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> And the solution is almost always “model, make, and serial number.”

If you've ever spent time in old car forums, you learn that even this isn't enough because of production-line sloppiness.

Serial number re-use is rare, but it happens. Usually because a product had something detected that resulted in remanufacturing, but sometimes other things slip.






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