How to find your VIN number
Your VIN vehicle identification number contains useful information about your Audi In some cases, you may need to know the model year or serial number VIN Audi made many changes in the mid models can also need to know if your car was produced in Germany, Hungary, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia.
Here is a sample identification number W AULT6 8E 7 4 A 207 781.
The first character represents the country of manufacture T W Germany, Hungary, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia.
The seventh and eight characters represent the model in general this is not necessary, but it is necessary in some cases.
The tenth character represents the model year 1981 to 1980 B 1982 C 1984 D 1983 E F G 1985 1986 H 1987 J 1988 K 1989 L 1990 M 1991 N 1992 P 1993 R 1994 S 1995 T 1996 V 1997 W 1998 X 1999 Y 2000 1 2 3 2002 2001 2003 4 2004 5 2005.
12 through 17th characters are the frame number It is the serial number of the car, issued sequentially as each car is produced Thus, our car with the VIN sample W AULT6 8E 7 4 A 207 781 was the car 207.781 st built in 2004 in Germany.
Why should you care about all this because it is very useful to determine if your car was produced before or after a mid-year change Our goal is to you the right parts for your car, for example, our catalog, we can refer to as a part of A4 assembly, fwd, 2 8L V6 12V, 96 mi 98 through W_160955 chassis.
This means that should A4, front wheel drive, with 2 to 8 liters V6 engine valves 12, 1996, 1997, and the first 160,955 cars produced in model year 1998 The W indicates the model year 1998 _ indicates the character following which the matter, and 160955 is the serial number.
With many Audis later models it is also important to know the PR codes also called option codes for your car to select multiple parts such as brakes or wheel bearings Audi can install different parts of the same model and n 'there's no way to tell which parts were used by the year and the only model.
Fortunately, it is easy to determine with PR PR code code of the vehicle are 3 alphanumeric character codes that describe the various options the car has public relations codes and the engine code, the code Transmisson etc. Can be found on the vehicle construction sticker.
A copy of this sticker must be attached to the first warranty booklet pages of the car should also be a sticker attached to the body of the car, usually in the trunk under the carpet or in the spare tire area.
See the photo below for an example of the construction sticker.
Explanation of chassis numbers, chassis, Germany Hungary Switzerland, Germany Hungary Switzerland Czechoslovakia, Hungary Switzerland Czechoslovakia.