Riccar R40P.2 Date Range

[hank]

I have a Riccar R40P.2 that I recently acquired curious to know what date this thing was made…

 

[panasonicvac]

First four numbers indicates

October of 2018.

 

[kitra]

My same machine is a 0218 (Feb 2018). Curious if you've had any problems with the Riccar R40P.2