Volkswagen Engine Number

Volkswagen engine number

Volkswagen Engine Number Location

The Volkswagen engine number is stamped with a NC-steered machine by a stable gouge. With earlier construction years the engine number with a needle was stamped. If this needle broke off, the incomplete in Volkswagen engine number was polished away and by hand new smashed.

The Volkswagen engine number in more recent 3 and 4-cylinder engines is located above the transition to the gearbox or an a surface-ground position on the front side of the engine near the gearbox.

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Volkswagen Electric motor Touareg Hybrid – 7P   The battery of the electric motor and next, on the left, the electric motor is located in the middle of the boot, under a cover plate.     Electric motor with engine number The individual number of the electric engine battery on a sticker on the right XL1 hybrid engine (in the rear) (on the engine housing, pointed to the rear)

In addition to the etched the Volkswagen engine number, the complete engine number can also be read off from a sticker on the engine. This can normally be read easily from above. On newer models it is sometimes concealed by the engine covering. The engine sticker can look different according to work and year and is produced only with an easy pressure. Accordingly forgeries of the engine sticker were also already ascertained.

On newer models it is sometimes concealed by the engine covering. Sometimes, however, particularly on older vehicles, this sticker can have been worn off in vw phaeton w12 . 

Volkswagen Engine Number Decoder

In Volkswagen phaeton w12 vehicles, the engine number is an 8 or 9-character code. The number can begin with 2 letters, with 3 letters or with a number and a letter. The engine number sometimes has an asterisk on both sides; sometimes none at the beginning, and sometimes none at all. Gaps sometimes occur between the individual blocks.

The engine number of vw phaeton w12 may be composed as in the following examples:

a) 2 letters / 6 numbers                                 e.g.: PT 021409
b) 1 number / 1 letter / 6 numbers                 e.g.: 1 Z 594703
c) 3 letters / 6 numbers                                 e.g.: AFB 109610
d) 3 letters / 1 letter / 5 numbers                   e.g.: BKC A 06928

At the Chemnitz plant, an 8-digit serial number is stamped onto the engines, which only indicates the number of engines produced at that plant.

N.B: From 1991 to 1995, the engine numbers saved onto the Volkswagen VIN Number were often incomplete due to computer problems. There are even engine series with numbers such as AB 000000 on the market. It should be pointed out that engine labeling is not required by law in Germany.

The engine identification letters are in addition also found on the technical service sticker in the boot and on new vehicles also on the type plate.
See Annex for a list of engine identification letters.

Replacement engines receive the same number as the engine they replace, but with an extra character.

VAG engines – jetta tdi model classification lists (as of 2009)

Sorted by jetta tdi engine identification letters:The engine identification letters are in addition also found on the technical service sticker in the boot and on new vehicles also on the type plate.
See list of engine identification letters below.

Replacement engines receive the same number as the engine they replace, but with an extra character.

Volkswagen engine number decoder