ETKA Volkswagen — the Volkswagen parts catalog online

Volkswagen parts by VIN

Volkswagen has built parts across many platforms, engines and markets since 1937. The 17-character VIN is what makes catalog lookups exact: ETKA decodes it to the precise model, engine, gearbox, trim and build market, then shows only the parts fitted to that car. That precision is what stops wrong-part returns on multi-variant Volkswagen models.

How ETKA reads a Volkswagen VIN

Enter the 17-character VIN and ETKA resolves the exact car: model, engine and gearbox codes, trim, and the market it was built for. From there every screen is filtered — the exploded diagrams show only assemblies that exist on that build, and the parts list beside each callout shows only numbers that fit it. The equipment details ETKA uses are the same PR codes printed on the vehicle data sticker, which lives in the spare-wheel well or boot floor and is repeated in the service booklet. When two brake or suspension variants both look plausible, the PR code on that sticker is what settles it.

Volkswagen passenger cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles sit in the same catalog, so a Transporter or Caddy resolves the same way a Golf does.

What a VW number tells you before you order

The first group of the number identifies the platform generation, not just the model: 1K0 parts belong to the Golf V family, 5G0 to the Golf VII, 3C0 to the Passat of the B6/B7 era. That is why a part can fit a Jetta, a Golf and an Octavia at once — they share the platform, and in ETKA they share the number. The final index letters mark revisions: when the factory improves a part, the number gains or changes its index and the old number points forward along the supersession chain.

Two suffix conventions save real money at the counter: GRU on body parts means the part comes primed for painting, and an X at the end marks a factory exchange (remanufactured) unit, which is priced with a core deposit.

Ordering from an old invoice is the classic VW mistake

Because VW numbers supersede frequently, the number on a two-year-old delivery note is often no longer what the factory ships. The catalog shows the full chain and ends it at the number currently supplied — read the last number in the chain, not the one you remember. This matters most on fast-moving service parts and on anything shared across marques, where a revision lands for all of them at once.

Common Volkswagen models covered

You can identify parts for the full Volkswagen range. The nameplates you will look up most often include:

• Volkswagen Golf
• Volkswagen Passat
• Volkswagen Polo
• Volkswagen Tiguan
• Volkswagen Jetta
• Volkswagen Touareg
• Volkswagen Transporter

Volkswagen OEM part numbers

Volkswagen shares the Volkswagen Group numbering style — for example 1K0 615 301 AB (3-3-3 + 1–2 letter index (e.g. 1K0 615 301 AB)). Because numbers supersede over time, always confirm the current part against the live catalog rather than an old box or printout. Not sure of the build? Decode the VIN free with our VIN decoder first.

Open the Volkswagen catalog online

There is nothing to install. Register at lk.vinsearch.online, enter a Volkswagen VIN, and browse the exploded diagram to the genuine OEM number. One login also covers Audi, Škoda, SEAT, Porsche and the rest of the 53 catalogs — see the Volkswagen EPC catalog page for full details, or read how ETKA online works.