Vehicle Certification Label

The Vehicle Certification (VC) label also contains a 17 character vehicle identification number. This number is used for warranty identification of the vehicle.

Exterior Paint Color Codes

Code Color
EZ Red Color C/C
HL Laser Red Tint C/C
NE Dark Tourmaline
W4 White C/C
UB Ebony C/C
TU Silver Frost
BJ Ash Gold C/C
BG Bright Amber C/C Metallic
K9 Medium Melina Blue
FS Spruce Green

Body Type Codes:

Body Type codes do not appear on late production vehicle certification labels.

Brake Type Codes

Code Brake Type
2 Anti-lock Brakes (ABS)
3 ABS with traction control

Interior Trim (Color) Codes

Code Trim Color
8W Midnight Black

Moulding Codes:

Moulding codes do not appear on late production vehicle certification labels.

Radio Type Codes

Code Radio Type
4 4500 - Radio/ Cassette
3 4600 - Radio/ CD
2 4700 - Radio/ Cassette
J 5000 - Radio/ Cassette
V 6000 - Radio/ CD
W 7000 - Premium Radio/ Cassette

Interior Trim (Fabric) Codes:

Axle Ratio Codes

Code Axle Ratio
B 4.06
C 3.84

Transaxle Codes

Code Transaxle
5 5-Speed Manual (MTX-75)
T CD4E Automatic

Suspension Spring Codes

Front Springs 5310 - Left (267),Right (268)

Coding Catch Word
J JAP
K MSR
L NYA
M ARA
N DZM

Rear Springs 5560 - Left (269), Right (270)


Coding Catch Word
A STB
B HNA
C CBT
D ZWT