Porsche Option Decoder
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Over the years there have been a great number of factory options available for Porsche cars. When you buy a previously owned Porsche it is nice to know what options the car has. Fortunately Porsche equips all cars with two stickers listing the option codes for all of the options on the car. The first sticker is affixed to the underside of the hood and the other is (usually) affixed to the inside cover of the warranty manual by the dealer. You can also obtain the list of option codes for your car by contacting Porsche Cars of North America (PCNA) and requesting a "cardex" for your car. The "cardex" will show you a bunch of information about your car including the option codes, paint code, etc... It appears to be very difficult to get a complete list of options with their respective codes from Porsche. However, at least one Porsche fan (Philip Katz) has been collecting all option codes he could find and posting them to the PorscheFans and PorscheList mailing list whenever someone asks for a "decoding". On this page, I have taken the liberty of using Phil's list to implement an online, automatic decoder. |
Here's how it works:
In the edit box below, type in all of your options codes and then press the Decode! button.
This Active Server Page will generate a report with all of
the options decoded and display it.
Enter your option codes, separated by spaces (e.g. "C02 018 139 158
220") or enter an asterisk (*) to see all options.
Remember:
- The database includes codes for many different Porsche models. It is mostly 911 centric, but there are codes in there for other models.
- The database includes every option code I know
about. If the database doesn't know your code, neither do I. If you
know what a code that isn't in the database means, send me
email and I'll update the
database.
If you know of option codes that this program does not know about, or if you spot errors, please send email to Philip Katz or myself. The database has codes for just about every model and year of Porsche ever made. Porsche has re-used option codes for different models over the years, so if you have a newer car you may find that this decoder reports that one of your codes is something it's obviously not.