how to check the buid date of your x???

[m8r8j]

i have an 02, i heard somewhere that the early built 02's were horrible(late 2001) how do i check the build date on mine?

 

[cybergasm]

look on the door jam sticker (might be on the door or could be on the post it self) and in the upper left corner it should say date built with a 2 digit month and 2 digit year

 

[m8r8j]

02/02...

so im guessing im all set as far as being past the crap year right?

 

[cybergasm]

Looks like you should be

 

[97awdx]

02 of 2002 is still darn early in the year. Why do you say they were a piece of crap? Do you mean the end of the old body style or the beginning of the new?

 

[RoadBully]

That really isn't that early in the model year, they start producing well before the actual year starts..
02 models would have been released mid-late 01, so if it wasn't actually manufactured until feb then it's pretty much half way through the production year.

 

[IZwack]

Why do you say they were a piece of crap?

El break-o el rear coil spring-oooooo (yes that is my best attempt at another language).

Thread:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182961
Among other reasons .

 

[JCUZ]

I think Ford US release new models for the following year in September the year before. So the first 2002 model would have been built in 09/2001. My 2004 model was built in 11/2003. An 02/2002 is almost halfway through the production year run.

 

[techieman33]

El break-o el rear coil spring-oooooo (yes that is my best attempt at another language).

Thread:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182961
Among other reasons .

that and the rear diff whine, I think there are probably less people here on the forum with early 02's that haven't had the problem than have had it.

 

[justchecking]

Ok. I want to start a contest. Mine is 12/00.

THAT EXPLAINS A LOT!!!!

 

[SDVike]

Ok. I want to start a contest. Mine is 12/00.

THAT EXPLAINS A LOT!!!!

Amazing, yours was built a year and a half before they were released. I think yours might have been the test model.

Overheard one tester saying to another. "How many times do you think we can redline this before it starts making funny noises!"

 

[BrooklynBay]

Enter your vin # to get all of the information on your vehicle: Dead Link Removed

 

[jad2411]

Doesn't show the build date

 

[XtremeRanger]

My GF's is 8/01...prolly one of the first off the line.....