Suspension
Front Suspension: Independent, with telescopic, hydraulic suspension struts, coil springs, lower wishbones with braces and anti-roll bar.
Rear Suspension: Independent, with coil springs, double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers and trailing arms resiliently connected by a transverse beam.
Wheels and tires
Wheels: Disk, with a deep rim 4½J-13. The wheel bearings are not lubricated or adjusted during operation.
Tires: Radial, low profile 155/80R13, 165/70R13, 175/70R13.
Steering
Steering: Safety.
Steering gear type: Pinion - rack.
Steering gear: Two rods with rubber-metal joints on the steering gear side and ball joints on the swing arms side.
Brakes
Front: Disc, with movable calipers and automatic adjustment of the gap between the discs and pads.
Rear: Drum, with self-aligning pads and automatic adjustment of the gap between the pads and the drum.
Service brake drive: Hydraulic, dual-circuit, with diagonal separation of circuits, with vacuum booster and pressure regulator.
Parking brake: Manual, with a cable drive on the rear wheel brake pads.
Electrical equipment
Wiring system: Single wire, the negative pole of the current sources is connected to ground. Rated voltage 12 V.
Battery: Capacity 55 Ah at 20-hour discharge.
Generator: Alternating current, with built-in silicon diode rectifier and electronic voltage regulator. Recoil current 55 A at 5000 rpm.
Starter: Power 1.3 kW, with electromagnetic engagement and freewheel.
Ignition distribution sensor: With centrifugal and vacuum ignition timing controllers, with a non-contact control pulse sensor.
Spark Plugs: With air spark gap.
Ignition Coil: Open circuit, sealed, oil filled.
Ignition switch: With anti-theft device and with a lock against restarting the starter.
Exterior lighting: Block headlights: headlights with halogen lamps, with hydrocorrector4 and headlight cleaner4; headlights and direction indicators. Side direction indicators. Rear lights: position and fog light lamps, brake light, reversing lights and reflectors. License plate lights.
Windshield wiper: Electric with two brushes. It has three modes of operation - two permanent (with different speeds) and one intermittent.
Rear window cleaner4: Electric, single mode, single brush.
Windshield washer, rear window and headlights4: Electrically driven common gear pump with solenoid valves in the fluid supply lines to the windows.
Instrument cluster: Voltmeter, econometer, coolant temperature gauge, fuel gauge with reserve indicator lamp, speedometer, indicator lamps for position and fog light, high beam, direction indicators, heated rear window, oil pressure, alarm, brake fluid level and parking brake, carburetor choke, battery discharge.
Body
Type and construction: Bearing type, 3-door (for VAZ-2108, -21081, -21083) or 5 door (for VAZ-2109, VAZ-21093). The front fenders are made removable.
Doors: With front hinges. Side door locks (front for VAZ-2109, VAZ-21093) can be locked from the outside with a key and from the inside by pressing the lock switch button. Rear side door locks (for VAZ-2109, VAZ-21093) are locked from the inside with a button and can be blocked against opening the lock from the inside. The tailgate has two gas-filled stops and electrically heated glass.
Front seats: Separate, with height-adjustable head restraints, with backrest tilt adjustment. Can be moved back and forth for a comfortable fit of the driver and passengers. On the VAZ-2108, -21081 and -21083, the backs of the front seats recline forward to allow passengers to sit in the back seat.
Rear seat: Can be folded down to increase luggage space.
Ventilation and heating: Provided by air sucked in from outside. An electric fan is installed to enhance air circulation. The heating system is included in the engine cooling system. Air is distributed by an air duct located under the instrument panel. There is exhaust ventilation through the holes located behind the facings of the central pillars of the body (VAZ-2108, -21081 and -21083) or at the rear of the side windows (VAZ-2109, -21093).
Notes
1. Measured by a special technique and is not an operational standard.
2. On the first batches of the VAZ-2108, a drive with a servo mechanism was installed.
3. The four-speed gearbox has the same gear ratios, but without the fifth gear.
4. Installed on parts of cars.