Volvo Automobile VIN Equipment Codes – 1981-1986

Last updated January 16th, 2003

4th digit - model A 240 B 260 F 740 G 760 H 780 J 940 K 960	5th digit - restraint system A airbag S 4-door with airbag T 4-door with mechanical belt W wagon with airbag X mechanical belt	6th & 7th digits - engine 11 B17A 21 B19A 24 B19E 26 B19E 37 D20 41 B21A 44 B21E 45 B21F 46 B21ET 47 B21FT 48 B21LH Jet 49 B21F MPG (1981) B21F K jet (1982) 61 B27A 62 B28A 64 B27E 65 B27F 68 B28E 69 B28F 74 D24 TIC with EGR 75 D24 TIC without EGR 76 D24T 77 D24 (1981-1984) 80 B230G 81 B23A 82 B230GT & B230FD 84 B23E 85 B230FB 86 B230FT 87 B230FT 88 B23F (1983-1984) B230F (1985-1986) 89 B234F 92 B6244F 93 B6254F 95 B6304F with air pump 96 B6204F without air pump 98 N6304G 99 B6254G
8th digit - body type 2 2-door coupe 4 4-door sedan 5 5-door station wagon	11th digit - assembly plant A Uddevalla, Sweden D Italy 1 Torslanda, Sweden 2 Belgium 3 Canada 4 Thailand 5 Malaysia 6 Indonesia 7 Uddevalla, Sweden 0 Kalmar, Sweden

Information from VolvoWorld's "Volvo VIN Decoding - 1981 to 1996".

Audi	Blue Bird	BMW	Bova	Checker	Chevrolet & GMC pickups	Chrysler PT Cruiser	DAF
Dodge Trucks	Ferrari	Flyer	Ford	General Motors cars	General Motors buses	Honda motorcycles	Harley- Davidson
Jeep	Land Rover & Range Rover	M · A · N American buses	Mercedes Benz	Motor Coach Industries	NABI	Nova Bus	Orion
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