The T5 is the Transporter built 2003–2015. The registration's age identifier is the quickest check: 03 to 65 plate. The V5C gives the first-registration date, and this generation's fitments apply from the first 2003 cars onwards up to the 2015 run-out.
Year
Plates issued
Generation
2003
03 / 53
Transporter T5
2004
04 / 54
Transporter T5
2005
05 / 55
Transporter T5
2006
06 / 56
Transporter T5
2007
07 / 57
Transporter T5
2008
08 / 58
Transporter T5
2009
09 / 59
Transporter T5
2010
10 / 60
Transporter T5
2011
11 / 61
Transporter T5
2012
12 / 62
Transporter T5
2013
13 / 63
Transporter T5
2014
14 / 64
Transporter T5
Bulbs
2003–2015 · bulbsAll 10 verified
Dip beam (low)H4VerifiedBase single-reflector lamp H4 dip/main. Twin-headlamp (Highline etc): H7 dip all years. Xenon: D2S to 2009, D3S from 2012. Caravelle/Multivan identical.
Main beam (high)H4VerifiedH4 on base lamps. Twin lamps: H1 to 2009; H15 (main + DRL) on T5.1 2010+. Xenon: H1 to 2009, H7 from 2012.
Front fogHB4VerifiedHB4 pre- and post-facelift.
Sidelight / DRLW5WVerifiedW5W sidelight all years. T5.1 DRL: P21W (BA15s) in single H4 headlamp, H15 filament in twin headlamp.
Front indicatorPY21WVerifiedPY21W behind clear lens (P21W where amber lens fitted). bau-ich-mir-selbst notes PY24W on some xenon T5.1 from ~2012 - not corroborated.
Rear indicatorPY21WVerifiedPY21W behind clear lens; P21W behind amber lens on some clusters.
Brake / tailP21WVerifiedOften listed as P21/4W. Brake is a separate P21W; tail is the P21/4W twin elsewhere — filament shared with rear fog (wing-door vans all years, tailgate to 2009). T5.1 2010+ tailgate cluster: P21/5W brake/tail + R10W tail.
ReverseP21WVerifiedP21W all variants.
Rear fogP21/4WVerifiedP21/4W tail/fog twin-filament on wing-door vans and all pre-2010 clusters. T5.1 2010+ tailgate cluster: separate P21W rear fog (agmvision Multivan 5).