Factory build sheet
2012 Buick Lacrosse Premium 1
Build 1G4GE5E3-C · 3.6L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1G4GE5E3 and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Lacrosse whose VIN starts 1G4GE5E3 and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 294 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 294 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
- Engine model
- LFX
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
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 | 1G4 | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | GE5E3 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 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 2012 Buick Lacrosse as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Lacrosse. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
294 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1G4GE5E3-C shares the specification above.
- 294 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 Lacrosse, 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.
- 2012 Premium 1 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 48 vehicles
- 2012 Premium 2 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 1,075 vehicles · $7,200 median
- 2012 Premium 2 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 191 vehicles
- 2012 Premium 2 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 155 vehicles
- 2012 Touring 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 964 vehicles · $7,398 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 294 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.