Factory build sheet
2011 Buick Enclave CX
Build 5GAKVAED-B · 3.6L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5GAKVAED and position 10 reads B. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Enclave whose VIN starts 5GAKVAED and carries B in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 308 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 308 known VINs
- 2 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Buick 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
- 3.6 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- LLT
- Engine manufacturer
- GM
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2E
- GVWR
- 6,001–7,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Buick used the VIN pattern 5GAKVAED for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2011 You are here code B
- 2012 Base 3.6L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 129 vehicles code C
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 | 5GA | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | KVAED | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | B | Model year — 2011 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2011 Buick Enclave as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
6 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2011 Enclave. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
308 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 5GAKVAED-B shares the specification above.
- 308 Known VINs
- 2 Listed for sale now
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Enclave, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2011 CXL 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 4,546 vehicles · $6,000 median
- 2011 2CXL 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 2,911 vehicles · $5,900 median
- 2012 Base 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 555 vehicles · $6,995 median
- 2012 Leather 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 7,823 vehicles · $7,145 median
- 2012 Convenience 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 256 vehicles · $6,995 median
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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 308 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.