Factory build sheet
2006 Cadillac Escalade EXT
Build 3GYEK62N-6 · 6L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 3GYEK62N and position 10 reads 6. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Escalade whose VIN starts 3GYEK62N and carries 6 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 313 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 313 known VINs
- 2 listed for sale now
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
- 6 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Engine model
- LQ9
- Engine manufacturer
- GM
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Series
- 1500 (1/2 ton)
- 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
Cadillac used the VIN pattern 3GYEK62N for 3 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 | 3GY | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | EK62N | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 6 | Model year — 2006 |
| 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 2006 Cadillac Escalade as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2006 Escalade. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
313 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 3GYEK62N-6 shares the specification above.
- 313 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 Escalade, 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.
- 2006 ESV 6L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 614 vehicles · $7,482 median
- 2007 Luxury 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,431 vehicles · $8,845 median
- 2007 Luxury 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 7,522 vehicles · $8,995 median
- 2007 EXT 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility truck sut · 4WD 1,599 vehicles · $11,999 median
- 2008 ESV 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 62 vehicles
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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 313 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.