Here you`ll find important references to questions that will make the use of the shop-system very easy for you.

If you are already familiar with identifying your vehicles exact model year and engine code, skip the explanation text block and search for the resepctive
digits and characters in the list below.

Identification of correct model year for US-Vehicles:

Question: Why do I have to identify correct model year and engine code of my vehicle before ordering parts?

Answer: If you don`t do this you`ll undergo a relative high risk to receive parts that won`t fit your vehicle! The reason for this is that US-Vehicles very often have a wrong initial registration date endorsed in European titles or registration papers due to longer shipping terms overseas and often terms where they have stood around for months at the brands dealer untill they have been sold. Due to this the endorsed and the actual modell year can differ easily up to one year ore more.

Example 1: You want to purchase a water pump for your vehicle. In the registration papers shows "initial registration = 1997". But the vehicle was already built at the end of 1995 and it is a 1996 model year sold in 1997. Due to technical design changes (only to the water pump, model type is tsill the same) your will order a 1997 water pump that won`t fit this 1996 model!

Example 2: You know that there is a 5.7 Liter V8 engine installed in your vehicle and that`s what the papers show. Often there have been two completely different engines installed in the same vehicle in the same year and they also have the same engine displacement (here 5,7 litre)! For this case the manufacturer set a different character or letter on a specified digit of the vehicles VIN-Number, which you easily can find out with the table below.

Model Year-Identification for General Motors & Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth Vehicles:

Model Years 1970-1980 = 6. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left):
0=1970,  1= 1971,  2=1972,  3=1973,  4=1974,  5=1975,  6=1976,  7=1977,  8=1978,  9=1979,  A=1980

Model Years 1981-2009 = 10. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left):
B=1981,  C=1982,  D=1983,  E=1984,  F=1985,  G=1986,  H=1987,  J=1988,  K=1989,  L=1990,  M=1991,  N=1992,  P=1993,  R=1994,  S=1995,  T=1996,  V=1997,  W=1998,  X=1999,  Y oder 0=2000,  1=2001,  2=2002,  3=2003,  4=2004,  5=2005,  6=2006,  7=2007, 8=2008,  9=2009

Model Years 2010-2013 = 10. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left):
A=2010,  B=2011,  C=2012,  D=2013,

Engine Code-Identification for General-Motors & Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth Vehicles:

Model Years 1972-1980 = 5. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left), Model Years 1981-2013 = 8. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left - if different codes are available for your vehilce, they are shown in the Vehicle Search Module on the left side of the shops page (with the exception of older models - pre 1973, these mostly didn`t have the engine code in the VIN). If this is the case and you are not sure regarding the exact engine installed - please request with your VIN-Number, we`ll support you how to identify the correct engine.

Model Year-Identification for Ford-Vehicles:

Model Years 1974-1980 = 1. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left):
0=1970,  1= 1971,  2=1972,  3=1973,  4=1974,  5=1975,  6=1976,  7=1977,  8=1978,  9=1979,  A=1980

Model Years 1981-2009 = 10. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left):
B=1981,  C=1982,  D=1983,  E=1984,  F=1985,  G=1986,  H=1987,  J=1988,  K=1989,  L=1990,  M=1991,  N=1992,  P=1993,  R=1994, 
S=1995,  T=1996,  V=1997,  W=1998,  X=1999,  Y oder 0=2000,  1=2001,  2=2002,  3=2003,  4=2004,  5=2005,  6=2006,  7=2007, 8=2008,
9=2009

Engine Code-Identification for Ford Vehicles:

Model Years 1974-1980 = 5. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left), Model Years 1981-2010 = 8. Digit of VIN (beginning from the left - if different codes are available for your vehilce, they are shown in the Vehicle Search Module on the left side of the shops page (with the exception of older models - pre 1973, these mostly didn`t have the engine code in the VIN). If this is the case and you are not sure regarding the exact engine installed - please request with your VIN-Number, we`ll support you how to identify the correct engine.