Factory build sheet
2020 Buick Enclave Preferred
Build 5GAERAKW-L · 3.6L 6cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5GAERAKW and position 10 reads L. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Enclave whose VIN starts 5GAERAKW and carries L in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 713 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 713 known VINs
- 10 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
- LFY - Spark ignited Direct Injection, ATSS, GEN1
- Engine manufacturer
- GM
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 9
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 7
- Seat rows
- 3
- 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.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$17,910 median asking price · 19 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 19 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Buick used the VIN pattern 5GAERAKW for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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 | ERAKW | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | L | Model year — 2020 |
| 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 2020 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 2020 Enclave. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
713 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 5GAERAKW-L shares the specification above.
- 713 Known VINs
- 10 Listed for sale now
- 19 Priced listings
- $17,910 Median asking
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.
- 2020 Essence 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 8,353 vehicles · $18,243 median
- 2020 Premium 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 1,247 vehicles · $22,490 median
- 2020 Avenir 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 1,589 vehicles · $22,950 median
- 2020 Premium 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 2,195 vehicles · $21,950 median
- 2021 Premium 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 1,730 vehicles · $24,469 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.
Prices are asking prices from 19 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 713 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.