Factory build sheet
2008 Dodge Avenger SXT
Build 1B3LC56J-8 · 2.4L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1B3LC56J and position 10 reads 8. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Avenger whose VIN starts 1B3LC56J and carries 8 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 480 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 480 known VINs
This configuration is identical to 2008 Dodge Avenger SXT 2.4L 4cyl Sedan (3,605 vehicles). That page carries the full record.
Factory specification
As filed by Dodge with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2.4 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- JS
- Manufacturer
- FCA US LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1B3 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | LC56J | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 8 | Model year — 2008 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2008 Dodge Avenger as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
6 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2008 Avenger. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
480 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1B3LC56J-8 shares the specification above.
- 480 Known VINs
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Avenger, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2008 SXT 2.4L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 3,605 vehicles · $5,500 median
- 2008 SXT 2.7L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 2,287 vehicles · $5,450 median
- 2008 R/T 3.5L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 1,424 vehicles · $2,002 median
- 2009 SE 2.4L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 1,800 vehicles · $4,995 median
- 2009 SXT 2.7L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 366 vehicles
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 480 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.