uncle albert said:

note dvla/police normaly sieze vehicle first then prosecute/sort it out. if you cant show not your doing you need to sort it quick now cat out of bag,had this with motorbike , very dogey ground

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Dosnt sound dodgy He said the Vin matches the V5 which really is all that matters.
Its not trying to be something its not.

This could just have been a mistake when it was new If that is what DVLA have on file then thats what it need to be.
no piont now trying to rectify a VIN mistake for the sake of a year identifier.