[CA] Incorrect VIN fix?

I did a search and found a couple similar threads, but nothing thats my exact problem so here goes:

Got my shoebox awhile back, when I bought the car he didnt have the title, so we both spent the time to go to the DMV, file for lost title get the car back in the system etc [relatively painless process by the way].

One of the last steps in the process was to get the VIN verified, which you can either have an ociffer of the law come by and sign off your form, or bring the car to the dmv [haha yeah right] so we had a cop check it out for us.

Well, the paint was flaking off, making it hard to read, and now that I have it stripped down a little bit...whoever punched the VIN at the factory didnt hold a couple of the punches flat, so theyre like half-stamped which gave us a umm...."clerical error"

Long story short, we got a lost title and re-registered the car and two of the letters are wrong on the pink slip now.


Whats my next plan of action? I've heard rumor that once I get the car driving I can just take it down to the DMV for a "vin correction" but I dont exactly trust that source so im taking that information with half a grain of salt.

Thanks in advance everyone.

 

Take a couple of days and ask the DMV. Your in Sacto, make an appointment and go for it.

 

here in PA, if you do a pencil scraping or take a digital photo and print it out, it's enough for the fast tag places to file the paperwork. i've had it done when one of the numbers was wrong on my title. come to think of it, the title was from out of state and i was transferring it into my name (which usually makes things harder). i had a new title with the correct numbers within 2 weeks.

 

do a search for someone in Sacto that does Title work. at American Past Times there are some business cards on the counter and one is for a guy that does that offers that service. Also, a member of the Roamin' Angels Car Club up in Grass Valley area does this too. Another is a service in business buildings across the street from location for under freeway swap meets. Sorry, don't have anything more specific.

 

This is a more common problem than many folks realize. The guys stamping those numbers were using a hammer after all.