2004 Ford Expedition 1FMFU18L-4 — group E
168 vehicles sit in group E of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 1FMFU18L-4 means
- 1FM
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Ford registered — assembled in the United States
- FU18L
- together encode the Expedition line — Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), 5.4L 8cyl, Four-wheel drive — as Ford filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- 4
- in position 10 — model year 2004
- 9, 11–17
- differ on every car: check digit, plant code and the serial number
Groups
Too many vehicles to list on one page, so they are split by the next character of a fixed code derived from the VIN. Each group keeps its cars for good.