Factory build sheet
2004 Audi A4 Avant Quattro
Build WAUXL68E-4 · 4.2L 8cyl · Wagon
VIN positions 1 through 8 read WAUXL68E and position 10 reads 4. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every A4 whose VIN starts WAUXL68E and carries 4 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 24 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 24 known VINs
- 1 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Audi with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 4.2 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Engine manufacturer
- Audi
- Horsepower
- 344 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Wagon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- Avant
- Manufacturer
- AUDI AG
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Audi used the VIN pattern WAUXL68E for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2004 You are here code 4
- 2005 4.2L 8cyl Wagon · 50 vehicles code 5
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WAU | AUDI AG · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | XL68E | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 4 | Model year — 2004 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2004 Audi A4 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2004 A4. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
24 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to WAUXL68E-4 shares the specification above.
- 24 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
- WAUXL68E 24A259949
- WAUXL68E 14A297592
- WAUXL68E 84A145888
- WAUXL68E 34A266201
- WAUXL68E X4A121687
- WAUXL68E 64A148661
- WAUXL68E 44A030382
- WAUXL68E 54A177732
- WAUXL68E 24A266822
- WAUXL68E 44A160680
- WAUXL68E 04A254670
- WAUXL68E 04A246570
- WAUXL68E 14A209690
- WAUXL68E 74A233668
- WAUXL68E 24A235344
- WAUXL68E 54A274168
- WAUXL68E 04A284378
- WAUXL68E 04A142337
- WAUXL68E 84A294835
- WAUXL68E 24A163321
- WAUXL68E X4A215858
- WAUXL68E 34A169645
- WAUXL68E 04A143634
- WAUXL68E 24A230676
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the A4, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 24 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.