Temporary VIN?

[Michaelnaut]

So put my order in for an LC in Trail Dust/Java w/the Premium Package. Was told when I gave them the deposit that it'd be something like 3-6 months, no biggie. Got a call from the sales rep Friday that the order was picked up after being submitted and now being built. Asked about a VIN and was told that he only has a "temporary VIN" and the regular one wouldn't be available until further along the process. Anyone ever heard of a temp VIN before?

 

[alfiolevy]

Yes my dealer mentioned this. I do not recall the reason for the temporary VIN but the reasoning / rationale made sense at the time.

 

[Siblue]

Temp VINs are when builds are allocated. Usually last four are alpha numeric. During build process they will change to permanent VIN to all numbers during production process.