Factory build sheet
2020 Ford Transit EL DRW High Roof
Build 1FTBF4U8-L · 3.5L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Cargo VAN
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1FTBF4U8 and position 10 reads L. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Transit whose VIN starts 1FTBF4U8 and carries L in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 21 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 21 known VINs
- 1 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 model
- 3.5L V6 Cyclone
- Engine manufacturer
- Ford
- Horsepower
- 275 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Cargo Van
- NHTSA body type
- TRUCK
- 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.
The same build, other model years
Ford used the VIN pattern 1FTBF4U8 for 5 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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 | 1FT | FORD MOTOR COMPANY · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | BF4U8 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | L | Model year — 2020 |
| 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 2020 Ford Transit as a whole rather than this build alone.
Frontal crash
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
9 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2020 Transit. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
21 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1FTBF4U8-L shares the specification above.
- 21 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
- 1FTBF4U8 5LKB42710
- 1FTBF4U8 0LKB33560
- 1FTBF4U8 6LKB31439
- 1FTBF4U8 7LKB22166
- 1FTBF4U8 5LKB68725
- 1FTBF4U8 1LKA79959
- 1FTBF4U8 3LKB68724
- 1FTBF4U8 XLKB76903
- 1FTBF4U8 5LKA96179
- 1FTBF4U8 2LKA96172
- 1FTBF4U8 1LKB54580
- 1FTBF4U8 7LKA96183
- 1FTBF4U8 8LKA96175
- 1FTBF4U8 3LKA66372
- 1FTBF4U8 1LKB68723
- 1FTBF4U8 9LKB22167
- 1FTBF4U8 5LKB54579
- 1FTBF4U8 0LKA96171
- 1FTBF4U8 5LKA17058
- 1FTBF4U8 2LKA66377
- 1FTBF4U8 0LKB70124
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Transit, 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.
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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 21 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.