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Volkswagen Transporter OBD port location

Four generations, 1996–2023. Pick yours.

2015–2023

T6 / T6.1

Location

Driver's footwell, under the dashboard on the driver's side, to the left of the steering column. Accessible directly without removing any panel. Purple/black connector. Note: many T6 owners fit an aftermarket dummy OBD port cover or relocate the port for security — if the standard location is empty, check for a relocated port.

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2015–2019

T6

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Location

RHD (UK): driver's side, low under the dashboard immediately to the right of the steering column and above the accelerator pedal. Sit in the seat, look down past the column and you are feeling for a lilac 16-pin socket on the face of the lower dash trim, angled down and back towards you — it is not up behind the instrument cluster and not in the centre console. Same position on panel van, Kombi, Shuttle, Caravelle, Multivan and California. LHD: mirrored to the driver's side, under the steering wheel above the brake pedal. One local warning: dummy and relocated sockets are common on UK T6s as a theft deterrent. A socket with 12 V present but no CAN on pins 6 and 14 is a dummy — the live one is usually spliced into the loom further up, behind the lower footwell panel.

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OBD port location in a Volkswagen Transporter T5 / T5.1

T5 / T5.1 2003–2015

We haven't confirmed the location yet.

OBD port location in a Volkswagen Transporter T4

T4 1996–2003

Under the steering wheel on the driver's side, low down on the dash end where the driver's coin/storage tray and fusebox sit. The 16-pin socket is in that same end-of-dash area near the column, roughly above the pedals. On most T4s a small pull-out flap or the coin tray sits over the area - twist the tray fastener anti-clockwise or pull the flap to expose the socket. RHD (UK): driver's footwell side, right of the column. LHD: driver's footwell side, left of the column. Same end-of-dash position across panel van, Caravelle and Multivan from the 1996 facelift on. Note: pre-facelift 1990-1995 T4s used a 2x2 four-pin VAG diagnostic block in this area instead of the 16-pin socket; this record covers the 1996-on 16-pin layout.

Questions

Volkswagen Transporter OBD questions

T6 / T6.1 (2015–2023): Driver's footwell, under the dashboard on the driver's side, to the left of the steering column. T6 (2015–2019): RHD (UK): driver's side, low under the dashboard immediately to the right of the steering column and above the accelerator pedal. T4 (1996–2003): Under the steering wheel on the driver's side, low down on the dash end where the driver's coin/storage tray and fusebox sit.

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