Factory build sheet
2010 Ford Explorer Limited
Build 1FMEU8F8-A · 4.6L 8cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FMEU8F8 and position 10 reads A. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Explorer whose VIN starts 1FMEU8F8 and carries A in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 125 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 125 known VINs
- 2 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 model
- Ford
- Horsepower
- 292 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 2E
- GVWR
- 6,001–7,000 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 | EU8F8 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | A | Model year — 2010 |
| 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 2010 Ford Explorer as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2010 Explorer. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
125 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FMEU8F8-A shares the specification above.
- 125 Known VINs
- 2 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 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.
- 2010 Limited 4L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 72 vehicles
- 2011 Base 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 631 vehicles
- 2011 XLT 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 4,520 vehicles · $7,108 median
- 2012 Base 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 178 vehicles
- 2012 Limited 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 835 vehicles · $8,500 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 125 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.