Today, I was curious and wanted to check my VIN online. I noticed on my sticker in the door jamb that it said Trim: G which means GRAND TOURING! However, everything in the car is... BASE. It looks like there is a slightly larger sticker under this sticker, but I'm not sure. How could this be!?

 

Have you checked your carfax? Does it say "corrected title" anywhere on it?

 

same here
mine is a base but has G trim

 

does you're have HID's?

 

aww its 30 bucks is there any other site that has these records? it says 10 records on carfax and 16 records on experian.

 

i think mine has HID's... Don't they come standard on 2006+?

 

how do u not know if u have HID's?

 

The VIN does not indicate options as in trim level. That's hand-entered. The "trim" code is a color. I think "G" is black, no?

 

Bing bing bing. Winner! There's nothing in the VIN to indicate whether you have a base, touring, track, grand touring, etc.

Call a dealer or NNA with your VIN and they can look it up and tell you exactly what trim it is.

 

No. What I meant by corrected title, is that some cars have mistakes in the VIN or something (don't quote me on this, I found it on a car I was looking to get), and it just means something about the car had been originally recorded wrong and was corrected. I know the VIN can't tell you the trim of your car, but it can tell you if there was an original recorded mistake that had been corrected.

 

And no, corrected title does not mean "salvage/rebuilt" lol.

"Corrected title usually means that there was some incorrect info on the title so it was reissued. The DMV spelled my street name wrong on my title, now my autocheck shows a corrected title. Usually not a big deal unless there are other issues on the autocheck. "

 

I wasn't trying to say that my VIN said my car was grand touring. I was saying that while looking for it, i noticed under it there was "Trim: G". There is a color code right next to it, so I know G is not the color. Also, of you read here, http://www.*********.com/zwiki/Category:Trim_Levels
you'll see that G means Grand Touring.

I kind of asked about the Vin/records, because its history might give me info about why it is labeled this way.

 

The trim level is just a category they created in the wiki to differentiate between the option levels. I am fairly sure the the trim code is a interior color code. The paint code is the exterior color.

 

mine is a base model and trim G
i had my VIN at dealer and showed G trim-base model black interior no Bose or leather

 

ohhh ok. Thanks everyone.

 

Step 1: turn your driving headlight on
Step 2: stand in front of car and look directly into lights
Step 3: if eyes hurt and bleed you have regular halogen lights, If you eyes explode in your head you have HID's

HID's Beam will be a cleaner white compared to stock halogens. I know all 07+ have them standard. 06's ??? not sure

 

Are you talking about the sticker that has a string of codes that look like these?

 

I'm pretty sure the 06-08 have the same lights

 

The sticker's more like
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VIN#



Color: Trim: something: something:
code G forgot forgot
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It's the sticker in the door jamb.

 

easy way to know if you have a base... no cruise control

i dont care wtf your vin number says.

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