Factory build sheet
2016 Ford Taurus Limited
Build 1FAHP2J8-G · 3.5L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FAHP2J8 and position 10 reads G. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Taurus whose VIN starts 1FAHP2J8 and carries G in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 599 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 599 known VINs
- 11 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
- 3.5 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Horsepower
- 288 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$11,500 median asking price · 17 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 17 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Ford used the VIN pattern 1FAHP2J8 for 6 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2013 Limited 3.5L 6cyl Sedan · 663 vehicles code D $9,800
- 2015 Limited 3.5L 6cyl Sedan · 679 vehicles code F $9,499
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2016 You are here code G $11,500
- 2017 Limited 3.5L 6cyl Sedan · 536 vehicles code H $15,995
- 2018 Limited AWD 3.5L 6cyl Sedan · 670 vehicles code J $16,189
- 2019 Limited AWD 3.5L 6cyl Sedan · 509 vehicles code K $18,500
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 | 1FA | FORD MOTOR COMPANY · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | HP2J8 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | G | Model year — 2016 |
| 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 2016 Ford Taurus as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
4 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2016 Taurus. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
599 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FAHP2J8-G shares the specification above.
- 599 Known VINs
- 11 Listed for sale now
- 17 Priced listings
- $11,500 Median asking
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 Taurus, 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.
- 2016 SHO 3.5L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 1,375 vehicles · $15,878 median
- 2016 Police 3.5L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 176 vehicles
- 2016 Police 3.5L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 105 vehicles
- 2017 SE 2L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 37 vehicles
- 2017 Limited 3.5L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 2,017 vehicles · $12,995 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.
Prices are asking prices from 17 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 599 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.