Factory build sheet
2017 Dodge Journey SE, SE CVP
Build 3C4PDCAB-8 · 2.4L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 3C4PDCAB and position 10 reads 8. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Journey whose VIN starts 3C4PDCAB and carries 8 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1 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
- 2.4 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Engine manufacturer
- FCA
- Horsepower
- 173 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-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
- Seats
- 5
- Seat rows
- 2
- Series
- JC
- Manufacturer
- CHRYSLER DE MEXICO TOLUCA
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 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 3C4PDCAB for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2012 SE 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 4,688 vehicles code C $6,499
- 2013 SE 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 7,330 vehicles code D $6,500
- 2014 SE 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 7,863 vehicles code E $6,195
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2017 You are here code 8
- 2017 SE, SE CVP 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 12,102 vehicles code H $8,199
- 2018 SE 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 25,316 vehicles code J $9,250
- 2019 SE 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 4,171 vehicles code K $10,600
- 2020 SE 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 15,899 vehicles code L $13,180
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 | 3C4 | CHRYSLER DE MEXICO TOLUCA · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | PDCAB | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 8 | Model year — 2017 |
| 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 2017 Dodge Journey as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2017 Journey. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
1 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 3C4PDCAB-8 shares the specification above.
- 1 Known VINs
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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 1 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.