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Model Year 2010 Inspections
NYVIP UNIT MESSAGE No. 38
3/24/2009
TO: All
INSPECTION STATIONS
FROM: NYS DEPT.
OF MOTOR VEHICLES
SUBJECT:
Temporary 2010 Model Year Inspection Procedure
Beginning
with model year 2010 vehicles, a change has been made to the way the
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is recorded and interpreted.
This change will have a minor effect on the NYVIP software until the
next software update.
The
digit in the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) that denotes the
model year of the vehicle is being reused. Therefore, the VIN can be
decoded to either the current year or 30 years earlier (2010 could
also be 1980, etc.). As some manufacturers have already begun
selling 2010 model year vehicles, this will affect the model year
that is printed on the Vehicle Inspection Receipt.
An
upcoming NYVIP software update this summer will correct this.
However, prior to the software correction, there are steps that
Inspection Stations should take to correct the situation. The NYVIP
analyzer will show 1980 as the model year for a 2010 vehicle. The
facility should leave the Model Year (MY) as 1980 on the NYVIP
analyzer. The vehicle will receive the same Safety-only inspection
as if it was entered as a 2010. However,
the facility should HAND WRITE the correct Model Year on the Vehicle
Inspection Receipt and the Daily Report.
NYVIP will print the correct VIN on all documents.
Please
distribute this information to your staff. We apologize for any
inconvenience.
If
you have any questions, you may call
These are messages sent by NYS DMV to the
inspection stations via the emissions analyzer units. They frequently contain important
information, usage tips, or announcements of system changes.
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