Factory build sheet

2003 Dodge Durango R/T

Build 1D8HS78Z-3 · 5.9L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1D8HS78Z and position 10 reads 3. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Durango whose VIN starts 1D8HS78Z and carries 3 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 85 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 85 known VINs

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 1D8 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 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 Durango as a whole rather than this build alone.

Rollover

★★★ ★★ 3 / 5

6 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2003 Durango. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.

85 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to 1D8HS78Z-3 shares the specification above.

  • 85 Known VINs

Neighboring configurations

Other factory configurations of the Durango, 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 85 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.