# Need help with vin number please **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [February 6, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/need-help-with-vin-number-please/23461 "2022-02-06T18:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![JarJarJava](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jarjarjava/32/15158_2.png) [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/need-help-with-vin-number-please/23461/2 "2022-02-06T19:17:31Z")
̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶c̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶’̶0̶7̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶V̶I̶N̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶v̶i̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶n̶t̶ ̶w̶i̶n̶d̶s̶h̶i̶e̶l̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶o̶r̶n̶e̶r̶ ̶(̶d̶r̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶s̶i̶d̶e̶)̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶t̶e̶r̶.̶ There should be a VIN plate mounted to the dash that is visible though the lower left corner of of the windshield. (see my post that follows) “8GEMV0000001” is not a valid (part of a) GEM VIN sequence. “45982” is the last 5 digits of the VIN. In the case of GEMs it’s their sequence / number as they were completed. The GEM that followed that one had the last 5 of 45983, then 984, and so on., Here’s a post that might help a bit on what the rest of the VIN should look like. > [@1999? 2000? GEM VIN Question](https://community.electricforum.com/t/1999-2000-gem-vin-question/17202/13): > > Here is a snip from a post dated Dec 2012. It may help in decoding the blur that you have, or generating some sort of new number. [eSGEMColo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/eSGEMColo) positions 1,2,3 is the WMI number assigned by SAE postion 4 is the assembly Line Number position 5 is the Series if Car J= Short back K= Longback (includes XD) G= Passenger Vehicle position 6 Passenger verison 2= two passenger 4= four passenger 6= six passenger position 7 is Voltage 3= 36 volt 4= 48 volt 7= 72 volt position 8… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.electricforum.com/t/need-help-with-vin-number-please/23461)._