Vehicle Certification (VC) Label

The upper portion of the Vehicle Certification (VC) label contains the manufacturer name, the month and year of manufacture, the certification statement and the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). It also includes Gross Vehicle Weight Ratings (GVWR). The VC label is located on the left-hand front door jamb.

VEHICLE CERTIFICATION (VC) LABEL REFERENCE







The exterior color codes are:
^ BQ - Light Parchment Gold
^ HC - Ivory Parchment (tri-coat)
^ GT - Autumn Red Metallic
^ TS - Silver Frost Metallic
^ TV - Midnight Gray Metallic
^ L2 - True Blue Metallic
^ L3 - Pacific Blue Metallic
^ F3 - Medium Cypress Green Metallic
^ W5 - Ceramic White Solid
^ UA - Ebony Solid
^ WF - White Pearl (tri-coat)
^ JP - Silver Birch Metallic
^ TC - Charcoal Gray Metallic
^ PS - Aspen Green Metallic







The brake type codes are:
^ 6 - Anti-lock Brakes (ABS) with Advancetrac(R)
^ 3 - Anti-lock brakes (ABS) with Traction Control







The interior trim codes are listed below. The first letter/number is for the interior fabric. The second letter/number is for the interior color.
^ 4 - Leather interior
^ 5 - Nudo leather (basket weave)

The interior trim colors are:
^ H - Medium Parchment
^ T - Truffle
^ 2 - Light Graphite
^ G - Light Parchment
^ W - Midnight Black







Tape and paint stripe codes do not apply.







The radio type codes are:
^ 8 - Premium AM/FM stereo cassette with clock
^ X - AM/FM stereo with in-dash six disc CD changer
^ S - AM/FM stereo with cassette, clock and navigation system







The axle ratios are:
^ 1 - 3.58 conventional (3.0L and 3.9L engines)
^ 2 - 3.31 conventional (3.9L engine)
^ 3 - 3.07 conventional (3.0L engine with manual transmission)







The transmission/transaxle codes are:
^ 5 - 5-Speed manual (M5 221), Getrag
^ A - 5-speed, automatic (5R55N), Sharonville







The spring codes are:
^ Front spring modules - base part number - 5310
^ Rear spring - base part number - 5560

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 in the powertrain calibration field of the VC label.

Powertrain calibration information is printed in the lower right corner of the Vehicle Certification (VC) 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 was introduced in 1999 and carried into the current model year. Protocol 2 will be used. Refer to Protocol 2. For electronic calibration introduced in 2000 through the current model year, Protocol 3 is used. Refer to Protocol 3.

Protocol 1:

Protocol 1

Protocol 2:

Protocol 2







Protocol 3
The following offers a more detailed explanation of the coding strategy for Protocol 3.

Model Year
^ 1 - 2001
^ 2 - 2002

Vehicle Line
^ LQ - Lincoln LS

Transmission
^ 1 - Automatic transmission
^ 2 - Manual transmission

Unique Calibration
The Emission/CAFE/CO2 Compliance Department is responsible for assigning these calibration numbers. Unique calibration identifications are assigned to cover similar vehicle to differentiate tires, drive configurations, final drive ratios and other certification-significant factors.

These two characters are chosen by the analyst to provide easily identifiable information unique to each calibration. For example, using the number 2 to denote a two-valve engine versus the number 4 to denote a four-valve engine.

Fleet Code
^ 0 - Certification (U.S. 4K, final sale in an export market)
^ 1 - HDGE/Dyno
^ 2 - East AMA U.S.
^ 3 - ADP U.S.
^ 4 - Not assigned
^ 5 - Not assigned
^ 6 - Evaporative emissions
^ 7 - MACAA
^ 8 - On-board diagnostics
^ 9 - Not assigned

Certification Region
^ 5 - U.S. fifty states
^ A - U.S. federal, including altitude, may include Canada and Mexico
^ B - U.S. California standard, includes U.S. green states
^ C - Canada
^ D - China
^ E - European community
^ F - Israel, South Korea
^ G - Gulf Cooperative Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon and UAE)
^ J - Japan
^ K - Korea
^ L - Malaysia
^ M - Mexico
^ N - New Zealand
^ P - Australia
^ Q - South America (Brazil)
^ U - South America (unleaded fuel regions)
^ V - Vietnam
^ X - Rest Of World (ROW)
^ Y - Military
^ Z - Israel

Revision Level (not printed on label)
^ 91-99 - Hardware and certification levels
^ 01-04 - Preliminary levels
^ 00 - Job 1 production (initial certification)
^ 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)