Lada VAZ2121 Manual De Usuario

This  section contains description  of parts  of  the  Niva  1600  -  (Vaz  2121).  Explanations  are
given of what  things are, not  necessarily  how  they  work.  See  the  Instruments  and  controls
section for information on how to operate them - Jason. 

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 Identification  number  of the  car is indented

on  a  non-detachable  plate  secured  on  the
instrument  panel  (Fig.  1)  at  the  left  hand  side.
The plate is installed to special order.

Model  and  number  of  the  engine  are

indented on a boss  of the  cylinder block  located
above the oil filter.

Model  and number  of  the  body  are  indented

on  the  upper  reinforcement  member  of  the
dashboard.  The  summary  nameplate  and  the
plate  with  international  approval  signs  are
secured on the dashboard.

The summary nameplate contains the  following

data arranged from. top to bottom:

•

 Abbreviated name of the manufacturing plant;

•

 The  first  three  letters  of  the  next  line  are  the  coded  designations  of  a  geographic  zone,

country and manufacturing plant (X-Europe, T-USSR, A-Volga Automobile Plant);

The following six digits designate the car model;

•

 The next Latin letter is the coded designation of a year of car manufacture;

•

 The  last  seven  digits  stand  for  a  chassis  number  (on  a  car  it  corresponds  to  the  body

number);

•

 Officially approved gross mass of the car;

•

 Officially approved gross mass of the car and trailer equipped with brakes;

•

 Officially approved load on the front axle;

•

 Officially approved load on the rear axle; engine model and Serial No. of the car.

The plate with international approval signs contains the following data:
Car model;
Sign E states that the car has been tested and it meets the  Safety  Code Standards worked out

by the United Nations European Economic Commission (UNEEC);

The  digit adjacent to  the  sign E is a coded designation of the  country  in  which  the  car  has

been tested for conformity to the Safety Code Standards (2 France);

The left  hand column of the  plate  contains the  numbers of the  UNEEC Safety  Codes while

the numbers of the official approval are given in the right hand column.