Vehicle Identification Number

IDENTIFICATION CODES

The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is a seventeen-digit combination of letters and numbers. The VIN is stamped on a metal tab riveted on the instrument panel top, upper left of the dash. The VIN number is also found on the Vehicle Certification (VC) label.







Vehicle Identification Number
The first three vehicle identification number (VIN) positions are the world manufacturer code.
^ 1FA - Ford Motor Company, USA, passenger car.
^ 1ME - Mercury, USA, passenger car.







The fourth VIN position is the vehicle restraint type code.
^ B - Active safety belts - all positions, driver and front passenger second generation air bags, driver and front passenger side air bags.
^ F - Active safety belts - all positions, driver and front passenger second generation air bags.







Positions 5 through 7 indicate vehicle line, series and body type.
^ P52 - Taurus LX, four-door.
^ P53 - Taurus SE, 2V, four-door.
^ P54 - Taurus SE, 4V, four-door.
^ P55 - Taurus Special valve group, four-door.
^ P56 - Taurus SE-Comfort, four-door.
^ P58 - Taurus SE, station wagon.
^ P59 - Taurus SE-Comfort, station wagon.
^ M50 - Sable GS, four-door.
^ M53 - Sable LS, four-door.
^ M55 - Sable LS-Premium, four-door.
^ M58 - Sable GS, station wagon.
^ M59 - Sable LS-Premium, station wagon.







The eighth VIN position is the engine displacement and number of cylinders.
^ U - 3.0L, EFI, six-cylinder.
^ GS - 3.0L, EFI, DOHC, six-cylinder.
^ 2 - 3.0L, six-cylinder, flex-fuel.







The ninth VIN position is a check digit.







The tenth VIN position is the model year code.
^ Y-2000.







The eleventh VIN position is the assembly plant code.

^ A - Atlanta (Hapeville, Georgia).
^ G - Chicago (Chicago, Illinois).
^ S - Pilot Plant (Allen Park, Michigan).







The last six VIN positions are an alphanumeric code for the vehicle build sequence. This is also the vehicle serial and warranty number.
^ 100001-599999 - Ford Division.
^ 600001-999999 - Lincoln-Mercury Division.