Outboard year lookups
Outboard makers record the year in different places: a label box, a letter code or the model number. Each page uses only what that manufacturer publishes.
- MercuryFind the year a Mercury outboard was made from the year box or the letter code on its serial label, and what Mercury’s Program Year means.
- YamahaYamaha stamps each outboard’s production month and year on the mounting bracket. Find it, read the primary identification number and see why there is no model year.
- Evinrude and JohnsonRead the model year hidden in an Evinrude or Johnson outboard model number, using the INTRODUCES letter code from BRP’s model number references.
- HondaFor Honda outboards from 1998 to 2006, two characters in the type designation give the model year. Decode yours, and see why newer Honda serials can’t be dated.
- Shaft length codesRead an outboard’s shaft length from the letter in its model number: Evinrude and Johnson codes from BRP, and Honda codes by model family from Honda’s guide.