Factory build sheet
2008 Cadillac CTS
Build 1G6DJ577-8 · 3.6L 6cyl · Rear-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1G6DJ577 and position 10 reads 8. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every CTS whose VIN starts 1G6DJ577 and carries 8 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 462 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 462 known VINs
This configuration is identical to 2008 Cadillac CTS 3.6L 6cyl Sedan (2,761 vehicles). That page carries the full record.
Factory specification
As filed by Cadillac 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
- LY7
- Engine manufacturer
- GM
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Rear-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
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.
The same build, other model years
Cadillac used the VIN pattern 1G6DJ577 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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2008 You are here code 8
- 2009 NAV 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 339 vehicles code 9 $8,495
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 | 1G6 | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | DJ577 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 8 | Model year — 2008 |
| 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 2008 Cadillac CTS as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2008 CTS. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
462 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1G6DJ577-8 shares the specification above.
- 462 Known VINs
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 CTS, 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.
- 2008 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · RWD 1,416 vehicles
- 2008 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · RWD 936 vehicles · $5,995 median
- 2008 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · RWD 871 vehicles · $7,500 median
- 2008 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 1,551 vehicles · $6,675 median
- 2009 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 1,654 vehicles · $6,498 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 462 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.