Factory build sheet
2003 Dodge Dakota Sport
Build 1D7HL38X-3 · 3.9L 6cyl · Pickup
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1D7HL38X and position 10 reads 3. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Dakota whose VIN starts 1D7HL38X and carries 3 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 440 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 440 known VINs
- 2 listed for sale now
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
- 3.9 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- 4x2
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Pickup
- NHTSA body type
- TRUCK
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- AN
- Manufacturer
- FCA US LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2E
- GVWR
- 6,001–7,000 lb
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 | 1D7 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | HL38X | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 3 | Model year — 2003 |
| 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 2003 Dodge Dakota as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
11 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2003 Dakota. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
440 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1D7HL38X-3 shares the specification above.
- 440 Known VINs
- 2 Listed for sale now
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 Dakota, 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.
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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 440 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.