VIN. Questions

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Hello to everyone

I'm a studen from Russia and I shall buy Nissan Almera n15 (1997). I have some questions, which I suppose you can answer.

The car was recently paint and this provoke some doubt about the past of the car.

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I have official information about the car:

Code: 
VIN	JN1BCAN15U0522113	
Model code	BAYALFFN15EGA--DAA	
Internal color	G - BLACK	
External color	AR2 - RED SOLID	
Production year/mon	9712	
Model start year	9507	
Model finish year	0004	
Model	NISSAN ALMERA N15	
Description		
 	WHL/AREA - 2WD/CENTER EUR	
 	ENGINE - GA16DE TYPE ENGINE	
 	TRANS - MANUAL TRANSMISSION	
 	GRADE - SLX	
 	BODY - 4 DOOR SEDAN	
Reference		
 	****A RR SEAT BELT(WITH A/ELR)	
 	***A* AIR CONDITIONER & POWER WINDOW &	
 	***A* 4-SPEAKER	
 	**D** HI-MOUNT STOP LAMP

Questions:
1. There's no airbag in this car?
2. Do I have possibility to read history of the car (breakdown, accidents) if these ones occured outside of Russia?
3. From which country this car was improrted?

P.S. Sorry for my bad english :(

2 admin sorry if I placed thread in the wrong subforum
 
BET said:
Questions:
1. There's no airbag in this car?
2. Do I have possibility to read history of the car (breakdown, accidents) if these ones occured outside of Russia?
3. From which country this car was improrted?

P.S. Sorry for my bad english :(

2 admin sorry if I placed thread in the wrong subforum
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1. is there any sign that the steering wheel has been changed? it may not have had an air bag, i possibly in some countrys they werent fitted or maybe it was an optional extra and this car didnt have one.

2. best thing to do is to check the car thoroughly. to check for accident damage look inside wheel arches for any sign of recent work, things like broken trim clips or even a seam inside the rear wheel arches were a new rear wing has been fitted. also check the panel gaps around the car, they should be even and should all be the same with no huge gaps in one area and small gaps in others. for mechanical condition its better to take someone with mechanical knowledge to look at the car, the cam chain should knock for a few seconds when the car is started but it should stop, if it keeps going then be careful and its probably worth leaving the car and looking at another if it constantly rattles. depending on were the car came from you may be able to check for accident damage but i wouldnt know.

3. from the chassis number you can tell that it was built in japan and i thought i read somewhere that there was a factory in russia so the car may have come from a different country, i may be wrong though. hopefully someone else can help with this

your english is very good so dont worry about that, probably better than some people on here
 
1. No, steering wheel is OK and there is inscription (?) on it - SRS airbag but in the car specification there's nothing about airbag
2. When we were examinated the car it's sure that the car was slightly сollides because there are little gaps (not huge). Tecnically the car is OK.
3. Near driver's door there is a sticker with nedeed pressure in tyres. The sticker is in spanish, so probably car was imported from Spain?
 
The info you have there is from Nissan FAST. The 14th to 18th digits of the model code show some options but not the airbag.

Looking for parts on FAST, it shows an airbag and non-airbag steering wheel as possibility's for the car so it depends on the car. You'll have to ask the seller or take a look yourself.
 
BET said:
1. No, steering wheel is OK and there is inscription (?) on it - SRS airbag but in the car specification there's nothing about airbag
2. When we were examinated the car it's sure that the car was slightly сollides because there are little gaps (not huge). Tecnically the car is OK.
3. Near driver's door there is a sticker with nedeed pressure in tyres. The sticker is in spanish, so probably car was imported from Spain?
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1. i wouldnt worry about that, it must have just be a standard thing on all almeras so it wasnt mentioned in the specification

2. with accident damage its always best that you are certain about the repairs being done properly, make sure that you are completely happy that it is repaired properly. if its repaired properly then it wont cause a problem

3. it does sound like it has come from spain then, in england we get a lot of cars from japan, in russia do you have a country were you import alot of cars from? im sure in england there is a way of finding out were the cars have come from but im not sure if its the same in russia
 
sprint said:
1. i wouldnt worry about that, it must have just be a standard thing on all almeras so it wasnt mentioned in the specification
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OK. Clear.

2. ... if its repaired properly then it wont cause a problem
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I hope so

3. it does sound like it has come from spain then, in england we get a lot of cars from japan, in russia do you have a country were you import alot of cars from? im sure in england there is a way of finding out were the cars have come from but im not sure if its the same in russia
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OK.

The situation in Russia with the cars is fantastic (:(). Duty for cars are huge (smth about 2.000-3.000 USD for cars 3-7 years old, if car is older it's isn't profitable to import because duty is bigger). So, a lot of cars was imported in Russia when they was 3-7 years old. Normal and good were imported from Europe, also Japan and there's many very bad cars from Lithuania where it is a good buisness buy somewhere many scrap and build from it a car, which looks good (first month after buy).

E.g. Nissan Almera (1997-1999 years) costs from 7.000-10.000 USD

10x all for advises. I hope all will be okay :)
 
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