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El Salvador
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Caribbean, left-hand traf‐
fic
Dutch Overseas Territo‐
ries
Eritrea
French Guyana
Fiji
Philippines
Burundi
Bahamas
Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Republic of Congo
St. Barthélemy
St. Martin
Trinidad and Tobago
3.13
Type plate
Note
Vehicles for some countries have no type plate.
Owing to legal requirements, the type plate -arrow- is located in
the lower area of the B-pillar, after opening either the right or
the left front door.
The type plate includes the following vehicle data:
A - Vehicle identification number
B - Variable indications e.g. axle loads, gross vehicle weight
rating, gross combination weight
C - Model identification number
D - Engine code
3.14
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
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Country
Abu Dhabi
Afghanistan
Egypt
30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year
10,000 km /1 year
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
Burkina Faso (Up‐
X
X
per Volta)
Burundi
Chile
China
X
X
X
Costa Rica
Democratic Repub‐
X
X
lic 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
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Indonesia
Iraq
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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30,000 km / 2 years 20,000 km / 2 years 15,000 km /1 year
10,000 km /1 year
Iran
X
Jamaica
Yemen
Jordan
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
X
X
X
X
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
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
X
X
X
Maldives
Mali
X
X
Morocco
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Nepal (Indian sub‐
continent)
Nicaragua
X
X
Netherlands over‐
seas territories Ar‐
uba, Curacao, Sint-
Maarten (Dutch)
Niger
Nigeria
X
X
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
X
X
X
X
X
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
Peru
X
X
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
Tanzania
Thailand
X
X
X
X
Togo
Trinidad and Toba‐
X
go
Chad
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
X
X
X
X
X
Ukraine
X
X
X
X
X
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
United Arab Emi‐
rates
Vietnam
X
West Sahara
X
X
Central African Re‐
public
Zimbabwe
X
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4. Descriptions of work