Factory build sheet
2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
Build 4A3AC54L-Y · 3L · Hatchback
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 4A3AC54L and position 10 reads Y. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Eclipse whose VIN starts 4A3AC54L and carries Y in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 224 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 224 known VINs
- 1 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Mitsubishi 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 L
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 3
- Manufacturer
- MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA
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.
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 | 4A3 | MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | AC54L | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | Y | Model year — 2000 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
224 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 4A3AC54L-Y shares the specification above.
- 224 Known VINs
- 1 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.
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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 224 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.