If you need to hook up a diagnostic code reader or scanner to your VW you will need to know where the diagnostic port is located. Here we have all VW diagnostic port pictures which should tell you straight away where to look. A diagnostic port is also known as an OBD2 port or EOBD port which is used for the purpose of communicating with a vehicle to diagnose faults or reprogram modules within the vehicle. The diagnostic port is a direct link to the VW ECU.

VW Golf
VW Golf Mk3 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1993 - 1999)
VW Golf Mk4 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1997 - 2003)
VW Golf Mk5 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2003 - 2008)
VW Golf Mk6 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2008 - 2012)
VW Golf Mk7 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2012 -

VW Polo
VW Polo Mk3 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1994 - 2002)
VW Polo Mk4 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2002 - 2009)
VW Polo Mk5 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2009 -

VW Jetta
VW Jetta Mk3 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1993 - 1995)
VW Jetta Mk4 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1999 - 2005)
VW Jetta Mk5 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2005 - 2010)
VW Jetta Mk6 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2010 -

VW Lupo
VW Lupo Mk1 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1998 - 2005)

VW Passat
VW Passat B5 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1996 - 2005)
VW Passat B6 & B7 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2006 - 2015)
VW Passat B8 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2015 - 

VW Beetle
VW Beetle diagnostic OBD2 port location (1998 - 2010)
VW Beetle A5 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2010 -

VW Fox
VW Fox Mk1 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2005 -

VW Corrado
VW Corrado Mk1 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1988 - 1995)

VW Touareg
VW Touareg Mk1 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2002 - 2010)
VW Touareg Mk2 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2010 -

VW Tiguan
VW Tiguan Mk1 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2009 - 2016)
VW Tiguan Mk2 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2017 - 

VW Sharan
VW Sharan Mk1 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1995 - 2009)
VW Sharan Mk2 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2009 - 

VW Touran 
VW Touran Mk1 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2003 - 2015)
VW Touran Mk2 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2016 - 

VW Transporter
VW Transporter T5 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2003 - 2014)
VW Transporter T6 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2014 - 

VW Caddy
VW Caddy Mk2 diagnostic OBD2 port location (1996 - 2004)
VW Caddy Mk3 diagnostic OBD2 port location (2004 -