Factory build sheet
2004 Ford Crown Victoria
Build 2FAFP71W-4 · 4.6L 8cyl · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 2FAFP71W and position 10 reads 4. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Crown Victoria whose VIN starts 2FAFP71W and carries 4 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 431 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 431 known VINs
- 1 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Ford 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
- 4.6 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Valve train
- Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
- Horsepower
- 224 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD.
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Ford used the VIN pattern 2FAFP71W for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 1999 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 288 vehicles code X
- 2000 Police Interceptor 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 378 vehicles code Y
- 2001 Police Interceptor 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 398 vehicles code 1
- 2002 Police Interceptor 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 214 vehicles code 2
- 2003 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 546 vehicles code 3
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2004 You are here code 4
- 2006 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 737 vehicles code 6 $9,999
- 2007 4.6L 8cyl Sedan · 970 vehicles code 7 $7,094
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 | 2FA | FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | FP71W | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 4 | Model year — 2004 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
431 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 2FAFP71W-4 shares the specification above.
- 431 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
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 Crown Victoria, 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 431 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.