Vehicle Certification (VC) Label: Notes
The upper portion of 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) as well as tire size and pressure ratings. The VC label is located on the left-hand front door edge.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Exterior paint color code |
| 2 | Region code |
| 3 | Domestic special order |
| 4 | Interior trim code |
| 5 | Tape/paint stripe code |
| 6 | Radio code |
| 7 | Axle code |
| 8 | Transmission code |
| 9 | Spring code |
| 10 | Powertrain calibration information |
The first set of numbers/letters listed indicate the vehicle primary body color code. The second set of letters/numbers listed (if applicable), indicate a 2-tone or accent body color code. All colors are base coat/clear coat.
Primary Body Color
- AQ - Arizona Beige, Mercury/Ford
- BU - Medium Brown Metallic, Ford
- BY - School Bus Yellow, Ford
- HG - Smokestone, Mercury/Ford
- JL - Dark Toreador Red, Mercury/Ford
- JP - Silver Birch Metallic, Mercury/Ford
- KR - Norcea Blue Pearl, Mercury/Ford
- LK - Dark Blue, Ford
- LM - Royal Blue, Ford
- LN - Light Blue Metallic, Ford
- LS - Light Ice Blue Metallic, Mercury/Ford
- MM - Ultra Blue, Ford
- P2 - Driftwood Beige, Mercury/Ford
- T3 - Satellite Silver Pearl, Mercury/Ford
- TM - Light Gray, Ford
- TN - Silver Gray Metallic, Ford
- UA - Ebony, Mercury/Ford
- WT - Performance White, Mercury/Ford
- YG - Medium Titanium, Ford
Accent Body Color
- AQ - Arizona Beige, Ford
- BU - Medium Brown Metallic, Ford
- BY - School Bus Yellow, Ford
- HG - Smokestone, Mercury/Ford
- JL - Dark Toreador Red, Ford
- JP - Silver Birch Metallic, Ford
- KR - Norcea Blue, Ford
- LK - Dark Blue, Ford
- LM - Royal Blue, Ford
- LN - Light Blue Metallic, Ford
- LS - Light Ice Blue Metallic, Ford
- MM - Ultra Blue, Ford
- P2 - Driftwood Beige, Ford
- T3 - Satellite Silver, Ford
- TM - Light Gray, Ford
- TN - Silver Gray Metallic, Ford
- UA - Ebony, Ford
- WT - Performance White, Ford
- YG - Medium Titanium, Ford
The interior trim codes are listed below. The first letter/number is for the interior fabric. The second letter is for the interior color.
- A - Dalton cloth (split bench), Ford
- B - Atmore cloth (split bench), Mercury
- C - G-Grain vinyl 40/20/40 bench, Ford
- D - Luxury Atmore cloth (split bench), Mercury
- F - Luxury Atmore cloth (split bench), Ford
- H - Stockton cloth (front bucket with cloth rear seats), Ford
- I - Stockton cloth (front bucket seats with vinyl rear seat), Ford
- K - Milled Pebble leather (5-passenger seating), Ford
- P - Laura cloth (split bench), Ford
- Q - Dalton leather 40/20/04 (split bench), Ford
- R - G-Grain F350 Special Off-Road Package vinyl (split bench), Ford
- Y - Milled Pebble leather (split bench), Ford
- Z - G-Grain Super Soft Milled Pebble leather (split bench), Ford
- 2 - Milled Pebble leather (front bucket seats), Mercury
- 3 - Milled Pebble leather twin comfort seats, Mercury
- 4 - Milled Pebble Super-Soft leather (split bench), Mercury
The interior trim colors are:
- J - Light Camel, Mercury/Ford
- L - Medium Light Stone, Mercury/Ford
- N - Charcoal Black, Mercury/Ford
- V - Cashmere/Medium Light Stone, Mercury
Tape and paint stripe codes do not apply to all vehicles. If applicable, the code(s) is as follows:
- B - Black
- C - Light Chestnut
- J - Medium Red
- P - Light Charcoal
- Q - Dark Blue
The radio type codes are:
- B - Luxury electronic AM/FM stereo with cassette and clock (pre-equipment package 1)
- F - Electronic AM/FM stereo
- K - Premium electronic AM/FM stereo with cassette, compact disc (CD) and clock
- X - Electronic AM/FM stereo with 6-disc CD changer
- Y - Radio delete
- Z - Electronic AM/FM stereo with CD player and clock
The axle ratios are:
- 58 - 2.73 conventional (non-limited slip) - without Traction Control
- Z5 - 3.27 conventional (non-limited slip)
- C6 - 3.55 limited slip
- X5 - 3.27 limited slip
- C8 - 2.73 conventional (non-limited slip) - with Traction Control
The transmission codes are:
- Q - 4-speed automatic overdrive, (4R75E) Livonia
- S - 4-speed automatic overdrive, (4R75E) Sharonville
The first number/letter listed identifies the front spring codes. The second number/letter listed identifies the rear spring codes.
Front Springs
- Base part number - 5310
Rear Springs
- Base part number - 5560
Rear air suspension codes are:
Rear Air Suspension
- Base part number - 5A891