In General:
Dacia vehicles can be identified from the following numbers:
| Location | |
| Vehicle identification number | – stamped/etched onto the vehicle |
| – on the type plate | |
| Engine Number | – on the engine block |
| Gearbox Number | – on the gearbox |
| Fabrication number | – on the type plate |
Dacia also keeps the following vehicle details:
Colour
Model description
Additional fittings
Receiver (Distribution centre/Dealer/Country of delivery)
Date of manufacture
The locations of the various data carriers are shown in the following images.
Vehicle Identification Number:
Location of the VIN
on the lower edge of the scuttle frame, on the right, beneath the front windscreen
on the front right suspension strut dome
on the front right suspension strut dome
1.2 VIN Lettering
2. Type Plate:
2.1 Location of the type plate
stuck on to the right door pillar – plastic plate
stuck on to the right door pillar –
plastic plate
stuck on to the right door pillar –
plastic plate
2.2 Composition of the type plate
| A | = | Manufacturer’s name |
| B | = | EC type approval number |
| C | = | Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) |
| D | = | Maximum weight |
| E | = | Total towing weight |
| F | = | Authorised axle load, front axle |
| G | = | Authorised axle load, back axle |
| 1 | = | Colour code |
| 2 | = | Version |
| 3 | = | Model |
| 4 | = | Fabrication number |
2.3 Security features on the plastic sticker
When exposed to UV light the manufacturer’s name appears all round the plate, as it does on RENAULT plates.
3. Engine number and gearbox number:
3.1 Location of the engine and gearbox numbers
3.2 Breakdown of the engine number
On Dacia vehicles, the gearbox number is a code with three groups of characters.
Stamped engine number
2 = Engine approval number
3 = Dacia engine code
4 = Engine production number
On Dacia vehicles, the gearbox number is a code with three groups of characters.
Stamped transmission number
4. Production Number
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