Factory build sheet
2002 Dodge Durango R/T
Build 1B4HS78Z-2 · 5.9L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1B4HS78Z and position 10 reads 2. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Durango whose VIN starts 1B4HS78Z and carries 2 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 95 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 95 known VINs
- 1 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
- 5.9 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- DN
- 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 | 1B4 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | HS78Z | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 2 | Model year — 2002 |
| 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 2002 Dodge Durango as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
6 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2002 Durango. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
95 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1B4HS78Z-2 shares the specification above.
- 95 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
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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 95 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.