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Identification plate
Note
Vehicles for certain export countries have no type plate.
Type plate -arrow- is visible in lower area of B-pillar when front
left door is opened.
The type plate includes the following vehicle data:
A - Vehicle identification number
B - Variable indications e.g. axle loads, gross vehicle weight rat‐
ing, gross combination weight
C - Model identification number
D - Engine code
3.13
Shortened intervals for spark plug re‐
placement
Shortened spark plug replacement intervals are necessary if fuel
not compliant with DIN EN 228 are used.
Examples in fuel inadequacies that can lead to shortened main‐
tenance / exchange intervals:
♦ Petrol contaminated with diesel
♦ High sulphur content
♦ Poor boiling point / evaporation
♦ Metallic components / Octane Booster Additive
♦ Contaminants in petrol
Country
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year
10,000 km /1 year
Abu Dhabi
Afghanistan
Egypt
X
X
X
Algeria
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Ethiopia
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belize
Benin (Dahomey)
Bermudas
Bhutan
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Bolivia
Brunei
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Country
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year
10,000 km /1 year
X
Burkina Faso (Upper
Volta)
Burundi
Chile
China
X
X
X
X
Costa Rica
Democratic Republic
X
X
of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Dubai
Ecuador
El Salvador
Ivory Coast
Eritrea
X
X
X
X
X
X
Fiji
X
Gabon
X
X
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Iran
Jamaica
Yemen
Jordan
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Cameroon
Cape Verde
X
X
Caribbean, left-hand
X
traffic
Kazakhstan
Qatar
X
X
Kenya
X
X
Kyrgyz Republic
Columbia
Cuba
Kuwait
Laos
X
X
X
X
X
X
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
X
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Country
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year
10,000 km /1 year
X
X
X
Malaysia
X
Mali
X
Morocco
X
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Nepal (Indian sub‐
continent)
Nicaragua
X
X
Netherlands over‐
seas territories Aru‐
ba, Curacao, Sint-
Maarten (Dutch)
Niger
Nigeria
X
X
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
X
X
X
Panama
X
X
X
X
X
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Congo
Rwanda
X
X
Russian Federation
Zambia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
Sri Lanka
South Sudan
Sudan
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Suriname
Syria
X
Tajikistan
Taiwan
X
X
Tanzania
X
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Country
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year
10,000 km /1 year
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Chad
X
X
X
X
X
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
X
X
X
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
X
X
X
X
X
United Arab Emi‐
rates
Vietnam
X
West Sahara
X
X
Central African Re‐
public
Zimbabwe
X
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