El Salvador Liberia Saudi Arabia Caribbean, left-hand traf‐
fic
Ivory Coast Libya Senegal Dutch Overseas Territo‐
ries
Eritrea Philippines Sierra Leone Republic of Congo
French Guyana Burundi Zimbabwe St. Barthélemy
Fiji Bahamas South Africa St. Martin
Trinidad and Tobago
3.13 Type plate
Note
Vehicles for some countries have no type plate.
Owing to legal requirements, the type plate -arrow- is located in
the lower area of the B-pillar, after opening either the right or
the left front door.
The type plate includes the following vehicle data:
A - Vehicle identification number
B - Variable indications e.g. axle loads, gross vehicle weight
rating, gross combination weight
C - Model identification number
D - Engine code
3.14 Shortened intervals for spark plug re‐
placement
Shortened spark plug replacement intervals are necessary if
fuel not compliant with DIN EN 228 are used.
Examples in fuel inadequacies that can lead to shortened main‐
tenance / exchange intervals:
♦ Petrol contaminated with diesel
♦ High sulphur content
♦ Poor boiling point / evaporation
♦ Metallic components / Octane Booster Additive
♦ Contaminants in petrol
Passat 2015 ➤, Passat 2019 ➤, Passat Variant 2015 ➤, Passat Variant 2019 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 11.2020
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