Factory build sheet
2017 Ford Transit 156 DRW
Build 1FDBF8PM-H · 3.7L 6cyl · Rear-wheel drive · Incomplete - Cutaway
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FDBF8PM and position 10 reads H. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Transit whose VIN starts 1FDBF8PM and carries H in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 15 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 15 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
- 3.7 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- 6-cylinder
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Horsepower
- 275 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Rear-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Incomplete - Cutaway
- NHTSA body type
- INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
- Series
- 350 HD
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2H
- GVWR
- 9,001–10,000 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 | 1FD | FORD MOTOR COMPANY · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | BF8PM | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | H | Model year — 2017 |
| 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 2017 Ford Transit as a whole rather than this build alone.
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
18 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2017 Transit. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
15 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FDBF8PM-H shares the specification above.
- 15 Known VINs
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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 15 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.