Factory build sheet
2000 Saab 9-3
Build YS3FD49Y-Y · Front-wheel drive
VIN positions 1 through 8 read YS3FD49Y and position 10 reads Y. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every 9-3 whose VIN starts YS3FD49Y and carries Y in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Saab with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Engine model
- I4 16v turbo mpfi dohc
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Manufacturer
- SAAB CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
The same build, other model years
Saab used the VIN pattern YS3FD49Y for 6 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | YS3 | SAAB CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC. · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | FD49Y | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | Y | Model year — 2000 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
1 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to YS3FD49Y-Y shares the specification above.
- 1 Known VINs
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 1 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.