According to the Haynes Repair Manual for '94-'03 Mustangs, the available engine codes are:

4 - 3.8l V6
W - 4.6l SOHC V8
V - 4.6l DOHC V8
T - 5.0l H.O. V8
D - 5.0l Cobra V8

I have a 2000 GT and my corresponding VIN engine code letter is an 'X'. What the heck does that mean?

Any thoughts?

 

you're reading your code wrong....or it's a ford ****up.

 

I have X as well....99 gt

 

get yourself a ford manual

 

No, I'm quite sure that I counted to 8 correctly and it was an X. Since the other characters around it are numbers, I'm pretty sure that's it.

Haynes could be wrong too, I just didn't know if this was something that was seen often or I got a factory reject or something...you know, like X'd out Top-Flites at the driving range.

"Hey, lookee there, it's Newb2000GT and his Dork-Stang, X'd out VIN and all."

VIN starts with 1FAFP42X2Y...

According to Haynes, the 8th digit is the engine code and the 10th digit is the model year...and the Y indicates 2000, which I agree with.

Just thought I'd throw it out there...thanks.

 

VIN DECODER

 

Thanks!

That offers a lot more VIN info than Haynes.

F'ing Haynes POS manual...

 

Time to bite the bullet and buy a helms ford book specifically for your car..

 

Haynes manuals suck. Go get a chilton's.