Car make · Germany · Hungary · 1990–2014

Audi VIN Decoder

Enter a Audi VIN to read its model year, model, trim, engine and factory specs. The lamps check the format as you type.

Audi

MAKE DATA

Countries: Germany · HungaryFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: WAU · WA1 · WUA · TRU4 maker codes in our patterns
Models: 31 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 1990–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

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01About

About Audi

Running a business for greater than a century, Audi is definitely an car maker that develops luxury cars and Sports utility vehicles. The company was began in Germany and it has continued to be Deutschland-based even today.

Today, Audi continues its success within the prestige vehicle marketplace by providing a variety of automobiles that remarkably mix luxury and sport.

Audi's start o the German market was high lighted by the look of 2.6 liter engine powered automobiles then a number of more effective ones, for example 4.7 L and also the gas-gulping 5.7 L. Getting reached see his company grow wings, Horch left in in 1920, 4 years before Audi's first 6 cylinder model was built. In 19128, Audi was acquired By Jorgen Rasmussen, who owns rival company DKW.

Throughout the seventies, Audi began to obtain observed within the U.S. using its 100LS luxury sedan little and sprightly Fox coupe and sedan. Through the late '70s the company had changed the dated 100LS using its new 5000 luxury sedan.

02Models

Audi VIN patterns

One sample year per model. The pattern is VIN positions 1–8 and 10–11: everything except the check digit and the serial.

Audi models 100 to Q7
Model	Year	VIN pattern
100	1994	`WAUEK84A·RN`
200	1990	`WAUGD544·LN`
80	1990	`WAUEB58A·LA`
90	1995	`WAUCA88C·SA`
A3	2007	`WAUKD78P·7A`
A4	2010	`WAUAFAFL·AN`
A5	2009	`WAUDK78T·9A`
A6	2004	`WAUML54B·4N`
A7	2012	`WAU2GBFC·CN`
A8	2014	`WAUR2AFD·EN`
allroad	2014	`WA19FAFL·EA`
allroad quattro	2003	`WA1YD64B·3N`
Cabriolet	1995	`WAUBL88G·SA`
Coupe	1990	`WAUGD08B·LA`
Q5	2014	`WA1WGAFP·EA`
Q7	2011	`WA1DGBFE·BD`

Audi models R8 to V8
Model	Year	VIN pattern
R8	2009	`WUAAU342·9N`
RS 4	2007	`WUARU98E·7N`
RS 5	2014	`WUAC6AFH·EA`
RS 6	2003	`WUAPV54B·3N`
RS 7	2014	`WUAW2AFC·EN`
S4	1993	`WAUHP84A·PN`
S5	2013	`WAUVGAFR·DA`
S6	2014	`WAUF2BFC·EN`
S7	2013	`WAUW2BFC·DN`
S8	2007	`WAUPN44E·7N`
SQ5	2014	`WA1CGAFP·EA`
TT	2002	`TRUTC28N·21`
TT RS	2012	`TRUB3AFK·C1`
TTS	2012	`TRUB1AFK·C1`
V8	1994	`WAUBW84C·RN`

WAU maker code (WMI) · EK84A vehicle descriptor · R model-year code · N plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a Audi VIN

Dashboard tagDriver's side, at the base of the windshield. Read it from outside the car.
Door jamb stickerOpen the driver's door and look at the frame.
PaperworkTitle, registration and insurance card all carry the full VIN.

04Breakdown

How a Audi VIN breaks down

The 2014 A8 pattern from the table, WAUR2AFD·EN, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 Audi A8 · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & countryWAU · Audi, Germany

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineR2AFD · A8

9CheckCalc.

10YearE · 2014

11PlantN

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–3WAU, WA1, WUA for Germany; TRU for Hungary.

VDS · 4–8Model, body and engine. The decoder turns these into specs.

CHECK · 9Worked out from the other 16 characters. A typo breaks it.

YEAR · 10E is 2014 here. In the table, R is 1994 and L is 1990.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.

05API

Decode Audi VINs in your app

22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, dimensions, mpg, features
Salvage checks and US plate lookups on the same key
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GET/v2.0/decode_vin

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<Audi VIN>"},
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
    timeout=10,
)
spec = r.json()["specification"]
# spec["year"], spec["model"], spec["engine"] …

const url = new URL("https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin");
url.searchParams.set("vin", "<Audi VIN>");

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (data.success) console.log(data.specification);

curl -G "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin" \
  --data "vin=<Audi VIN>" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com"

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