|
The
data sticker is a white four inch sticker
full of codes found in the service record
book and in the boot (trunk) of the car. The
data sticker contains all of the information
about your car such as: chassis number, engine
code, gearbox code, optional equipment, paint
code and lots more information. A typical
sticker looks like this:
|
1 Vehicle identification number
2 Model designation
3 Engine output / gearbox
/ month and year of manufacture
4 Paint
number / interior equipment
5 Optional
equipment
6 Unladen weight / fuel consumption / CO2
emissions
|
WAUZZZ8DZ1A159115
8D2 0LK
A4 Limousine 2.4
121KW A5 09/00
AML EZX
LY7W/LY7W N5F/
BR
EOA
7A1 4UF 6XD 5SJ 6TS
1KD JOL 1LB 1AC 1BA
3FA 5MY
7XO 4R3
FOA 0L2 8GL 0G7 OYD OJJ
T7T 3NZ 8JK U1D X2B
1MR 8Q1 9Q2 8Z5 MT2
7QO C6P 7KO 4X1 2K1 6RO
3L3 3YO
4K4 5D1
1SA 0GG Q1D 4GP
1434 15,0 7,6 10,1 242
|
|
1.
Vehicle identification number WAUZZZ8DZ1A159115 This is your cars
chassis number, unique to only that car. The 8D means A4, the 1
is the model year: 2001, A is the factory where the car was built:
Ingolstadt, and the 159115, is the actual chassis number.
2. Model
designation. 8D2 is the car and body type 8D is an A4 and 2 is saloon.
0LK is the engine and gearbox combination, in this case a 2.4 litre
V6 engine with an automatic 5 speed gearbox.
3. Engine
output / gearbox / month and year of manufacture. Engine output
on the data sticker states 121 Kilo watts (165 hp). A5 is automatic
5 speed gearbox. 09/00 is the month / year of manufacture. AML is
the actual engine code for this 2.4 V6 engine. EZX is the gearbox
code for this 5 speed automatic gearbox.
4. Paint
number / interior equipment. This is the exterior paint colour code,
the interior trim type and colour of that trim type. The paint code
of LY7W is Aluminium silver metallic, or, as is often the case in
another country! in the USA the same paint code is Silver Sea light
metallic! same colour, two different names. N5F is the type of interior
trim, in this case N5F is Nautilus and the colour of this cars Nautilus
trim is BR, which is onyx black.
5. Optional
equipment codes. Each one of these codes relates to a specific function
or feature fitted to the car. Just taking one of these codes 1LB
this code means the car has ventilated front disc brakes with dimensions
of 288mm diameter and 25mm thick disc width (when new). There are
many of these codes and very few two cars are the same!
6. Unladen
weight / fuel consumption / CO2 emissions. Unladen weight of this
car is 1434 kilos. Fuel consumption figures are distance per measure
of fuel and in what driving conditions. The way these figures are
quoted vary from country to country. CO2 emissions of 242 grams
per km, automatic gearbox cars are usually slightly higher than
manual gearbox cars with the same engine. A manual gearbox version
of this car with exactly the same spec. would probably be 223 grams
per km. |
