[EmployedRussian]

In 2001 my car was towed from LAX parking lot because they checked the plate (they told me they scan all plates daily) and it came back as registered to a different make.

Turns out the dealer made a single-letter mistake in VIN when registering the car with DMV, and there is no check digit to reject invalid VINs.

[phil21]

There is a check digit. Most likely someone at the dealer copy/pasted the wrong VIN into the form.

[michaelt]

Even when you've got a check digit, if you make 100 typos a year only 90 of them will get caught.

[gruez]

>there is no check digit to reject invalid VINs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number#... ?

[Bromskloss]

In whose interest is it to scan and tow such cars?