Unfortunately mistaken. Lots of dealers on west coast adding the J51 option code to vdoc's on 907s which weren't built with J51, for vans getting a big fuel tank. See my post #25 above. 220817a has ghosted on further theories to his post #21.
J51 Option Added in San Diego?
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Sprinter_hacker
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Okay, then it must be a custom request from the Shop foreman to add to Vedoc. I know dealers around here do not provide this service in SoCal. Thank you for the clarification 
Yes, I believe the foreman needs to get involved. German processes you know.Okay, then it must be a custom request from the Shop foreman to add to Vedoc. I know dealers around here do not provide this service in SoCal. Thank you for the clarification
I guess this is why the Pacific Northwest continues to rock, while San Diego stays classy LOL.
Sprinter_hacker
Active member
Yes San Diego is kinda a big deal
Ask your Mercedes dealer to look at your van's data card, using your VIN #, to see if J51 is on your build list.
I haven't found any VIN decoder to be helpful anymore. Vindecoderz used to be the best I found, but now they don't show any useful info such as build specs or vehicle option codes. Anyone have a VIN decoder that provides this?
bmerritt
2021 Sprinter 4x4 passenger 144wb
if you have a 2023 or later: this might give you a build sheet. I have a 2021 so it gives little info.
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Rocksnsalt
There Can Be Only ONE
I view all the vin decoder sites as data gathering entities, like pretty much everything else it seems.
Nothing is free.
But hey I could be wrong.
Seems odd to me that if the van is pre ‘23 we can’t get the data card build sheet info off the MB site.
Nothing is free.
But hey I could be wrong.
Seems odd to me that if the van is pre ‘23 we can’t get the data card build sheet info off the MB site.
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Hmm, this one doesn't seem to give any data card info.if you have a 2023 or later: this might give you a build sheet. I have a 2021 so it gives little info.
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I found this one stashed away in my favorites, and it's probably the best so far; https://www.lastvin.com/
bmerritt
2021 Sprinter 4x4 passenger 144wb
https://www.lastvin.com/
thus one gives me an error message. says my 2021 is to new and not in system...🤔
thus one gives me an error message. says my 2021 is to new and not in system...🤔
Seems they're behind on loading VS30 vans into it. It works great for NCV3.
autostaretx
Erratic Member
So try one of the other sites:
To get a free copy of your datacard, ask at the MB parts desk, or submit your VIN to any one of:
https://www.datamb.com/ , https://www.lastvin.com/ , http://mbepc.net/f/vin/ http://mb.vin/
If the datasite you visit shunts you off to AllData ... DO NOT PAY FOR A COPY!!! (it will NOT have the data the other sites will provide)
--dick