Home Volkswagen Repair VW Cabriolet, Scirocco: 1985-93 Manual
This Volkswagen Cabriolet, Scirocco service manual covers the model years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993, and includes Wolfsburg editions and Scirocco 16V. This manual was created specifically to cover Cabriolet and Scirocco models built for sale in the United States and Canada. Information in this manual applies to all Cabriolet and Scirocco models unless particular model names, engine codes or other characteristics are used to denote differences.

Some of the information in this manual applies only to cars of a particular model year or range of years. For example, "1990 m.y." refers to the 1990 model year. The model year does not necessarily match the calencler year in which the car was manufactured or sold. To be sure of the model year of a particular car, check the vehicle identification number (VIN) on the car. Technical changes made in production within a model year are identified in this manual by listing the VIN for the first car produced with this change.

The VIN is a unique sequence of 17 characters assigned by the manufacturer to identify each car. WVWCA015ZHKO05670 is an example of a Volkswagen VIN. Each of the 17 letters and numbers indicates certain facts about the car and its manufacture. Information in this manual may refer to VINs to identify information that applies only to specific cars, usually using only the last eleven characters: 15ZHKO05670 or 15_H_005670 in the example above.

Your Volkswagen’s VIN can be found on a plate mounted on the top of the instrument panel, on the driver’s side where the number can be seen through the windshield, and on an identification label in the luggage compartment. The 10th character refers to model year: "F" for 1985 models, "G" for 1986, "H" for 1987 and so on. The letters "I" and "O" are not used, so the sequence skips to "J" for 1988 and skips again to "P" for 1993. This manual covers Volkswagen Cabriolet and Scirocco from model years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993, with these VINs:

1985: _ _ _ _ _ _30_F_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_F_999 999
1986: _ _ _ _ _ _30_G_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_G_999 999
1987: _ _ _ _ _ _30_H_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_H_999 999
1988: _ _ _ _ _ _30_J_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_J_999 999
1989: _ _ _ _ _ _30_K_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_K_999 999
1990: _ _ _ _ _ _30_L_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_L_999 999
1991: _ _ _ _ _ _30_M_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_M_999 999
1992: _ _ _ _ _ _30_N_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_N_999 999
1993: _ _ _ _ _ _30_P_000 001 to _ _ _ _ _ _30_P_999 999