  VINASSIST is a revolutionary concept for editing 1981 and later passenger       car, truck and motorcycle VINs.                                                                                                                                 Type in a 17 character VIN and the program will describe the Make, the          Model, and the Vehicle Year for that VIN. It will also inform you whether       the VIN passed or failed the edit.                                                                                                                              Many other VIN edit packages calculate and compare the check digit, but         a valid check digit does not mean a correct vin. Editing with VINASSIST         for most passenger cars is an extensive procedure. Not only does it             calculate the check digit, it also determines if the engine, vehicle year       and restraint system digits are all valid. It will also determine if the        sequence number digit is in range for that particular make and plant.                                                                                           However, not all VINs can be edited so extensively. It depends on               the availability of information from the manufacturers. NICB will               continually receive additional information and will incorporate this            information into later versions of this package.                                                                                                               