Factory build sheet
2001 Ford Explorer LTD
Build 1FMDU85P-1 · 5L 8cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FMDU85P and position 10 reads 1. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Explorer whose VIN starts 1FMDU85P and carries 1 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 27 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 27 known VINs
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
- 5 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Horsepower
- 215 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-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
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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
Ford used the VIN pattern 1FMDU85P for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2000 LTD 5L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 131 vehicles code Y
-
2001 You are here code 1
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 | 1FM | FORD MOTOR COMPANY · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | DU85P | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 1 | Model year — 2001 |
| 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 2001 Ford Explorer as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★ ★★★ 2 / 5
14 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2001 Explorer. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
27 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FMDU85P-1 shares the specification above.
- 27 Known VINs
- 1FMDU85P 91ZA37437
- 1FMDU85P 01ZA45488
- 1FMDU85P 91ZA00226
- 1FMDU85P 41ZA00196
- 1FMDU85P 61ZA71805
- 1FMDU85P 31UB48837
- 1FMDU85P 21UB09267
- 1FMDU85P X1UB11784
- 1FMDU85P 41ZA00327
- 1FMDU85P 71UB08115
- 1FMDU85P 71ZA59517
- 1FMDU85P X1ZA34143
- 1FMDU85P 31ZA58400
- 1FMDU85P 61ZA29845
- 1FMDU85P 71ZA82165
- 1FMDU85P 81ZA00346
- 1FMDU85P 41ZA22957
- 1FMDU85P 41UB08167
- 1FMDU85P 51ZA27911
- 1FMDU85P X1ZA67627
- 1FMDU85P 31ZA34078
- 1FMDU85P 61ZA00247
- 1FMDU85P 51UB05584
- 1FMDU85P 41UB09142
- 1FMDU85P X1UB09968
- 1FMDU85P 31ZA00206
- 1FMDU85P X1UB22560
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Explorer, 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.
- 2001 Sport 4L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,120 vehicles
- 2001 Sport 4L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 875 vehicles
- 2001 XLS 4L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 163 vehicles
- 2001 XLT 5L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 68 vehicles
- 2001 XLT 4L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 580 vehicles · $2,995 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 27 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.