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Hi all, nice to be here

This is my second time around on the Jaguar treadmill having previously owned a 1999 XJ Sovereign.

I'm on the verge of buying an XE from a main dealership but I have concerns about the pedigree of the car in terms of VIN/Engine Number combo.

I dont wish to publish full numbers on here, but if someone can point me in the direction of a decoder for the engine number that would be a help. The 5th and 6th digits of the engine numebr are '17'. Would this be the year, perhaps??

Many thanks
 
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If it helps, my engine number has a /1603 in it and the vehicle build date on the B pillar shows as March 2016. So those digits in the engine number fit as being the year and month of manufacture. I think that the build date on the B pillar is only found on vehicles built for Australia.
 
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