I got new plates(vanity) and when I looked at the invoice, the paper that gives all my car's information has an error with my VIN #. It shows WCBCA... instead of WDBCA... . What does it mean if the DMV has the wrong VIN?

thats just the country of orgin I'm sure if you called them they could fix it for you but it may not be worth the hassel. whats your insurance card say?

Insurance? Whats that? JUST KIDDING

The insurance card got the right info. Just the DMV has the one letter thats off.

It would be prudent to contact the DMV and get their records corrected. If/when you sell your car, the title will need to have the correct VIN!

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Glen Tokuhara
Beauty & the Beast and the wagon that could!

In high school, one of my friend's sister's husbands would acquire (steal) harleys and weld up the VIN and then restamp a new VIN on it (yeah!!). His name was "Tiny" and he wasn't.

Sholin

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What else, '73 MB 280 SEL (Lt Blue)
Daily driver: '84 190D 2.2 5 spd.

Oh Guess I will do that first thing tomorrow.

It might cause trouble sooner such as when you go for a vehicle inspection if the machines are linked to the DMV.

Sixto
95 S420
91 300SE
87 300SDL
83 300SD

Ohio, atleast in my County... does not require car inspections. Just pay my yearly plate tags and drive!

I love not having inspections no extra stuff to worrie over

Or, how about if you should be stopped by your local Constabulary and he requests "license and registration, please".

I can see the next words from his mouth. "Hey Partner, check this out the VIN don't match. We must have us a car thief".

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.

snibble did I delete your art? that I had uploaded.

Nope But I figured people are getting tired of seeing it... so I changed it to something new for a change. I do use it in other forums(non-car related though).

just wanted to make sure because I cleaned out a bunch of webspace and I would have put it back up

Definately get it fixed, its such a pain when they screw up. It has happened to me before. Bring all your paperwork, I am sure it can be fixed, you will have to show them their mistake. Be patient with them though.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

The high school dropouts they have running the counters at your typical DMV do this all the time. As long as your submitted documents (like the previous title) show the correct VIN you'll be able to get the title corrected. The sooner you do this the better.

In buying a car, you should take care to match the VIN shown on the existing title with the VIN plate on the vehicle.

You should make and keep a copy of the old title for your records.

You should verify the VIN number immediately at the DMV when they hand it to you.

Ken300D

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1982 300D at 351K miles
1984 300SD at 217K miles
1987 300D at 370K miles