Peugeot VIN Decoder

All Models

10+ Peugeot models

Every Engine

Petrol · Diesel · Hybrid · EV

Mileage History

Cross-border reconciliation

Plant of Origin

Sochaux, France · Mulhouse, France

Common Issues Across the Peugeot Range

Before buying a used Peugeot, know the failure patterns the range is known for. A VIN check tells you the exact engine and build year against the dashboard mileage — pairing that with the Peugeot common-issue profile predicts which repair window is about to open on the car you are looking at.

1.2 PureTech timing-belt-in-oil (BIO) degradation on 2014-2022 EB2DTS engines — belt particles clog the oil pump strainer, can destroy the engine if not replaced early

1.6 HDi / BlueHDi diesel particulate filter (DPF) clogging on cars used for short trips — requires forced regeneration or replacement

Citroen-Peugeot common-rail injector failures on older 1.6 HDi DV6 engines — uneven idle, smoke, expensive injector replacement

AdBlue dosing module faults on Euro 6 BlueHDi diesels — limp mode and inability to restart once countdown reaches zero

EAT8 8-speed automatic torque-converter shudder on 3008, 5008 and 508 — particularly at low-speed cruising, intermittent

Electric power-steering rack failures on 208 and 2008 — sudden loss of assistance, replacement rack is significant cost

Red Flags Specific to Used Peugeot Cars

• 1.2 PureTech EB2DTS (2014-2022) past 90,000 km with no documented wet-belt service — extreme risk, single biggest Peugeot trap
• 1.6 HDi DV6 diesel with smoky exhaust and uneven idle — common-rail injector failure
• BlueHDi diesel with AdBlue warning that 'will be fixed at next service' — system can lock the engine out once countdown hits zero
• EAT8 automatic with low-speed shudder on test drive — torque-converter symptom, EUR 2,000+ repair
• 208 or 2008 with intermittent power-steering assistance — column or rack failure, can be a recall item depending on build year

Sample Peugeot VIN Decoder Output

Below is a real example of what the free Carlytics decoder returns when you enter a Peugeot VIN. Fields tagged

Paid

are part of the EUR 8.90 full report and not shown in the free preview.

Example VINVF3XXXXXX5RXX1234Peugeot 208 — example

Field	Decoded value	Tier
VIN	Validated 17-character ISO 3779 string	Free
Make	Peugeot	Free
Model	208	Free
Model Year	Decoded from position 10	Free
Engine Code	Decoded from VDS positions	Free
Displacement	Returned where VDS allows	Free
Power (kW / HP)	Returned where VDS allows	Free
Fuel Type	Petrol / Diesel / Hybrid / EV	Free
Transmission	Manual or automatic family	Paid
Body Type	Saloon / Estate / SUV / Hatch	Free
Country of Origin	Sochaux, France	Free
Production Date	Returned where factory record is accessible	Paid
Trim / Variant	Returned where factory record is accessible	Paid

Output may vary by build year and market. Newer Peugeot VINs return richer factory-spec detail; older pre-2000 VINs may return abbreviated VDS positions.

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How the Peugeot VIN Is Structured

Every Peugeot VIN follows the ISO 3779 standard — 17 characters split into the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI, positions 1-3), Vehicle Descriptor Section (VDS, positions 4-8), and Vehicle Identifier Section (VIS, positions 9-17). Peugeot uses VF3 as its sole WMI code. Position 4 indicates the model (208, 308, 3008, etc.), position 5 the body type (hatchback, estate, etc.), and position 6 the engine family. Peugeot's three-digit model naming convention directly maps to VIN encoding.

Pos.	Meaning	Peugeot example
1-3	WMI — manufacturer + country	VF3 = Peugeot France (passenger cars and vans)
4	Model line	2 = 208/2008; 3 = 308/3008/3008; 5 = 508/5008; 7 = 5008 SUV; A = 108
5	Body type	Hatchback, saloon, estate, SUV, MPV
6	Engine family	EB2DTS = 1.2 PureTech 130; DV6 = 1.6 HDi; DW10 = 2.0 HDi/BlueHDi
7	Trim / restraint	Active / Allure / GT-Line / GT
8	Transmission family	Manual, EAT6 / EAT8 automatic, e-EAT8 hybrid
9	Check digit	Mathematical validation
10	Model year	L = 2020, M = 2021, N = 2022, P = 2023, R = 2024, S = 2025
11	Plant code	Sochaux, Mulhouse, Poissy (FR); Trnava (SK); Vigo (ES); Kenitra (MA)
12-17	Production serial number	Unique build sequence

VIN position 10 encodes the model year (e.g. L = 2020, M = 2021, P = 2023, R = 2024, S = 2025, T = 2026). The full year code table is at the bottom of every paid report.

How to Find Your Peugeot Production Date

The production date matters for warranty, recall eligibility, and confirming a car was actually built when the seller claims. Registration date and build date can differ by months on Peugeot stock that sat on dealer lots before first registration.

Peugeot prints the production date on the manufacturer plate inside the engine bay, on the driver-side door-jamb sticker (build month and year), and in the factory build record kept on file by the manufacturer. On modern cars the plate is usually a metal rivet plate; on older cars it may be a foil sticker.

VIN position 10 carries the model year as a single letter (P = 2023, R = 2024, S = 2025, T = 2026). Model year and production date can differ — cars built in the late summer of one calendar year are often registered as the following model year.

The Carlytics decoder returns the production year from the VIN itself; the EUR 8.90 paid report adds the exact build month and plant where the Peugeot factory record is accessible.

Peugeot Stellantis sales codes

Peugeot sits inside the Stellantis group (formerly PSA / FCA), which standardised on a per-marque sales-code system. Every car carries a colour-coded options sheet in the service book (or service-book equivalent app) listing every factory-fitted option as a three or four-character sales code, plus paint-code and interior-trim code.

Example codes — Examples (Stellantis-wide): a paint code like "EWP" = Pearl White, an interior code like "INKA" = leather trim, an option code like "AP7" = automatic gearbox or "RAD" = premium audio. PSA-legacy brands (Peugeot/Citroen/DS/Opel post-2019) also use OPR (Organe de Production) numbers identifying the factory and build batch.

The OPR/sales-code combination tells a Carlytics decode which factory built the car, in which batch, and with which factory-fitted options. This is the single most reliable cross-check against a Stellantis seller's spec claims.

Free Peugeot VIN Decoder vs EUR 8.90 Full Report

The free decoder confirms the factory specification of the car in front of you. The paid report adds the cross-border history layer — the part that exposes mileage roll-backs and undisclosed accidents on imported Peugeot stock.

What you get free

Make, model and model year
Engine family and basic displacement
Country and plant of origin (where VIN positions allow)
Body type and number of doors
VIN validity check (ISO 3779 check digit)

What is in the EUR 8.90 report

Cross-border mileage history reconciliation
Open safety recalls and recall completion status
Theft-database lookup across European registries
Ownership-history record count and country path
Accident-flag and write-off indicator where available
Common-complaint summary for this engine + year + chassis combination
Market value estimate for the destination country
Full ECU, transmission, and factory option codes where the build record is accessible

Cross-Border Risk Profile for Peugeot

Peugeot's export pattern is dominated by French and Slovak-built 208, 308 and 3008 flowing into Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans. Trnava-built 208 is sold throughout Central Europe; Kenitra-built 208 increasingly enters the Spanish and French used markets. The 1.2 PureTech timing-belt-in-oil issue is the single biggest used-car landmine in Peugeot's recent history: a 2014-2022 1.2 PureTech with the original belt-in-oil that has not been replaced at the revised 6-year/100,000 km interval is a candidate for engine-replacement-tier repair (EUR 4,000-7,000). Cross-border checks are critical to verify whether the wet-belt service has actually been performed.

Origin

France — Sochaux, France, Mulhouse, France. Largest off-lease and ex-fleet supply enters the used market here first.

Cross-border flow

Peugeot stock crosses EU borders into Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Baltics and the Balkans. Mileage records rarely transfer with the registration document.

Buyer leverage

A Peugeot VIN report reconciles the origin-country service touch points with the destination registration. The gap that exporters exploit becomes visible to the buyer.

Peugeot Plants & WMI Codes

Peugeot operates 6 assembly plants across 4 countries. The first three VIN characters identify the corporate-registered origin; the 11th character identifies the specific plant. Knowing the production plant matters because market-specific equipment, climate prep, and regulatory homologation differ by build location.

WMI codes

VF3	Peugeot — France

Assembly plants

Sochaux, France

Mulhouse, France

Poissy, France

Vigo, Spain

Trnava, Slovakia

Kenitra, Morocco

Where to find the VIN on your Peugeot: On Peugeot vehicles, the VIN is located on the dashboard near the base of the windshield (driver's side), on a plate inside the driver's door frame, and stamped on the engine compartment cross-member. The VIN is also engraved on the windshield glass on recent models.

Popular Peugeot Models — Dedicated VIN Check Pages

Each Peugeot model below has its own decoder page with model-specific common issues, generation chassis codes, and mileage-band analysis. Click through for the deep page or decode any VIN from the form at the top.

Peugeot 208 Peugeot 2008 Peugeot 308 Peugeot 3008 Peugeot 5008 Peugeot 508 Peugeot e-208 Peugeot e-2008 Peugeot Rifter Peugeot Partner

Peugeot VIN Decoder FAQ

Common questions about decoding Peugeot vehicle identification numbers, plus model-specific buyer guidance.

What does a VF3 VIN prefix mean on a Peugeot?

VF3 is Peugeot's sole WMI prefix, identifying any Peugeot vehicle as a French-corporate-registered passenger car or van. Despite production in France, Slovakia (Trnava), Spain (Vigo) and Morocco (Kenitra), all Peugeots carry VF3 — the 11th VIN character then identifies the specific plant. This is unusual: most multi-plant manufacturers use country-specific WMI codes, but PSA/Stellantis consolidated under VF3 to simplify homologation.

Was my Peugeot affected by the 1.2 PureTech timing-belt-in-oil issue?

Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Opel and Vauxhall all share the 1.2 PureTech (EB2DTS) engine which uses a wet timing belt running in engine oil. The belt degrades into the oil pump strainer, starving the engine of oil. Affected models include 208, 2008, 308, 3008, 5008, 508, Corsa F, Crossland, Astra L. The revised service interval is now 6 years or 100,000 km (originally 10 years or 175,000 km). The Carlytics paid report flags whether the wet-belt service has been logged — and is the single most important Peugeot check for build years 2014-2022.

How do I tell a Peugeot GTi from a GT-Line bodykit car?

Position 7 encodes the trim level. A genuine 208 GTi (2013-2019) reads a specific GTi code in position 7; a 208 GT-Line with sport bodykit reads a different code. Similarly, the 308 GTi by Peugeot Sport reads a Peugeot-Sport-specific code distinct from a 308 GT-Line. The Carlytics paid report confirms the factory trim against the build-record, so you cannot be sold a GTi that left the factory as a GT-Line.

Does the Peugeot VIN tell me whether the car has the EAT8 automatic transmission?

Partially. Position 8 encodes the transmission family. The EAT8 8-speed automatic (Aisin AWF8F45) is fitted across 3008, 5008, 508 and partner Stellantis models. The Carlytics paid report returns the gearbox code. This matters because the EAT8 has a known low-speed shudder pattern caused by torque-converter clutch wear — replacement runs EUR 2,000-3,000 and should be factored into the purchase price on a high-mileage example.

What is the difference between Peugeot HDi and BlueHDi diesel engines?

HDi was Peugeot's common-rail diesel branding for Euro 3/4/5 engines (DV6 1.6, DW10 2.0). BlueHDi covers the Euro 6 evolution adding SCR catalyst and AdBlue dosing (BlueHDi 100, 130, 180). The 10th VIN character (model year) tells you the build year: pre-2014 is typically HDi, post-2014 is typically BlueHDi. BlueHDi adds AdBlue maintenance complexity but resolves most of HDi's DPF clogging.

Where exactly is the VIN on a Peugeot 208 or 3008?

Four locations: (1) windshield base, visible from outside on the driver's side; (2) on a plate inside the driver's door frame; (3) stamped on the engine compartment cross-member; (4) engraved on the windshield glass on recent models (anti-theft etching). On 3008 II and 5008 II the most reliable identifier is the engine-bay cross-member stamping — windshield labels have been known to fade.

Why are Peugeot 208s and 308s so common in the Italian and Spanish used markets?

Peugeot is the leading non-domestic brand in Italy and a top-3 brand in Spain. Italian and Spanish leasing fleets cycle tens of thousands of 208, 308 and 3008 annually. The 208 also dominates the Spanish driving-school market. After 2-3 years these cars enter the used market in vast volume. The Carlytics paid report flags fleet and driving-school history where the data is available, which matters because driving-school cars have been launched, stalled, and rev-bounced thousands of times more than a private-owner car of equivalent mileage.

Can I check if a Peugeot was originally a fleet or driving-school vehicle?

Yes — Peugeot dealer-network records flag fleet, leasing and driving-school entries. A Carlytics paid report surfaces this where the data is available. Driving-school cars are not always badly maintained (most schools service them on schedule) but they have endured a brutal duty cycle — cold-starts, learner clutch-slipping, gearbox abuse. The combination of low calendar age, high mileage, and worn driver-side controls (clutch, gear knob, steering wheel) is the classic driving-school signature.

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