{ "verified_on": "2026-10-17", "reviewed_article": "https://www.fridayparts.com/blog/genie-serial-number-lookup", "article_retrieval": "Public HTML downloaded successfully; web renderer cache miss did not imply unavailable", "claim_checks": [ { "claim": "Older GS serial segment can yield model year", "verdict": "supported_with_scope", "evidence": "96316 p iii, 97385 p iii, 1272217 p v, 1272222 p iv. Use their exact model and serial applicability." }, { "claim": "A denotes facility", "verdict": "supported", "evidence": "97385 legend; facility is not design revision or year." }, { "claim": "August 31 / September 1 2016 transition", "verdict": "supported_for_verified_manual_families", "evidence": "1272217 p v covers 11 slab models; 1272222 p iv covers four GS84/90 models. Do not automatically extend to every Genie product." }, { "claim": "05 indicates 2005; 15/16 indicate 2015/2016 in older structure", "verdict": "supported_as_scoped_model_year", "evidence": "Explicit model-year legends plus applicable historical era; require valid serial structure and manual scope." }, { "claim": "Newer serial has no separate year segment", "verdict": "supported_for_verified_formats", "evidence": "1272217 and 1272222 post-transition diagrams omit model year; read separate plate year." }, { "claim": "Model year can differ from build date", "verdict": "preserve_separate_fields", "evidence": "Official older plate diagrams contain both fields; no equality rule established." }, { "claim": "Universal front-left/battery-compartment location", "verdict": "not_established_universally", "evidence": "1272217 identifies chassis label/stamp with model diagram; 1272222 says label inside cover. Use model-specific diagram." }, { "claim": "Serial ranges help select manuals/parts", "verdict": "supported_for_manual_selection", "evidence": "Official model catalogs and manual cover ranges. No blanket parts compatibility approval follows." } ], "new_primary_record": { "id": "genie-1272217-slab-transition", "source_url": "https://manuals.genielift.com/Parts%20And%20Service%20Manuals/data/Service/Scissors/1272217.pdf", "document": "1272217GT Rev E1 October 2023", "scope_pdf_page": 2, "legend_pdf_page": 5, "legend_printed_page": "v", "models": [ "GS-1530", "GS-1532", "GS-1930", "GS-1932", "GS-2032", "GS-2632", "GS-3232", "GS-2046", "GS-2646", "GS-3246", "GS-4047" ], "scope": [ { "models": [ "GS-1530", "GS-1532", "GS-1930", "GS-1932" ], "intervals": [ [ "GS3010A-110000", null ], [ "GS3011C-10000", "GS3016C-23999" ], [ "GS3014D-101", "GS3016D-607" ], [ "GS3016P-151487", "GS3016P-160599" ], [ "GS30C-24000", null ], [ "GS30D-6080", "GS30D-40100" ], [ "GS30P-160600", "GS30P-200100" ] ] }, { "models": [ "GS-2032", "GS-2632", "GS-3232" ], "intervals": [ [ "GS3211A-110000", null ], [ "GS3212C-10000", "GS3216C-17299" ], [ "GS3216P-142676", "GS3216P-148699" ], [ "GS32C-17300", null ], [ "GS32D-101", "GS32D-10100" ], [ "GS32P-148700", "GS32P-200100" ] ] }, { "models": [ "GS-2046", "GS-2646", "GS-3246" ], "intervals": [ [ "GS4612A-110000", null ], [ "GS4612C-10000", "GS4616C-18099" ], [ "GS4614D-101", "GS4616D-5029" ], [ "GS4616P-138362", "GS4616P-141799" ], [ "GS46C-18100", null ], [ "GS46D-5030", "GS46D-20100" ], [ "GS46P-141800", "GS46P-200100" ] ] }, { "models": [ "GS-4047" ], "intervals": [ [ "GS4712C-101", "GS4716C-4499" ], [ "GS4714D-101", "GS4716D-3959" ], [ "GS4716P-101", "GS4716P-999" ], [ "GS47C-4500", null ], [ "GS47D-3960", null ], [ "GS47P-1000", null ] ] } ], "pre_transition": { "label": "To August 31, 2016", "example": "GS3016P-123456", "model_family_positions": [ 1, 4 ], "model_year_positions": [ 5, 6 ], "facility_position": 7, "sequence_start_position": 9, "model_year_example": 2016 }, "post_transition": { "label": "From September 1, 2016", "example": "GS30P-123456", "year_component": false, "facility_position": 5, "sequence_start_position": 7 }, "plate_fields": { "older": [ "Manufacture date", "Model year" ], "newer": [ "Year of manufacture" ] }, "verification": "Official PDF scope and legend rendered and visually checked", "sha256": "7a310bad617d423ceb19c6b5b5acc5d932b8dea5220f6c34240d0f8c1f682b0e", "conflicts": [ { "field": "GS30D older range end", "pdf_value": "GS3016D-607", "catalog_value": "GS3016D-6079", "catalog_url": "https://manuals.genielift.com/parts%20and%20service%20manuals/servscissors1.htm", "action": "Retain both raw values; do not silently correct. Hold disputed 608–6079 tail pending stronger evidence." }, { "field": "GS30P older range start", "pdf_value": "GS3016P-151487", "catalog_value": "GS3016P-142281", "action": "Use overlap 151487–160599 for automatic application; hold earlier disputed interval." } ], "limitations": [ "Examples illustrate a parser, not actual dated units.", "Null upper bound preserves source wording; do not extend across future format generations.", "Validate exact model, family, facility and serial applicability before parsing.", "The two-digit year needs era-scoped expansion; no universal century pivot.", "Family code cannot uniquely identify every commercial model." ] }, "correction_to_prior_evidence": { "id": "genie-97385-format-example-conflict", "kind": "scoped_model_year_format_with_illustrative_plate_conflict", "models": [ "GS-1530", "GS-1532", "GS-1930", "GS-1932", "GS-2032", "GS-2632", "GS-2046", "GS-2646", "GS-3246", "GS-3232" ], "source_url": "https://manuals.genielift.com/Parts%20And%20Service%20Manuals/data/Service/Scissors/97385.pdf", "document": "97385 Rev E10, February 2012", "pages": [ { "pdf_page_1_based": 1, "printed_page": "cover" }, { "pdf_page_1_based": 3, "printed_page": "iii" } ], "serial_applicability": [ { "models": [ "GS-1530", "GS-1532", "GS-1930", "GS-1932" ], "from": "GS3005A-76000", "through": "GS3011A-109999" }, { "models": [ "GS-1530", "GS-1532", "GS-1930", "GS-1932" ], "from": "GS3005B-76000", "through": "GS3009B-98941" }, { "models": [ "GS-1530", "GS-1532", "GS-1930", "GS-1932" ], "from": "GS3008C-101", "through": "GS3011C-9999" }, { "models": [ "GS-2032", "GS-2632", "GS-3232" ], "from": "GS3205-75407", "through": "GS3209-94602" }, { "models": [ "GS-2032", "GS-2632", "GS-3232" ], "from": "GS3209A-94603", "through": "GS3212A-109999" }, { "models": [ "GS-2032", "GS-2632", "GS-3232" ], "from": "GS3205B-76000", "through": "GS3209B-98941" }, { "models": [ "GS-2032", "GS-2632", "GS-3232" ], "from": "GS3208C-101", "through": "GS3212C-9999" }, { "models": [ "GS-2046", "GS-2646", "GS-3246" ], "from": "GS4605-75438", "through": "GS4609-95192" }, { "models": [ "GS-2046", "GS-2646", "GS-3246" ], "from": "GS4609A-95193", "through": "GS4611A-109999" }, { "models": [ "GS-2046", "GS-2646", "GS-3246" ], "from": "GS4608C-101", "through": "GS4612C-9999" } ], "example": "GS3005A-12345", "manufacture_year": null, "evidence": "Diagram labels GS30=model, 05=model year, A=facility (used for models manufactured at multiple facilities), remainder=sequence. Example plate instead prints model year 2011 and manufacture date 04/12/2005.", "limitations": [ "Internally inconsistent illustrative plate; quarantine the example and do not turn it into a dated unit record.", "Facility letter is not a year/design-revision code.", "Cover grouped ranges are manual applicability, not proof every individual model exists throughout each interval." ], "verification": "Official legend visually checked.", "verified_on": "2026-10-17", "universal_decoder": false, "allowed_use": "Use the explicit legend to interpret the model-year segment within verified manual applicability; quarantine only conflicting illustrative plate dates, not the legend itself." }, "implementation_guidance": [ "Expose a Model year result when source-scoped serial decoding supports it. Do not discard useful year evidence just because manufacture date is unknown.", "Retain manufacture_year separately and leave it null without plate or factory record evidence.", "Match pattern and source scope before decoding; retain provenance and raw serial.", "Yearless format returns year unavailable from serial, not a fabricated year.", "Do not implement a universal 10th-character VIN rule for Genie GS." ] }