Citroën VIN decoder: VF7, VR7, VS7 and where your Berlingo or C3 was built

VF7, VR7, VS7 and VR1

The Wikibooks register lists VF7 for Citroën, VR7 for Citroën under Stellantis and VS7 for Citroën Spain. DS Automobiles has a code of its own, VR1.

The DS line began in 2010 with the Citroën DS3, and DS became a marque of its own in 2014, so the early cars in the line were sold as Citroëns. The DS3 was built on the floorpan of the C3 of its day. Our post on DS Automobiles parts covers what that means when you look a part up.

The same layout as a Peugeot VIN

Wikibooks documents one PSA layout for cars built from 2009 and marks it as valid for Citroën. Position 4 is the model line, position 5 the body type, positions 6 to 8 the engine type code, position 10 the production year and position 11 the plant.

Our Peugeot VIN decoder goes through that layout position by position, including the engine type code, and this post sticks to what is particular to Citroën: the vans, the C3 and the plants behind them.

Berlingo and Jumpy: one van, several badges

The third-generation Berlingo arrived in 2018 on the EMP2 platform and is built in Vigo, Spain, and Mangualde, Portugal, among other plants. The same van is sold as the Peugeot Partner and Rifter, the Opel Combo E, the Toyota ProAce City and, from 2022, the Fiat Doblò.

The Jumpy of 2016, sold as the Dispatch in Britain, also uses EMP2 and comes from Sevel Nord in Lieu-Saint-Amand, France. Its twins include the Peugeot Expert, the Toyota Proace, the Opel Vivaro and the Fiat Scudo. Vauxhall’s Luton plant built it until 2025, and Ellesmere Port took over from 2026. All three Jumpy generations have been built at Sevel Nord, the first from 1994.

The Berlingo before the current one, built from 2008 to 2018, used the PF2 platform. A 2017 Berlingo and a 2019 Berlingo differ underneath, so the model year on the registration matters less than the generation the VIN decodes to.

In the plant table Wikibooks gives for the shared PSA layout, J is Vigo, N is Mangualde and Z is Sevel Nord. Position 11 tells you which factory the van came from, whatever badge it wears.

C3: Trnava, Madrid and the plant letter

The first C3 was built in Aulnay-sous-Bois and in Villaverde, Madrid. The third generation of 2016 moved to Trnava in Slovakia on the PF1 platform, and the fourth, launched in 2024 on the Smart Car platform, is built in Trnava and in Kragujevac, Serbia.

The second generation, built from 2009 to 2016 and also on PF1, came from Poissy and Aulnay-sous-Bois. In the same Wikibooks table T is Trnava, W is Poissy and E is Madrid-Villaverde. Among the C3 plants, E points to the first generation, W to the second, and T to the third or the fourth.

A C3 from 2016 and a C3 from 2024 share a name and sit on different platforms. Many brake, suspension and body parts follow the platform, so settle the generation from the VIN before you open a parts list.

Citroën VIN decoder to parts

The free VIN decoder reads the maker, the country and the year. The Citroën parts catalog opens Service Box, which reads the VIN and shows the genuine references for that build, with supersessions applied.

Service Box covers Citroën, DS and Peugeot behind one login. If a Berlingo and a Partner share a part, you can check the reference against each van’s VIN before you move stock between jobs.