Originally Posted by wstar

I'm guessing it means some shady company took delivery of an '09, dropped a '10 engine in it to fix some issue (who knows? collision, engine failure?), then sold the car as a 2010. Then they rejected warranty claims on VVEL relay and steering lock (somehow related to it being a supposedly-2010 but those parts came from a 2009 and/or the warranty/recall info was only for 2009? No idea.). Then the poster eventually figured out he actually has an '09 car.