Mercedes parts system

[roberte]

Hello, Please to find this club. Could somebody help me please? I am new to mb cars and am trying to gt my head around their parts coding system. Can anybody explain to me what the different components in the parts codes are please? For example, A 203 470 13 41
A= generic
203 = model number
470 = ?
13 = ?
41 = ?
If anybody could give assistance, that would be great. Thank you.

 

[television]

Hello, Please to find this club. Could somebody help me please? I am new to mb cars and am trying to gt my head around their parts coding system. Can anybody explain to me what the different components in the parts codes are please? For example, A 203 470 13 41
A= generic
203 = model number
470 = ?
13 = ?
41 = ?
If anybody could give assistance, that would be great. Thank you.

Hello and welcome. The VIN code is your car ID number WDB203-----------
there is a 208470 but not a 203470. for a start put your complete VIN number here including WDB ,17 figures in all to this site and you will get the original spec of your car from new.
http://www.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

The first three 203/208 is the group of cars that it belongs to, the next 3 is the type of engine fitted to your car, the numbers that follow tell the rest of the manufacture spec:

If you want any part numbers you can get them here. by using the first 6 numbers of the VIN
http://www.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

Malcolm

 

[mioba]

Hello and welcome. The VIN code is your car ID number WDB203-----------
there is a 208470 but not a 203470. for a start put your complete VIN number here including WDB ,17 figures in all to this site and you will get the original spec of your car from new.
http://www.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

The first three 203/208 is the group of cars that it belongs to, the next 3 is the type of engine fitted to your car, the numbers that follow tell the rest of the manufacture spec:

If you want any part numbers you can get them here. by using the first 6 numbers of the VIN
http://www.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

Malcolm

welcome to the forum

(aside malcolm, i think the post is about part number allocation, not vin number allocation) - ps i bnotice you are on another forum aswell

ok the fisrt few numbers of a parts a part may relate to the part being car model specific,

for eg a part listed A220XXXXX will be for a s class (model just gone), but not always as some parts are made to fit other cars aswell.

if you think that mercedes have been making cars for a long time there are a hell of alot of parts and respective part numbers to be allocated.
i dont kniow how they are designated, but as i say there are alot of parts that need a designation code, maybe its all just random after the first few digits.

maybe someone else has a little more insight on part number allocation..

 

[davidsl500]

I think you will find that Mercedes have a very strict numbering system

I havent studied it in depth but a quick scan reveals it is very similar to the VW/AUDI System - and probably all vehicle manufacturers use a similar system.

If we take a 500Sl for instance :-

MODEL / Where andWhat it is / Unique Number

(A)129 / Next 3 digits / Last 4 digits

I think that the (A) suffix on certain part refs show a modification/supercession. The end 4 digits are not totally random either - for instance left and right handed parts will have similar codes seperated by 100 or simliar eg., 1180 , 1280.

You can also see therefore when parts have been reused from other models eg,, the number of 124 series parts on the 129 models on suspension.....

To give another example : xxx 421 xxxx will always be a front brake disk and associated bits - irrespective of model

Only had a quick look but looks very logical to me.

 

[roberte]

Thanks very much everybody - a big help.

 

[tykeflo]

part numbers ..... brief overview

part numbers are made up of 4 sections:



1: model designation 124 / 210 / 211 e class
126 / 140 / 220 s -class etc


2. designation grouping 47? = fuel system 42? = brakes 49? = exhaust
etc

3. usually the siding odd number = left side even = right side


4. usually the `actual part number` etc 18


so a left hand front wing for an e-class w124 is

124 880 49 18


124 = model 124 880 = 88? body panelling (bumper/bonnet/wings)

49 = odd number left side

18 = part number in this case wing

hope this sort of helps