Vehicle Certification (VC) Label

Vehicle Certification (VC) 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 LABEL REFERENCE

Paint Code:

Vehicle exterior paint codes may be listed as a two-part code. The first set of characters, indicate the vehicle primary body color. The second set of characters (if applicable), indicate a two-tone or accent body color.

Primary Color Codes
^ B2 - Harvest Gold.
^ FL - Medium Toreador Red.
^ LD - Medium Wedgewood Blue.
^ LL - Deep Wedgewood Blue.
^ UA - Ebony.
^ WF - White Pearl (tri-coat).
^ YZ - Oxford White.
^ ST - Estate Green.
^ TK - Mineral Gray.
^ PX - Dark Highland Green.
^ TS - Silver Frost.

Two-Tone/Accent Color Codes
^ AQ - Arizona Beige.
^ T4 - Light Mineral Gray.
^ FS - Spruce Green.
^ L4 - Light Wedgewood Blue.
^ TS - Silver Frost.

Wheelbase:

^ 114 - 114 inch wheelbase.

Interior Trim:

Interior trim coding is listed as a two-part code. The first character identifies the trim or seating style. The second character identifies the interior trim color.

Trim Code
^ A - High Back Value Cloth, Explorer, XLS.
^ B - High Back Cloth, Explorer, XLT with power driver seat.
^ C - High Back Leather, Explorer, XLT with power driver seat.
^ 1 - EC Low Back Cloth, Explorer, XLT.
^ 2 - Low Back Cloth, Explorer, XLT with power driver seat.
^ H - EC Low Back Leather, Explorer, XLT with power driver seat.
^ D - Low Back Leather, Explorer, Eddie Bauer with power driver/front passenger seat.
^ 3 - Low Back Leather, Explorer, Eddie Bauer with power driver/front passenger seat and driver memory seat and driver/front passenger heated seat.
^ 6 - EC Low Back Leather, Explorer, Eddie Bauer with power driver/front passenger seat.
^ J - EC Low Back Leather, Explorer, Eddie Bauer with power driver/front passenger seat and driver memory seat and driver/front passenger heated seat.
^ E - Low Back Leather, Explorer, Limited with power driver/front passenger seat.
^ 4 - Low Back Leather, Explorer, Limited with power driver/front passenger seat and driver memory seat and driver/front passenger heated seat.
^ 7 - EC Low Back Leather, Explorer, Limited with power driver/front passenger seat.
^ K - EC Low Back Leather, Explorer, Limited with power driver/front passenger seat and driver memory seat and driver/front passenger heated seat.
^ F - Low Back Cloth, Mountaineer with power driver seat.
^ G - Low Back Leather, Mountaineer with power driver seat.
^ 5 - Low Back Leather, Mountaineer with power driver/front passenger seat and driver memory seat.
^ 8 - Low Back Leather, Mountaineer with heated, power driver/front passenger seat and driver memory seat.
^ 2 - EC Low Back Cloth, Mountaineer with power driver seat.
^ H - EC Low Back Leather, Mountaineer with power driver seat.

Interior Trim Color
^ P - Medium Dark Parchment.
^ M - Midnight Black.
^ T - Dark Graphite.

Tape/Paint Stripe:

Tape and paint stripe codes do not apply.

Radio Type:

^ 1 - AM/FM stereo with in-dash 6 disc Compact Disc (CD) changer.
^ 9 - AM/FM stereo with cassette (M110C).
^ Z - AM/FM stereo with compact disc (CD) player.
^ K - Luxury AM/FM stereo with compact disc (CD) player and cassette.

Axle Type:

^ 41 - 3.27 ratio, non-limited slip.
^ 43 - 4.30 ratio, non-limited slip.
^ 45 - 3.55 ratio, non-limited slip.
^ D4 - 3.73 ratio, limited slip.
^ 44 - 3.73 ratio, non-limited slip with Interactive Vehicle Dynamics (IVD).

Transmission Type:

^ J - 5-speed manual (M5R4).
^ R - 5-speed automatic (5R55W), overdrive (OD).
^ V - 5-speed automatic (5R55S), overdrive (OD).

Spring Codes:

Spring codes are listed as a two-part code. The first character identifies the front spring code. The second character identifies the rear spring code.

Front Springs
^ Base part number - 18B036
^ B
^ C
^ D
^ E
^ G
^ H
^ J
^ K
^ L
^ M
^ N
^ P
^ R
^ S
^ T
^ U

Rear Springs
^ Base part number - 18W002
^ B
^ C
^ D
^ E
^ F

Powertrain Calibration Information:

Powertrain Calibration Information

NOTE: Powertrain calibration information is limited to a maximum of five characters per line on the vehicle certification label. Because of this, calibration identification consisting of more than five characters will wrap to the second line on the vehicle certification (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 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 2001 model year, Protocol 3 will be used. Refer to Protocol 3.

Protocol 1:

Protocol 1

Protocol 2:

Protocol 2

Protocol 3, Part 1:

Protocol 3, Part 2:

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

Model Year
^ 0 - 2000.
^ 1 - 2001.
^ 2 - 2002.

Vehicle Line
^ U5 - Explorer/Mountaineer.

Transmission
^ 1 - Automatic transmission.
^ 2 - Manual transmission.

Unique Calibration
The Emissions/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 an export market).
^ 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
When multiple regions are included in one certification, the lead region will be the only one 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, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom).
^ F - Extended European community (E plus Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Yugoslavia).
^ G - Gulf Cooperative Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE).
^ H - HongKong.
^ 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 Levels (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.
^ OB - Durability test level.
^ BD - On-board diagnostics (OBD) intermediate level (pre-05).