PASSPORT DETAILS
A plastic identification (factory)
plate is installed on the vehicle
(Fig. 68). The numbers on plastic
plate shall be read as follows:
1 – vehicle designation;
2– engine designation;
3 – spare parts number;
(Number for spare parts corre-
sponds to progressive sequence
number.
When ordering spare parts it is
necessary to use the information
containing on identification (fac-
tory) plate.)
4 – manufacturer;
5 – EEC type-approving certificate
number;
6 – identification number (VIN);
(Identification number is decoded
as follows: first three letters accord-
ing to international standards are the
code of manufacturer-plant; six fol-
lowing numbers or Latin letters – car
model; the following number or Latin
letter – represents the model year;
last seven numbers – chassis num-
ber, for passenger car it corresponds
to body number. According to techni-
cal requirements «On wheeled trans-
port safety» model year is defined as
a conventional year indicated by the
manufacturer. In JSC AVTOVAZ the
model year starts from July, 1 of cal-
endar year. So, in the period from
January, 1 till June, 30 the model
year corresponds to actual year of
manufacture, and beginning from
July, 1 till December, 31 corresponds
to the following year.
VIN is also stamped on the right-
hand telescopic strut.)
7 – technically permissible max.
gross weight of vehicle;
8 – technically permissible max.
gross weight of truck and trailer;
9 – technically permissible maxi-
mum permissible load on front axle;
10 – technically permissible maxi-
mum permissible load on rear axle.
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