Hi all --
I recently bought a FEH. I just received my insurance policy and no where does it specify that the vehicle is a Ford Escape Hybrid. Is this information contained in the VIN or should I contact my insurer? Thanks.
Hi all --
I recently bought a FEH. I just received my insurance policy and no where does it specify that the vehicle is a Ford Escape Hybrid. Is this information contained in the VIN or should I contact my insurer? Thanks.
Hi;
The Vin# that was given to the Insurance Company in the Purchase of the Vehicle told them everything they needed to know.
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The 4th-8th characters/digits of the VIN are model-specific. I'm going to take an educated guess that the 8th character in the VIN of your Ford Escape Hybrid is an "H".
When I first insured my Accord hybrid in August '05, the car was listed as an Accord V6 EX. A few months later, I checked again and it was correctly listed as an Accord hybrid.
The 8th character designates the engine. That's what tells the insurance company it's a hybrid. For my HAH, it's 5 for the 3.0L hybrid. For my GMC, it's R for the 2.8L V6. For my Escape, it's 1 for the 3.0L V6.
When I got my '06 last June, the insurance people knew from the VIN what it was, including that it was an '06, and gave me the '05 rate until they had a new year model rate.
Then again, as discussed, no one is quite sure what the FEH is. My state says Station Wagon, the Detroit Free Press calls it a CUV, and Ford calls it an SUV, and something just calls it a HEV (Don't remember what it was at the moment).
Depending on manufacturer, the 8th character does not necessarily indicate engine type -- for 2005 Toyotas, for example, the 5th character denotes engine type and the 8th is model (U = Prius).
bar10dah, this doesn't really matter, but in the case of Hondas, the 8th character alone does not indicate engine type -- 2005 Insights, for example, have either "5" or "7" in the 8th position and the difference seems to be without/with air conditioning.
Too much information, I know.
Want more useless info? The 9th character of everyone's VIN is a "check digit". It combines ALL of the other characters in your VIN into one character so that it is easy to figure out if the entire VIN is valid.
Yes, VIN number construction does vary from manufacturer, however there are some standards they have to stick to. The VIN number must start with a manufacturer code. For Ford that is F or 1F. The following numbers or letters indicate, year of manufacturer, engine, transmission, special equipment, model and trim grades. The last chunk of numbers is the actual serial number and indicates the numerical sequence out of the factory. And as stated above, the last digit is a check digit which uses some mathematical function with the rest of the VIN to basically validate the VIN number. Anyone could in theory make up a VIN number by combining a valid sequence of numbers and letters associated with valid codes and then create any old serial number. However, without knowing the mathmatical function for creating the check digit, the number could never be valid.
It has been said: Hybrid drivers come in 3 flavors, greenie, techie and cheapie. Pick any 2.
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