vin plate

[ant62]

hi I have a 1994 mk4 2.5di duetto camper van the vin plate is in the right place but under a flap on the carpet so its not on view can a mot tester lift the carpet up and look at the vin plate as the last mot they put on the emissions test no manufacturers plate visible but it got a pass . if they can lift the carpet flap which parts of the vin plate do I remove sorry if this has been ask before any help would be great.

[loot]

The older Ford escorts etc had the flap in the carpet, i would expect that it is normal to lift the flap to check the vin number.
They can't dismantle anything, but they can't fail something that they can't see (AFAIK) I'm sure it'll change at some stage. Some testers can be known to do what they want though maybe the vin isn't legible?

[ant62]

thanks loot ive had a look and the vin plate is perfect no probs at all I only got the van in march don't know much about emissions but the plate says its emissions is A should I remove that part or leave alone the mot says it passed with 1.48 emissions last year ,

[loot]

Not fully sure what's happened lol. Is the flap of carpet a factory flap or just something to do with the camper? Has the mot and the vin not being seen affected tax or anything else to cause concern?

Personally I'd have the vin visible as the factory intended. On later vans they put the vin number on the windscreen.

[ant62]

hi loot as far as I know the carpet was put in by autosleeper as it is the same as the rest of the camper had no prob insureing and taxing the van .

[Chug]

I have the same on the recent mot pass for my mk4 and the tester looked at my VIN plate, the reason is older vehicles don't have the emissions number on them but the tester has to tick boxes, so it comes under not visible and in such cases the emissions are tested against set limits by age thus:-

1. First used before July 2008
None turbo 2.5m-1 or plate value if lower
Turbo 3.0m-1 or plate value if lower

2. First used on or after 1 July 2008
All diesels 1.5m-1 or plate value if lower

3. First used on or after 1 January 2014
All diesels 0.7m-1 or plate value if lower

[ant62]

thanks chuggy I was worried about it because I didn't know what emissions A ment on my vin plate .

[Chug]

There is a VIN plate guide here if you haven't already seen it.
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=195432&c=1#p1661893

[ant62]

thanks chuggy I was worried about the new emission laws but looks like it don't apply to my van being a 1994 thanks again for your help