Vehicle Certification (VC) Label
Vehicle Certification (VC) Label Location:
Vehicle Certification Label:
The vehicle certification (VC) label contains the manufacturer name, the month and year of manufacture, the certification statement, and the VIN. It also includes gross vehicle weight ratings (GVWR).
VEHICLE CERTIFICATION (VC) LABEL
Paint Code:
Exterior paint codes may be listed as a two-part code. The first set of characters listed indicate the vehicle primary body color code. The second set of characters listed (if applicable) indicated a two-tone or accent body color code.
All colors are base coat/clear coat).
- FL - Medium Toreador Red
- G3 - Pueblo Gold
- JP - Silver Birch Metallic
- L2 - True Blue
- P5 - Aspen Green Metallic
- ST - Estate Green
- TK - Mineral Gray
- UA - Ebony
- YZ - Oxford White
Wheelbase:
- 137 - 137-inch (3480 mm) wheelbase
Brake Type:
- B - Four-wheel anti-lock brakes system (ABS)
Interior Trim:
Interior trim codes are listed as a two-part code. The first character listed identifies the trim type. The second character listed identifies the interior trim color.
Interior Trim Type
- 3 - Brick cloth, 40/20/40 seats
- 4 - G-Grain leather captain's chairs
- E - Imola leather captain's chairs (two-tone)
- F - Brick cloth captain's chairs
- N - Imola leather captain's chairs
Interior Trim Color
- E - Medium Flint Gray
- H - Medium Pebble Tan
Tape/Paint Stripe:
- 4 - Dual band body side accent stripe, Excursion
Radio Type:
- 1 - AM/FM stereo with six-disc, in-dash compact disc (CD) changer and clock
- 9 - Premium electronic AM/FM stereo with cassette and clock
- K - Premium electronic AM/FM stereo with cassette, compact disc player and clock
Axle Type:
The following lists the gear ratios on rear axles.
- 31 - 3.73 non-limited slip
- C1 - 3.73 limited slip
- C2 - 4.10 limited slip
- C3 - 4.30 limited slip
Transmission Type:
- B - Five-speed automatic, TorqShift (diesel)
- E - Four-speed automatic
Springs:
Springs codes are listed as a two-part code. The first characters listed are for the front springs. The second set of characters listed are for the rear springs.
Front Springs
- BB - YC35-5310-ABC (coil)
- CC - YC35-5310-ACC (coil)
- DD - YC35-5310-ADA (coil)
- GG - YC35-5310-GA (coil)
- HH - YC35-5310-HA (coil)
- SS - YC35-5310-SA (coil)
Rear Springs
- AA - YC35-5560-A (leaf)
Powertrain Calibration Information:
Powertrain Calibration Information
NOTE: Powertrain calibration information is limited to a maximum of five characters per line on the vehicle certification (VC) label. Because of this, calibration identification consisting of more than five characters will wrap to the second line on the VC label.
Powertrain calibration information is printed in the lower right corner of the vehicle certification label. Only the base calibration information is printed. Revision levels will not appear, however, they can be found in On Line Automotive Service Information System (OASIS). For the current model year, Ford Motor Company is using three different protocols which describe powertrain base calibration. These protocols are designed to provide worldwide standardization for vehicle calibration. If the electronic calibration strategy has been used since 1998 and carried into the current model year, Protocol 1 will be used. Refer to Protocol 1. If the electronic calibration strategy has been used since 1999 and is carried into the current model year, Protocol 2 will be used. Refer to Protocol 2. For electronic calibration strategies introduced in the 2000 or later model years, Protocol 3 will be used. Refer to Protocol 3.
Protocol 1:
Protocol 2:
Protocol 3:
Protocol 3
The following offers a more detailed explanation of the coding strategy used for Protocol 3.
Model Year
- 0 - 2000
- 1 - 2001
- 2 - 2002
- 3 - 2003
- 4 - 2004
- 5 - 2005
Vehicle Code
- L1 - Excursion
Transmission
- 1 - Automatic transmission
Unique Calibration
The Emission/CAFE/CO2 Compliance Department is responsible for assigning these calibration numbers. Unique calibration identifications are assigned to cover similar vehicles to differentiate between tires, drive configurations, final drive ratios and other calibration-significant factors.
These two characters are chosen by the analyst to provide identifiable information unique to each calibration. For example, using the number 2 to denote a two-valve engine versus using the number 4 to denote a four-valve engine offers an easily identifiable difference.
Fleet Code
- 0 - Certification (U.S. 4K, final sale in export markets)
- 1 - HDGE/Dyno
- 2 - Fast AMA, U.S.
- 3 - ADP U.S.
- 4 - Not assigned
- 5 - Not assigned
- 6 - Evaporative emissions
- 7 - MACAA
- 8 - On-board diagnostics (OBD)
- 9 - Not assigned
Certification Region
Where multiple regions are listed in one calibration, only the lead region will be listed.
- 5 - U.S. fifty states
- A - U.S. Federal (including altitude, may include Canada and/or Mexico)
- B - U.S. California standard (includes U.S. green states)
- C - Canada
- D - China
- E - European Community (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom)
- F - Extended European Community (E plus Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Yugoslavia)
- G - Gulf Cooperative Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE)
- H - Hong Kong
- J - Japan
- K - Korea
- L - Malaysia
- M - Mexico
- N - New Zealand
- P - Australia
- Q - South America (Brazil)
- S - Singapore
- T - Taiwan
- U - South America (unleaded fuel regions)
- V - Vietnam
- X - ROW (rest of world)
- Y - Military
- Z - Israel
Revision Level (not printed on label)
- 91-99 - Hardware certification levels
- 01-04 - Preliminary levels
- 00 - Job 1 production (initial calibration)
- 05-09 - Pre-job 1 revisions to calibrations
- 10-89 - Post-job 1 revisions to calibrations
- 0B - Durability test level
- BD - On-board diagnostics (OBD) intermediate level (pre-05)