Is there a date code on Kenmore vacuum cleaners?

[fan-of-fans]

Just wondering, do any Kenmore vacuums have a date code in the serial number or somewhere? Or is there a record where I can find this out?

You can usually guess within a few years based on the colors/model lines, catalogs, etc. But sometimes I'd like to know the exact year.

 

[huskyvacs]

I am not 100% sure this is a date code, but it does look like one, and it fits.

I have a Kenmore upright (BOL model, no headlight and no features) that has a small paper sticker above the model tag on the inside of the chassis like a price tag. "89G23" I take it to mean July 1989.

Pulling up ads from that year it looks like a match (I don't have a Newspapers subscription, maybe Paul can bring up a bigger photo)

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/144836481/

 

[fan-of-fans]

That could be, I have a Kenmore power nozzle that’s also made by Ryobi/Sunger and it has a similar sticker on it that starts with 92. I assumed that was from 1992.

I don’t think the Whirlpool, Panasonic, or Cleva made units have any kind of date sticker, but I’ve heard sometimes the plastic parts have date wheels with the year on them.

 

[panasonicvac]

Mine and my cousin's Kenmore Professional 12 that's built by SEBO have date codes on them.