Factory build sheet
2003 Ford Explorer XLS
Build 1FMZU82K-3 · 4L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FMZU82K and position 10 reads 3. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Explorer whose VIN starts 1FMZU82K and carries 3 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 16 of them.
- Decoded Sep 9, 2026
- 16 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
- 4 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Valve train
- Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
- Horsepower
- 210 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.
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 | ZU82K | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 3 | Model year — 2003 |
| 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 2003 Ford Explorer as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
7 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2003 Explorer. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
16 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FMZU82K-3 shares the specification above.
- 16 Known VINs
- 1FMZU82K 03ZA03372
- 1FMZU82K X3UC47673
- 1FMZU82K 13ZA25395
- 1FMZU82K 43UC30884
- 1FMZU82K 43UA03002
- 1FMZU82K 33UB35281
- 1FMZU82K 83ZA60824
- 1FMZU82K 83ZA50813
- 1FMZU82K 63UB62359
- 1FMZU82K 13UB77027
- 1FMZU82K 33UA66799
- 1FMZU82K 03UC43650
- 1FMZU82K 23ZA80406
- 1FMZU82K 23ZB56707
- 1FMZU82K 73UC10368
- 1FMZU82K 63UC17473
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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 16 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.