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Offline gtitdi

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Can I tell where my Mk3 was made?
« on: 10 October 2006, 17:20 »
Is there any way of telling which factory my Mk3 was made at? I know there are codes in the VIN numbers on the Mk4s, does anything like this apply for the Mk3s?
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Offline V_Arse6

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Re: Can I tell where my Mk3 was made?
« Reply #1 on: 10 October 2006, 17:47 »
According to my bentley manual, it's the last letter of the VIN (before the 6-digit unique Chassis no at the end).
M=Puebla, Mexico
K=Onsabruk, Germany
W=Wolfsburg, Germany
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Re: Can I tell where my Mk3 was made?
« Reply #2 on: 11 October 2006, 14:47 »
it has a W so that must be Wolfsburg - so the door pins don't lie!
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Offline V_Arse6

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Re: Can I tell where my Mk3 was made?
« Reply #3 on: 11 October 2006, 14:55 »
I'm scared to look at mine, in case it's an  'M'....  :laugh:
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Re: Can I tell where my Mk3 was made?
« Reply #4 on: 11 October 2006, 18:25 »
That's why I wanted to know, so I would know whether to expect the doors to fall off anytime soon!  :grin:
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Re: Can I tell where my Mk3 was made?
« Reply #5 on: 11 October 2006, 21:01 »
This did get me worrying as i have a few wolfsburg edition bit's fitted but i am guessing it's this letter i've done in bold

my chassis is WVWZZZ1HZSW****** and i guess that mean's it's a wolfsburg motor
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Re: Can I tell where my Mk3 was made?
« Reply #6 on: 11 October 2006, 21:52 »
does anyone know if this is the same for Mark 2's?
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