Where Is the Fendt PIN Plate?

Last updated May 19, 2026 · 6 min read

Bertram Sargla

Founder, MachinetrailMay 19, 2026

Quick answer

On most modern Fendt tractors, the factory PIN plate is on the right-hand side of the chassis near the cab step, and the same PIN is also stamped into the chassis frame casting nearby. The engine carries its own separate serial. Always cross-check the riveted plate against the engraved frame stamp — a mismatch is the single strongest stolen-equipment signal at the inspection stage.

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Modern (post-2000) Fendt PIN format

Modern Fendt tractors (an AGCO brand since 1997) built since approximately 2000 carry a 17-character ISO 3779 PIN on the chassis plate alongside the traditional Fendt serial. Assembly is concentrated at Marktoberdorf, Germany (main tractor plant), with combines from Hohenmölsen and Asbach-Bäumenheim. The 17-character PIN follows the standard ISO field layout.

Legacy Fendt serial format

Pre-2000 Fendt tractors carry a shorter Fendt-internal serial that pre-dates the ISO format. The legacy serial is typically a 6-to-7-digit sequence printed on the factory Typenschild (data plate). Year requires Fendt's published model-year break tables for the specific Favorit, Farmer or Vario family.

Where to find the PIN plate on a Fendt

Factory PIN / data plate (the riveted plate). On modern Fendt tractors (200/300/500/700/800/900/1000 Vario series) the factory Typenschild data plate is mounted on the right-hand side of the chassis — typically on the frame rail or on the A-pillar of the cab on the right-hand side near the cab step. It carries the full 17-character PIN plus model designation, homologation data and Fendt's internal serial.
Chassis engraving (the same PIN, stamped). Fendt stamps the chassis serial into the frame casting near the plate, on the right-hand front frame on most current-production models. Always cross-check the plate against the engraving — a mismatch is a primary stolen-equipment signal.
Engine serial (separate identifier). The engine serial is on the engine block. Larger Fendt Varios use AGCO Power (Sisu) engines built at Linnavuori, Finland with the AGCO Power serial format; smaller 200/300 Varios have used Deutz and other engines depending on era and market.
Operator's manual and dealer service file. The PIN appears on the title page of the manual delivered with the machine and in any authorised Fendt dealer service-history record. If the seller cannot produce the manual or a dealer service record, that is itself a flag worth pricing in.

Model-specific variations

Fendt plate-position conventions vary by model family. The following are the locations to expect on the most common current and recent product lines:

200 Vario (compact / specialty) — plate on the right-hand frame rail near the cab step on most builds.
300 / 500 Vario mid-range — plate on the right-hand A-pillar inside the cab and a duplicate on the chassis frame rail.
700 / 800 Vario row-crop — plate on the right-hand chassis rail under the cab step, accessible without removing panels.
900 / 1000 Vario large-frame — plate on the right-hand main frame between front axle and cab; the larger 1000 Vario also carries a separate emissions / CE plate inside the cab.
Ideal / C-series combines (Hohenmölsen-built) — plate on the right-hand cab base near the operator step, separate from the header serial.

How to verify the PIN is genuine

A correct PIN is one that decodes structurally and appears in three consistent places on the machine. Walk the machine and check, in order:

Plate vs engraving match. The 17-character PIN on the riveted plate must match the engraved chassis stamp character-for-character. Mismatched, partially mismatched, or "the plate fell off" stories are walk-away signals.
Rivet condition. Factory plates have factory rivets — uniform heads, consistent corrosion, no fresh tool marks. Fresh non-original rivets, missing rivets, or screws where there should be rivets are signals.
Paint and surface match. The area immediately around a factory plate should weather and corrode at the same rate as the surrounding metal. Fresh paint, polished metal, or chemical residue around the plate are signals.
Font and spacing. Compare the plate's font, character spacing and plate-edge profile against other Fendt machines of the same era. Counterfeit plates are usually recognisable by font or spacing differences from the factory original.
Engine serial recorded. The engine serial is its own identifier; record it separately and check that it appears in the maintenance history. A new engine is normal on a high-hour machine, but it should be documented.
Cross-check against a registry. Even a perfectly-formed PIN can be stolen. A registry cross-check (Machinetrail covers 14 European registries plus a stolen-equipment dataset in one lookup) is the last line of defence.

What to do after finding the PIN

With the PIN written down (all three places — plate, engraving, engine serial), the pre-purchase value comes from cross-checking that PIN against three failure-mode databases before money changes hands:

Stolen-equipment registries. A stolen Fendt will be reclaimed by police regardless of how clean the paperwork looks. Machinetrail queries 14 European registries plus TER-Europe-style and NER-style stolen-equipment data in a single lookup keyed to the PIN.
Open safety recalls. EU Safety Gate, member-state agencies (Bundesnetzagentur, RDW, Traficom) and OEM recall feeds. Open recalls on hydraulic, brake, or PTO systems are a measurable safety risk and a re-sale-value problem.
Auction comparables and market value. What did similar Fendt machines actually sell for in the last 12 months? Decoded PIN plus model plus year plus hours plus region returns the range of recent sale prices.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is the PIN plate located on a Fendt tractor?

On modern Fendt tractors (200/300/500/700/800/900/1000 Vario series) the factory Typenschild data plate is mounted on the right-hand side of the chassis — typically on the frame rail or on the A-pillar of the cab on the right-hand side near the cab step. It carries the full 17-character PIN plus model designation, homologation data and Fendt's internal serial. The same PIN is also stamped into the chassis itself: Fendt stamps the chassis serial into the frame casting near the plate, on the right-hand front frame on most current-production models. Always cross-check the plate against the engraving — a mismatch is a primary stolen-equipment signal. The engine carries a separate serial — The engine serial is on the engine block. Larger Fendt Varios use AGCO Power (Sisu) engines built at Linnavuori, Finland with the AGCO Power serial format; smaller 200/300 Varios have used Deutz and other engines depending on era and market. Always cross-check the plate against the engraving — a mismatch or fresh paint around the rivets is a primary stolen-equipment signal.

What does a modern Fendt PIN look like and how is it structured?

My Fendt serial is shorter than 17 characters. Is it real?

Yes — pre-ISO Fendt equipment uses an OEM-specific serial format that pre-dates the 17-character ISO 3779 standard. Pre-2000 Fendt tractors carry a shorter Fendt-internal serial that pre-dates the ISO format. The legacy serial is typically a 6-to-7-digit sequence printed on the factory Typenschild (data plate). Year requires Fendt's published model-year break tables for the specific Favorit, Farmer or Vario family. The position-by-position decoding rules that apply to a modern 17-character PIN do not apply to these older serials; year and configuration have to be looked up from the published model-year break tables for the specific family.

What if the Fendt chassis plate and the engraved frame number don't match?

A mismatch between the riveted plate and the chassis engraving is the single strongest stolen-equipment signal at the inspection stage. Common patterns: a freshly painted plate over a different underlying engraving; a plate with non-factory rivet heads; a plate where the font and spacing does not match other Fendt machines of the same era. Walk away from the deal — and report the serial to the relevant national registry (TER-Europe, NER in the US, the Plant And Agricultural National Intelligence Unit in the UK). Do not accept "the original plate fell off and the dealer made a replacement" without paperwork from a recognised Fendt dealer attesting to the replacement.

Is the engine serial on a Fendt the same as the chassis PIN?

No. The engine serial is on the engine block. Larger Fendt Varios use AGCO Power (Sisu) engines built at Linnavuori, Finland with the AGCO Power serial format; smaller 200/300 Varios have used Deutz and other engines depending on era and market. The engine serial identifies the engine alone — on a re-engined machine the engine serial will not match the factory chassis-PIN-implied engine, and that's normal but should appear in the maintenance history. Always record both serials separately when documenting the machine, and never assume that decoding the engine serial returns information about the chassis or vice versa.

What if the Fendt PIN plate has been removed or is illegible?

Try the chassis engraving first — Fendt stamps the chassis serial into the frame casting near the plate, on the right-hand front frame on most current-production models. Always cross-check the plate against the engraving — a mismatch is a primary stolen-equipment signal. On a legitimate machine the engraving survives even when the plate is gone. If both the plate and the engraving are missing or obscured, that's a strong fraud signal: factory plates do not fall off in normal use, and engravings can only be defeated with deliberate grinding. The next-best identifiers are the engine serial on the engine block and any telematics-system identifiers; combined, those can in some cases be matched back to an original PIN through the OEM dealer network — but the burden of proof shifts onto the seller, not onto you.

Does Fendt have a telematics system that records true hours separately from the dashboard?

Fendt also operates FendtONE / AGCO Connect as a factory-fit telematics system that records hours and faults independently of the dashboard hour-meter — ask the seller for a current telematics report and compare it against the recorded service history. Whichever telematics system is present, dashboard hour-meters can be rolled back; telematics-recorded hours are much harder to alter and so are the gold-standard rollback check on any used Fendt.

How do I use the PIN once I've found it?

Once you have the PIN, paste it into the Machinetrail homepage lookup for a structural decode plus theft, recall and auction cross-check. The free preview confirms the PIN is well-formed and surfaces the recall count, top-5 known issues for the model, and two recent auction comparables. The full report adds the complete recall list, full known-issues list with severity ratings, the full auction history for that model and year, a reliability score, full specifications, and a market-value range — all keyed to the PIN-resolved canonical machine.