VIN numbers on body panels.

When looking at another truck (2009) I noticed that the vin was on the doors but there are none on mine (2010). Wonder why that is?

 

reported for having a stolen truck

 

Did you buy yours new or used? If used than they could have replaced/repaired your doors. Or the previous owner was an idiot and peeled them off.

 

I bought it brand new off the dealer lot.

 

Etching the VIN on body panels is usually a dealer-installed "feature".

Never understood the benefit. I suppose it helps investigators track down thieves... after your truck has already been gutted and parts appear on the market.

 

The panel vin stickers are factory. The old ones used to say NUMMI in the background. Maybe they forgot to stick them on?

 

I was indeed referring to the stickers - (Stickers that can be removed btw).

I'm wondering if they stopped doing that in 2010? I searched around for "VIN on body parts" and on other forums people with 2011+ said that they had none but those with 2009- did. Ironically nobody said anything about 2010. Keep in mind that these were other companies such as Ford and Subaru. There was no discussion that I saw for Toyota.

In regards to forgetting to stick them on, I was also wondering if that could be a possibility. My truck was made in Fremont in March. Nummi closed in April almost exactly a month after my truck was made. Perhaps that part of the process was skipped?

 

Hmm well I know Toyota is still putting them on there 2011 cars so I dont really know.

 

I have the stickers on my 2012.

 

Hmm. I guess I'll have to ask the dealer about it then. That's really strange. Perhaps it WAS a Nummi thing.

 

I think it used to be an option and it might be standard now? My 2012 has them.

 

Mark, that actually makes sense!

 

You would probably have better luck going to Walmart and buying some ink jet stickers and printing the VIN on them and sticking them on yourself. They probably don't know anything about the stickers at the dealership. lol

 

My intent was to ask my friend who is my dealer if he knew if they stopped putting them on during my year. But since then others have chimed in saying that they have them on their 11 and 12 model year.

 

Where are said stickers on doors?

 

Standby....

 

The ones I saw were on the inside edge of the door where back in the old days you would put your changed oil sticker.

 

Nope no stickers on any of my doors. Only place is inside drivers door where the gvrw sticker and tire inflations stickers are. Oh, and the little bs little yellow sticker saying the capacity has been reduced by 4 lbs.

 

Thanks for going out there at this time of night.