan. 1 means made in america. my 4dr started with a 1, but my hatch was made in japan...

[Warren 88 Accord]

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/5995/securedownloadfh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/securedownloadfh.jpg/)

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^^ This on the dash ^^
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^^ this is the one on the door pillar area ^^

[obdriver6]

when the vin starts with an J, it means the car was made in japan. 1 means made in america. my 4dr started with a 1, but my hatch was made in japan...
corrected!

[Warren 88 Accord]

so i have a manufactured in japan accord?

[charliekuney]

http://thisoldhonda.org/vindecoder.php

[itzdave]

yea thats what i meant, lol...

[Warren 88 Accord]

what about the 8th position there is no 9 option??

[charliekuney]

Eighth is the car designation (for example: LX-i coupe), and the ninth is just a check digit.

[Warren 88 Accord]

on the decoder is said 1-8 for the 8th position in the 8th position i have a nine

[JamesJimJam]

Hey, we're both manufactured in Saitama, Japan.

[Ayeobe]

yeah, my 8th number is a 0 for the 87 accord .... Odd.

James, my 87 and 89 were both made in Saitama, Japan too

Did the production sequence restart in 88? i have a much higher number on the 87 than the 89 =/

[JamesJimJam]

yeah, my 8th number is a 0 for the 87 accord .... Odd.

James, my 87 and 89 were both made in Saitama, Japan too

Did the production sequence restart in 88? i have a much higher number on the 87 than the 89 =/
I believe they did. Someone I know has an '87 with a higher number then my '89.

[Vanilla Sky]

I do feel that the Japanese built cars were bolted together better than the ones made in Ohio. I don't have any real evidence to back that up, but they just feel more solid.

[Dr_Snooz]

I'm pretty pleased with my American made coupe. Its built quality is vastly superior to most Hondas I've owned or driven. Most Hondas have pretty flappy bodies and develop innumerable rattles and squeaks the older they get. Mine is still very solid without any body looseness.

At the risk of looking foolish, I would say the American made Hondas are better than the Japanese made ones only because the plant, all the robots and machine tools used to built it were newer at the time.

[lostforawhile]

I do feel that the Japanese built cars were bolted together better than the ones made in Ohio. I don't have any real evidence to back that up, but they just feel more solid.thats because they were still mostly hand built, the North American ones were some of the first ones built with automation, the Japanese also have a very strict work ethic based on honor, they want to produce the best product they can