Factory build sheet
2018 Ford Transit T-350 HD
Build 1FDES8PM-J · 7.3L 8cyl
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FDES8PM and position 10 reads J. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Transit whose VIN starts 1FDES8PM and carries J in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 39 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 39 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
- 7.3 L
- Displacement (CI)
- 445
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine manufacturer
- Navistar
- Horsepower
- 160 hp
- Fuel type
- Diesel
Drivetrain
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- NHTSA body type
- INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
- 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 | 1FD | FORD MOTOR COMPANY · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | ES8PM | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | J | Model year — 2018 |
| 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 2018 Ford Transit as a whole rather than this build alone.
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
14 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2018 Transit. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
39 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FDES8PM-J shares the specification above.
- 39 Known VINs
- 1FDES8PM 0JKA91537
- 1FDES8PM 7JKA58339
- 1FDES8PM 4JKA04609
- 1FDES8PM 8JKA08310
- 1FDES8PM 6JKA30094
- 1FDES8PM 4JKA73686
- 1FDES8PM 7JKA91518
- 1FDES8PM XJKA08308
- 1FDES8PM 5JKA07454
- 1FDES8PM 1JKA30083
- 1FDES8PM 1JKA73676
- 1FDES8PM 7JKB55668
- 1FDES8PM 5JKA73700
- 1FDES8PM 4JKA06232
- 1FDES8PM 2JKB16096
- 1FDES8PM 3JKA73694
- 1FDES8PM 7JKA73701
- 1FDES8PM XJKA97653
- 1FDES8PM XJKA18028
- 1FDES8PM 6JKA26885
- 1FDES8PM 2JKA81351
- 1FDES8PM 4JKA93209
- 1FDES8PM 8JKB07063
- 1FDES8PM XJKB43532
- 1FDES8PM 9JKA70654
- 1FDES8PM 5JKA88083
- 1FDES8PM 2JKB09553
- 1FDES8PM 2JKA04611
- 1FDES8PM 6JKA70630
- 1FDES8PM 9JKA07456
- 1FDES8PM 6JKA73687
- 1FDES8PM 9JKA30087
- 1FDES8PM 4JKA06229
- 1FDES8PM 0JKB07073
- 1FDES8PM 0JKA04610
- 1FDES8PM XJKA81355
- 1FDES8PM 9JKB36443
- 1FDES8PM 1JKA08309
- 1FDES8PM 2JKA30092
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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 39 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.