2005 Buick Century 2G4WS52J-5 — group 0
140 vehicles sit in group 0 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 2G4WS52J-5 means
- 2G4
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Buick registered — assembled in Canada
- WS52J
- together encode the Century line — Sedan, 3.1L 6cyl — as Buick filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- 5
- in position 10 — model year 2005
- 9, 11–17
- differ on every car: check digit, plant code and the serial number
Groups
Too many vehicles to list on one page, so they are split by the next character of a fixed code derived from the VIN. Each group keeps its cars for good.