2INTRODUCTION
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MFD
BY
GAWR
FRONT
GAWRREAR
CHRYSLER
CORPORATION
DATE
OFMFR
GVWR
WITH
TIRES
WITH
TIRES
RIMS
AT
RIMS
AT
PSI
COLD
PSI
COLD
THIS
VEHICLECONFORMS
TO
ALLAPPLICABLEFEDERALMOTORVEHICLESAFETY
STANDARDS
IN
EFFECTON
THE
DATE
OF
MANUFACTURESHOWNABOVE.
SINGLE
DUAL
MDH:
BAR
CODE
VEHICLEMADE
IN
4648503
J9HN-25
Fig. 1 Vehicle Safety Certification Label
TheVehicleIdentificationNumberisalsoim-
printedonthe:
•BodyCodePlate
•EquipmentIdentificationPlate
•VehicleSafetyCertificationLabel
•Andona framerail.
VEHICLECODEPLATE
Ametalvehiclecodeplate(Fig.2)isattachedto
top,
rightsideofcowlbelowcowlgrille.Therecanbe
amaximumofsevenrowsofvehicleinformationim-
printedontheplate.Theinformationshouldberead
fromlefttoright,startingwithline1 atthebottom
oftheplateuptoline7 (asapplicable)atthetopof
thecodeplate.
Refertothedecodingcharttodecodelines1
through3.
Lines4 through7 ontheplateareimprintedinse-
quenceaccordingtothefollowingdescriptions:
•3-charactersalescode
•3-digitnumericalcode
•6-digitSECcode
Ifthereisnotenoughspaceleftintherowforall
ofthe6-digitSECcode:
•Theunusedspacewillremainblank
•Thecodewillbelistedinthenextrow.
Thelastninepositionsofrow7 willcontaina
2-digitcodeanda 6-digitserialnumber.
Thelastcodeona vehiclecodeplatewillbefol-
lowedbytheimprintedwordEND.Whentwoplates
arerequired,thelastavailablespacesonthefirst
platewillbeimprintedwiththelettersCTD(forcon-
tinued).
Whena secondvehiclecodeplateisnecessary,the
first fourspacesoneachrowwillnotbeusedbecause
oftheplateoverlap.
Toretrieveinformationfroma vehiclecodeplate:
•Illuminatetheplatewitha shoplight
•Viewtheplateviathecowlgrilleslots
•Recordtheneededcodedinformation.
ENGINEANDTRANSMISSION/TRANSFERCASE
IDENTIFICATION
RefertoGroup9—Enginesforallengineidentifi-
cationdata.
RefertoGroup21—Transmissionsforalltransmis-
sion/transfercaseidentificationdata.
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN) DECODING
Country
1
=
UnitedStates
2
=
Canada
3
=
Mexico
VehicleType
4
=
Multipurpose
Passenger
5
=
Bus
6
=
Incomplete
7
=
Truck
GVWR
and
HydraulicBrakes
0001
3001
4001
5001
6001
7001
8001
9001
10,001
Bus
orI
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
10,000
14,000
nc.
TruckLine
E
=
Ramcharger
4x2
Chassis
Cab
4x2
Pickup
4x2
M
=
Ramcharger
4x4
Chassis
Cab
4x2
Pickup
4x4
Engines
X
=
3.9L
(MPI)
Y = 5.2L
(MPI)
Z
=
5.9L
(EFI)
5
=
5.9LHDC
8
=
5.9LTurboDiesel
Sequential
SerialNumber
Six
DigitNumbers
Series
0=
150SJobRated
1
= 150
JobRated
2
= 250
JobRated
3
= 350
JobRated
Body
3
=
ClubCab
6
=
ConventionalCab
9
=
Sport
Utility
2 DR
PlantLocation
S
=
DodgeCity
M
=
Lago
Alberto
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