Factory build sheet
2014 Volkswagen Passat SEL
Build 1VWCT7A3-E · 1.8L 4cyl · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1VWCT7A3 and position 10 reads E. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Passat whose VIN starts 1VWCT7A3 and carries E in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 923 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 923 known VINs
- 15 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Volkswagen 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
- 1.8 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Engine manufacturer
- Volkswagen
- Horsepower
- 170 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
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.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$7,900 median asking price · 18 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 18 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Volkswagen used the VIN pattern 1VWCT7A3 for 3 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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2014 You are here code E $7,900
- 2015 SEL 1.8L 4cyl Sedan · 581 vehicles code F $7,999
- 2017 SEL Premium 1.8L 4cyl Sedan · 2,075 vehicles code H $12,900
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 | 1VW | VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | CT7A3 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | E | Model year — 2014 |
| 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 2014 Volkswagen Passat as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
10 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2014 Passat. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
923 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1VWCT7A3-E shares the specification above.
- 923 Known VINs
- 15 Listed for sale now
- 18 Priced listings
- $7,900 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Passat, 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.
- 2015 S 1.8L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 4,732 vehicles · $7,999 median
- 2015 S 1.8L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 13,136 vehicles · $7,793 median
- 2015 S 2L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 20 vehicles
- 2015 SE 1.8L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 3,912 vehicles · $8,997 median
- 2015 SEL 1.8L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 394 vehicles · $8,890 median
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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.
Prices are asking prices from 18 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 923 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.