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LEGO Missing Piece Checker

Rule out the usual hiding places first. If the piece really is gone, check the set piece by piece and leave with the element ID LEGO asks for, or a link to buy the part.

Dr. Lightning's Car

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5913 Dr. Lightning's Car

18 pieces in 11 part and color combinations, plus 1 minifigure.

LEGO counts 21 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 22, including the 4 parts inside the minifigures; the two do not always count the same elements, so their totals differ. Spare parts are counted in neither figure.

Before you call it missing

Builders who report a missing piece often find it in one of these places. Tick each one off as you look.

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Piece checklist

Wheels and Tyres 8 pieces

  • Tyre 15 x 6 Offset Tread Small Black Part 3641 Element 4501046 or 364126 ×4
  • Wheel 8 x 6 Light Gray Part 4624 Element 462402 ×4

Plates 2 pieces

  • Plate 2 x 3 Black Part 3021 Element 302126 ×1
  • Plate 2 x 8 Red Part 3034 Element 303421 ×1

Plates Special 2 pieces

  • Plate Special 2 x 2 with Wheel Holders Black Part 4600 Element 460026 ×2

Bricks Curved 1 piece

  • Brick Curved 2 x 2, Two Top Studs Dark Gray Part 30165 Element 4113953 ×1

Containers 1 piece

  • Box / Crate with Handholds 3 x 4 x 1 2/3 Brown Part 30150 Element 4109963 ×1

Gear Parts 1 piece

  • Comic Book, Adventurers #3 [No Color/Any Color] Part 4133395 ×1

Minifig Accessories 1 piece

  • Equipment Shovel [Rounded Handle End] Dark Gray Part 3837 Element 383727 ×1

Minifig Shields, Weapons, & Tools 1 piece

  • Tool Pickaxe Dark Gray Part 3841 Element 384127 ×1

Transportation - Land 1 piece

  • Steering Stand 1 x 2 with Black Steering Wheel Light Gray Part 3829c01 Element 9556 ×1

Minifigures 1 figure

  • Dr. Charles Lightning Minifigure, checked as a whole figure ×1

Tick each piece as you find it, or mark it missing.

When a piece really is missing

Ask LEGO

LEGO takes requests for pieces missing from a new set through its customer service site. The form asks for the set number and each piece's element ID, the number printed beside the piece in the parts list at the back of the instructions. This checker lists both.

Request a replacement from LEGO

Buy the piece

Mark a piece missing and your list links it to an eBay search for that part, which also covers pieces from older or second-hand sets.

Keep a record

Copy or download your missing list (the CSV opens in any spreadsheet), or print the whole checklist and tick pieces off on paper. Your marks stay in this browser, so you can check a big set over several sittings.