Checking Factory Installed Options

Is there a way to check what options were installed in the factory... is there a sticker or something like that somewhere in/on the car? Also, would you ever buy from carmax? They have the following 996 coupe for sale... 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera 2D Coupe Exterior Color: Gray Interior Color: Gray Leather Mileage: 27K No Haggle Price: $49,998 Blue Book� Retail Value: Jan. - Feb. 2006 Edition $54,830 Thx... newbie looking for a '02 Cab or Coupe and learning more and more each day (but still a long way to go to catch up with all of you!)

Under the front hod there is a sticker that will have the chasis, paint code, and ALL the otption codes ordered when new. If that sticker is missing I would be leary (ie, total hood repaint, etc.). If you can snap a pic or get us the codes we can tell you what options the car was ordered with. As for the price, I am sure you could get it a bit cheaper than that but I guess not with their "no haggle" bs.

The option list is also posted in the original maintenance manual that came with the car from the factory.

You can also ask a Porsche dealer to print out the vehicle configuration via eDCS thru PCNA and PAG. Or, you can purchase a COA: http://www.pca.org/members/library/C...uthen_Form.pdf

Guys - I have a couple of options codes I haven't been able to decipher. I was able to look up all but 226 and 342. I have the bose stereo, aero kit, and turbo wheels - none of which showed up in the codes. I wouldn't be surprised if the kit was dealer-installed after purchse, but the bose seems more like it would be a factory option. Can anyone help?

342 - SEAT HEATING SYSTEM, LEFT/RIGHT SEAT Are you ure 226 is not 236 - 18" Tires?

Ahh...forgot about the heated seats. I'm 99% certain its 226, but I will check again when I go out to the car.

There is an option de-coder on this board under "General" on the left.

Thanks - tried that, but it is a very poor decoder (had less than half of my option codes). I found a better one somewhere else.

Gravedgr ...and the better one would be.... ? I found this one, but I don't think it has been updated in a while. It does show more than the Rennlist Option Decoder. http://www.kindel.com/porsche/options.asp

Tim, that's the one I used. It found all of mine but 342 and 226. The one here only recognized half the numbers, and some of the ones it recognized were wrong.

Been viewing the conversation and decided to decifer my codes as well. I need a little help. So far I have the following: It's a 2000 Carrera Cab. Bought it a month ago with 55K miles on it for $38,900 I have the following list of options: X46 Aluminum Tiptronic Shifter X54 Oval Chrome Exhaust Pipes X70 Metal Door Sill with Insignia X71 Aluminum Instrument Dials X98 Aluminium/leather parking break handle X99 964 3.6 Turbo S flatnose rear fender vents option ?? 139 Seat Heating - Left 236 18� tires 249 Automatic transmission 288 Headlight washer 340 Seat heating - Right 424 Automatic heating control 432 Sports steering wheel, leather 363mm (4 spokes) ?? 436 3-Spoke steering wheel 437 Comfort seat left 438 Comfort seat right 446 Colored Wheel Crests 476 Traction control 490 Hi-Fi sound system 537 Left seat with positrol and lumbar 551 Air Deflector (Cabriolet) 601 Litronic Headlights 936 Leather seats rear 981 All leather lining 983 Leather seats front I used both sources suggested above and was unable to identify the following.. Anyone know another source (the dealer did not want to print it for me) or actually know what these codes are? 00501 CO2 XME XRB 696 750 Thanks for your help.

Johnny - here is what I found on a "post 1970" list. Some of these descriptions may have been changed or updated to include additional selections. Let me know about the last one, OK? C02 (as in "C" "zero" "two") = Equipped with catalytic converter XME = Rear centre console painted body color XRB = 18 inch sport/classic wheels/tires 696 = AM/FM Radio with CD 750 = ?? I could not find a 750 code. Is it possible that it could be "Z50"? If so, Z50 = Seatbelts front and rear in Guards red, Speed yellow or Riviera blue

gota 911 Thanks a lot! That really helps. I think it is 750, but I will look again. I do not have Seatbelts front and rear in Guards red, Speed yellow or Riviera blue, so I am thinking it must be something else. I'll let you know when I find it.

Hi Guys, As long as we are at it....there are there codes I can not find anywhere: 575 615 670 I'd love to be able to track down these last 3. Any help would be appreciated. Could one of them be rain sensing wipers.

I was under the impression 226 was LSD for 99 traction control equipped cars

750 = no hardtop when ordered.

That would be hard to imagine on my '03 (which also has 226).

Thanks!

I also have 226 on my '02 Coupe. My p-car also has traction control, but as far as I can tell the option code for that is: 476 (996 - Traction Control).

This is not quite correct. Option 476 is PSM. Option 222 is Traction control. Option 226 I am pretty sure is one of the internal change of manufacturers tyres options. These are not customer selectable they occur depending on the tyre situation in the factory at the time. Use of these numbers tells PAG Engineering via the build completion sheet that the planned tyres were not fitted. There are a bunch of these numbers used for this purpose between 226 and 240. By the way the interior code AE is not decodable. These two numbers are factory computer generated to provide a reference for the main interior colours used. Maybe in this case Black with Black trim. AE will possibly show up on another model year being something else due to the lack of two letter combinations available. Porsche cannot provide this number nor decode it either. They will give the actual colour combination on any documents provided like a Certificate of Authenticity and then the owner can match the code to the correct colour combination. Ciao, Adrian.

Here's one, I think: M670 PCM2 NAVIGATION