AAV

The first three characters of every VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI). The code AAV is assigned to Volkswagen South Africa, with the country of manufacture South Africa.

So any 17-character VIN that begins with AAV was produced by Volkswagen South Africa:

AAVZZZ0000000000000

The WMI only identifies the maker. To read the year, engine, plant and serial number, decode the complete 17-digit VIN with our free tool — then check which ECU it uses and what tuning services (DPF, EGR, AdBlue, DTC off, Stage) are available.