Sorry if this was asked before, but I couldn't find a post about it. I'm about to get my old 850 back (thanks to volvo_guru!) and it was manufactured on the same month and year that I was born. Is there a way to find out the exact date of manufacture, or would that take a tremendous amount of research? If anyone can be of assistance I would be very grateful! I'm wondering if it doesn't have the same birthdate as me.

 

The VIN will only show you the model year as a letter code. You may be able to find the build date (month or week + year) on one of the other build plates either on the firewall or on the drivers door b pillar. You can also find your paint code and suspension codes that way :-) Don't have an 850 anymore but I have seen the build month for my S40 on a plate. Have a look around and post up any pics of those plates

 

Build date is not available on any plates on the car, only a Model year as seen in this link... CLICK

Volvo HQ should be able to supply the build date, my car was bought by a British Army officer who was based in Germany at the time and in anticipation of returning to the UK with the car 2½ years later he contacted Volvo for a Type Approval Certificate. This has the actual build date of the vehicle which interestingly is some 4 months earlier than when he actually bought the car

My 850 was scheduled by Volvo for build on 8th July 1996, it was actually built on 10th Oct 1996, the car was paid in full by the owner on 1st Feb 1997 and delivered to the owner some time after 25th Feb 1997.

Some pictures of paperwork in this link... CLICK