Factory build sheet
2012 Dodge Durango Citadel
Build 1C4RDHEG-C · 3.6L 6cyl · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1C4RDHEG and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Durango whose VIN starts 1C4RDHEG and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 181 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 181 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
- 3.6 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- FCA
- Turbocharged
- No
- Horsepower
- 295 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- 4x2
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- 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.
The same build, other model years
Dodge used the VIN pattern 1C4RDHEG for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2012 You are here code C
- 2013 Citadel 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 300 vehicles code D $9,895
- 2014 Citadel 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 712 vehicles code E $10,053
- 2015 Citadel 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 738 vehicles code F $11,950
- 2016 Citadel 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 385 vehicles code G
- 2017 Citadel 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 441 vehicles code H $15,715
- 2019 Citadel 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 117 vehicles code K $19,500
- 2020 Citadel 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 89 vehicles code L $17,648
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 | 1C4 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | RDHEG | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 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 2012 Dodge Durango as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
10 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Durango. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
181 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1C4RDHEG-C shares the specification above.
- 181 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 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.
- 2012 SXT 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,610 vehicles · $6,998 median
- 2012 Crew 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 2,372 vehicles · $8,495 median
- 2012 Citadel 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 560 vehicles
- 2012 Citadel 5.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 350 vehicles · $9,995 median
- 2012 Citadel 5.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,268 vehicles · $10,199 median
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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 181 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.