View Full Version : RPO Codes Decoding by VIN??
Ronins2ndCuzzin
09-24-2024, 6:00am
Okay, this is REALLY frustrating. You normally decode the RPO codes by scanning the QR code located on most of the stickers. (Door jamb, under hood, etc.) The problem is they're so damn small that the phones can't/won't scan them. Does ANYONE know how you can decode them by just using the VIN number? Or am I going to have to go to the freaking dealership just to answer this stupid question? Thanks in advance.
Frankie the Fink
09-24-2024, 7:14am
Never had a QR code fail to read, what phone do you have ?
Ronins2ndCuzzin
09-24-2024, 7:35am
Never had a QR code fail to read, what phone do you have ?
Wife has an iPhone 15. The codes are so small man. Like not even the size of a dime.
KenHorse
09-24-2024, 11:14am
Okay, this is REALLY frustrating. You normally decode the RPO codes by scanning the QR code located on most of the stickers. (Door jamb, under hood, etc.) The problem is they're so damn small that the phones can't/won't scan them. Does ANYONE know how you can decode them by just using the VIN number? Or am I going to have to go to the freaking dealership just to answer this stupid question? Thanks in advance.
What kinda car? I know GM offers a VIN decoder online and perhaps others do as well
Ronins2ndCuzzin
09-24-2024, 12:22pm
What kinda car? I know GM offers a VIN decoder online and perhaps others do as well
2018 CTSV. Apparently, it's "too new" for the decoders.
markids77
09-24-2024, 12:38pm
Take a pic with your phone, blow it up and read it with hers. Simple really.
Unsuspicious
09-24-2024, 12:43pm
2cm should be fine for iphone 15, try touch focusing or portrait mode
markids77
09-24-2024, 12:57pm
Tried both...seriously. Not lying to be cool. This is a terrible PITA.
I got nothin'.
Ronins2ndCuzzin
09-24-2024, 12:58pm
Take a pic with your phone, blow it up and read it with hers. Simple really.
2cm should be fine for iphone 15, try touch focusing or portrait mode
Tried both...seriously. Not lying to be cool. This is a terrible PITA.
Unsuspicious
09-24-2024, 1:11pm
How bad is your eyesight? Are you sure it's a QR code and not bird poop? :leaving:
SurfnSun
09-24-2024, 1:22pm
2018 CTSV.
Since its that much of a problem, I'll accept it as a donation if you ask nicely. :funny:
Ronins2ndCuzzin
09-24-2024, 1:28pm
How bad is your eyesight? Are you sure it's a QR code and not bird poop? :leaving:
Impressive bird if it can get poop to stick upside down under the hood, and in the inner door jamb, under the windshield next to the VIN, and under all the carpet in the trunk.
iPhone 15 has been, by far, the most fickle QR reading. Problem is too many choices. Took me a while, but actually using different photo settings when you get those tiny ones. I cut my teeth on the QR on nest cams. Maybe 3/8".
KenHorse
09-24-2024, 1:59pm
2018 CTSV. Apparently, it's "too new" for the decoders.
PM me the VIN
Ronins2ndCuzzin
09-25-2024, 9:51pm
Found it finally. Wasn't anywhere the internet said it would be. Affixed to the darn trunk floor UNDER everything. What a shitty place for it. But damn. Finally. Crisis averted.
Unsuspicious
09-25-2024, 10:01pm
Found it finally. Wasn't anywhere the internet said it would be. Affixed to the darn trunk floor UNDER everything. What a shitty place for it. But damn. Finally. Crisis averted.
Google first result for me
Ronins2ndCuzzin
09-26-2024, 4:31pm
Google first result for me
I don't use Google. Probably why.
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