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JohnPj Jun 14, 2012 12:55 PM

the year i think is 2000

Keithuk Jun 14, 2012 06:51 PM

You think its 2000?

The 10th character of the VIN number will tell you the year it was made.

10 - Vehicle Model Year
A - 1980
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 - 2000
1 - 2001
2 - 2002
3 - 2003
4 - 2004
5 - 2005
6 - 2006
7 - 2007
8 - 2008
9 - 2009
A - 2010
B - 2011
C - 2012
D - 2013

Mine is A.

ailixhomes Jun 29, 2012 08:19 AM

Hi Keithuk, I am amazed that being far away from the effected car and its driver you are trying to sort out the problem for his pinging noise. Its great, but I do think that without having a look to the problem, it would be a bit hard to solve the problem. But I know that you definitely will do it. However the case has become interesting for me also.

Keithuk Jun 30, 2012 07:06 AM

I agree with you ailixhomes its very hard to diagnose problems on the web as you can't physically see the vehicle you can only go by the description given.

ailixhomes Jul 9, 2012 04:19 PM


Originally Posted by Keithuk (Post 58151)
You've said you have a VW POLO 1.4 (16V) but you don't say what year. I've asked users to add their car spec to there signature is saves asking.

https://volkswagenforum.com/forum/ne...gnature-34185/

Only one user has that I've seen.

An original cable isn't cheap from Ross Tech for USB-HEX-CAN or Micro-CAN or one of their Distributors. They do VCDS Lite version of there software that some people use with cloned leads.

You will find them on cheap on eBay but they are mainly Chinese clones and aren't guaranteed to work.

VCDS Compatibility Charts

That is why I am so amazed and I couldn't stopped myself asking you about this thing. You don't know about the level of impression that you have made upon me. Anyways how far have you reached regarding JohnPj's car. Have you succeeded in repairing it or still some more things are to be done ?

JohnPj Aug 2, 2012 02:22 AM

Sorry for late reply lol - Well apprently my friend who also has a VW her car makes that "ping" noise and its nothing to worry about, so its fine now haha i posted a new thread thou with a problem which is annoying :( Depressed :(


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