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2INTRODUCTIONGENERAL INFORMATION (Continued)VEHICLE SAFETY CERTIFICATION LABELA vehicle safety certification label (Fig. 1) isattached to every Chrysler Corporation vehicle. Thelabel certifies that the vehicle conforms to all appli-cable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. Thelabel also lists:• Month and year of vehicle manufacture.• Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). The grossfront and rear axle weight ratings (GAWR's) arebased on a minimum rim size and maximum cold tireinflation pressure.• Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).• Type of vehicle.• Type of rear wheels.• Bar code.• Month, Day and Hour (MDH) of final assembly.• Paint and Trim codes.• Country of origin.The label is located on the driver-side door shut-face.Fig. 1 Vehicle Safety Certification Label—TypicalBODY CODE PLATEA metal Body Code (Fig. 2) plate is attached (riv-eted) to the top, left side of the radiator reinforce-ment. There can be a maximum of seven rows ofinformation on the plate. The information should beread from left to right. Start with line 1 at the bot-tom of the plate up to line 7 at the top of the codeplate.Refer to the decoding chart to decode lines 1through 3.Lines 4 through 7 on the plate are imprinted insequence according to the following descriptions:• 3-character sales code.• 3-digit numerical code.• 6-digit SEC code.If there is not enough space left in the row for allof the 6-digit SEC code:• The unused space will remain blank.• The code will be listed in the next row.

The last nine positions of row 7 will contain a2-digit code and a 6- digit serial number.The last code on a vehicle code plate will be fol-lowed by the imprinted word END. When two platesare required, the last available spaces on the firstplate will be imprinted with the letters CTD (for con-tinued). When a second vehicle code plate is necessary, the first four spaces on each row will not be used because of the plate overlap

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