Every Ford Ranger (2019–2023) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the 1FT WMI. The Ranger is a gas truck; this page shows what each character of a Ford Ranger VIN means and gives 4 checksum-valid sample VINs you can drop straight into test fixtures. Synthetic — not real: no scraping, no real-owner data. The generator below is pre-filtered to the Ranger.
Each sample below is built from the real 1FT WMI and the Ranger's descriptor, so it decodes to a Ford Ranger of the right model year:
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Worked on the sample 1FTER4FH2KL805237 — a 2019 Ford Ranger:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | 1FT | Marks the VIN as Ford, built in United States |
| 4–8 | VDS | ER4FH | Descriptor for the Ranger — truck body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 2 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | K | Code K = 2019 |
| 11 | Plant | L | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 805237 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Ford Ranger VIN read 1FT — the World Manufacturer Identifier that marks the vehicle as Ford, assembled in United States (North America). After the WMI, positions 4–8 (ER4FH in our seed) describe the Ranger itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Ranger, 2019 is code K and 2023 is code P. See the 2023 year code or the check-digit math.
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A Ford Ranger VIN is 17 characters starting with the 1FT WMI, for example 1FTER4FH2KL805237. Positions 4–8 describe the Ranger, position 9 is the check digit, position 10 is the model year, and 12–17 are the serial number.
Read it left to right: 1FT is the Ford WMI, positions 4–8 are the Ranger descriptor, position 9 verifies the VIN via a mod-11 checksum, position 10 gives the year, position 11 the plant, and 12–17 the serial. Paste any VIN into the decoder to do it automatically.
The Ranger in our seed uses the 1FT WMI (United States). Any VIN beginning with 1FT decodes to Ford.
No. They are synthetically generated but checksum-valid, use the real Ford 1FT WMI, and carry the Ranger's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Ford Ranger. No real vehicle's VIN is used.