In the engine bay of my car, there appears to be a very generic VIN number with a repition of three Zs in place of other numbers. The ending digits match and so do all the other locations for the VIN. Why did Audi do this?

 

example: engine bay: wauZZZ8dZta251455

Those Zs there are only seen in the engine bay and everywhere else, the Z pattern is replaced by a different sequence.


Any help?

 

...what help do u want...?
the VIN punched out a random code... you got 3 Z's. wanna cookie?

 

It's different in on the engine as opposed to the rest of the car.

 

ohhhhhhh. sorry buddy, i thought you were just amazed that you had 3 Z's in a row. we get some pretty stupid **** on here sometimes...like changing the wrong fluids...

*ahem* anyway... sorry man, i definatly don't have an answer for that one.
sorry dude.

 

The 4th-8th VIN number denote the body, engine, and series.

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/audi1.shtml

I am stumped...

 

Got it, that link answered the question, the serial number matches....