Nissan paint code AX5
Bordeaux Red
ボルドーレッド
- Paint code
- AX5
- Name
- Bordeaux Red
- Colour
- maroon
- Finish
- Not given in the name: look at it in daylight
- V5C should say
- MAROON or RED
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Bordeaux Red
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Nissan models outside our model library used AX5 too.
Has a AX5 car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the model plate (the “caution plate”) in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead, next to COLOR. Some later models put a sticker on the driver’s door pillar instead. If it says AX5, the car left the factory in Bordeaux Red.
- Check the V5C. For Bordeaux Red it should say MAROON or RED. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
- Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as maroon and usually prints the code. A sheet that says one colour with a code for another means the car was painted before it was sold in Japan. Our auction sheet translator flags that.
- Look for the old colour where a respray rarely reaches: the engine bay, door shuts, inside the boot lid and fuel flap, and under rubber seals.
Other Nissan maroon paints
Questions
What colour is Nissan paint code AX5?
AX5 is Bordeaux Red (ボルドーレッド), a maroon paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in AX5?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Bordeaux Red should be registered as MAROON or RED. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Bordeaux Red?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Nissan Elgrand E51 (E51). Other Nissan models outside our model library used it too.
From our own colour table. The dot shows the colour family, not the paint itself. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected]. All Nissan colour codes