Identification Codes: Other Ford Taurus IV facelift

Trim Codes

1. 7 - Prescott cloth/leather
2. G - Courtland/Kent cloth
3. H - Prescott/Kent cloth
4. K - Fairfax/Kent cloth
5. L - Imola leather
6. M - Imola leather
7. N - Split hide leather
8. S - Kent/Prescott cloth

Interior Trim Color Code

1. 2 - Medium Graphite
2. H - Medium Parchment
3. W - Midnight Black

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Tape and paint pinstripe codes do not apply.

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1. 5 - Electronic premium AM/FM stereo with compact disc (CD) player
2. F - Electronic AM/FM stereo
3. H - Electronic AM/FM stereo with cassette

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The following lists the axle ratios.

1. 3R - 3.77
2. 6R - 3.96

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1. L - Four-speed automatic overdrive, AX4S
2. X - Four-speed automatic overdrive AX4N

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Spring codes list both front and rear spring codes. The first set of characters identify the front springs. The second set of characters identify the rear springs.

The following lists the available front spring codes

1. A - YF1C-5310-AA
2. B - YF1C-5310-BA
3. C - YF1C-5310-CA
4. D - YF1C-5310-DA

The following lists the available rear spring codes

1. A - 3F13-5560-AA
2. B - 3F13-5560-BA
3. C - 3F13-5560-CA
4. D - 3F13-5560-DA
5. E - 3F13-5560-EA
6. F - 3F13-5560-FA
7. G - 3F13-5560-GA
8. 1 - YF12-5560-BDB
9. 2 - 2F12-5560-BEA
10. 3 - 2F12-5560-BFA

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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 VC label.

Powertrain calibration information is printed in the lower right corner of the Vehicle Certification 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 below. 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 below. For electronic calibration strategies introduced in 2000 or later model years, Protocol 3 will be used. Refer to PROTOCOL 3 below.

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

Model Year

Model year code indicates the year in which the calibration code was introduced.

1. 0 - 2000
2. 1 - 2001
3. 2 - 2002
4. 3 - 2003
5. 4 - 2004

Vehicle Code

The vehicle code indicates the vehicle line to which the code applies.

1. DD - Taurus/Sable

Transmission Code

The transmission code identifies the type of transmission used.

1. 1 - Automatic transmission

Fleet Coding

Identifies the fleet to which the vehicle belongs.

1. 0 - Certification (U.S. 4K, final sale in export markets)
2. 1 - HDGE/Dyno
3. 2 - Fast AMA U.S.
4. 3 - ADP U.S.
5. 4 - Not assigned
6. 5 - Not assigned
7. 6 - Evaporative emissions
8. 7 - MACAA
9. 8 - On-board diagnostics (OBD)
10. 9 - Not assigned

Certification Region

When instances where multiple regions are included in one calibration, the lead region will be listed.

1. 5 - U.S. fifty states
2. A - U.S. federal, including altitude, may include Canada and/or Mexico
3. B - U.S. California standard, includes U.S. green states
4. C - Canada
5. D - China
6. E - European Community (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom)
7. F - European Extended Community (E plus Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Yugoslavia)
8. G - Gulf Cooperative Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE)
9. H - Hong Kong
10. J - Japan
11. K - Korea
12. L - Malaysia
13. M - Mexico
14. N - New Zealand
15. P - Australia
16. Q - South America (Brazil)
17. S - Singapore
18. T - Taiwan
19. U - South America (unleaded fuel regions)
20. V - Vietnam
21. X - Rest of World (ROW)
22. Y - Military
23. Z - Israel

Revision Level (not printed on label)

1. 91-99 - Hardware and certification levels
2. 01-04 - Preliminary levels
3. 00 - Job 1 production (initial certification)
4. 05-09 - Pre-job 1 revisions to calibrations
5. 10-89 - Post-job 1 revisions to calibrations
6. 0B - Durability test level
7. BD - On-board diagnostics (OBD) intermediate level (pre-05)