15. VIN





15.1 What is a VIN?
15.2 How do I find out my VIN?
15.3 How do I decipher the VIN?



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15.1 What is a VIN?

A VIN is a Vehicle Identification Number.

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15.2 How do I find out my VIN?

You can find the VIN of your TT in several places. The easiest to find is in the lower corner of the windshild on the driver side. It is also found under the hood on the passenger side along the firewall and in the trunk in the spare tire well.

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15.3 How do I deciper the VIN?

VIN character position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
TT/TTS T R U Z Z Z 8 N Z X 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
A3 W A U Z Z Z 8 L Z X A 0 0 0 0 0 1
A4 W A U Z Z Z 8 D Z X A 0 0 0 0 0 1
A6 W A U Z Z Z 4 B Z X N/X 0 0 0 0 0 1
A8 W A U Z Z Z 4 D Z X N 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cabrio W A U Z Z Z 8 G Z X K 0 0 0 0 0 1
Audi 100(C3,CKD) W A U Z Z Z 4 4 Z X A 0 0 0 0 0 1
Characters 1,2,and 3 are the world manufacturing code
Character 4: Body Style - (on TT's T-FWD U-Quattro)
Character 5: Engine family
Character 6: Restraint System
Character 7,8: Vechicle class acc. to structure table
Character 9: Check Digit
Character 10: Model Year, alphanumeric as prescribed by law
Character 11: Manufacturing plant within group
A - Ingolstadt
N - Neckarsulm
1 - Gyor
X - Poznan
K - Karmann/Rheine
Character 12-17: Seriel Number starting at 000001 each year
* Vehicles to US specification use position 4-6 for significant characters.
Other markets use "Z" here.

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