Factory build sheet
2012 Cadillac Escalade Platinum Hybrid
Build 1GYS4FEJ-C · 6L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1GYS4FEJ and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Escalade whose VIN starts 1GYS4FEJ and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 39 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 39 known VINs
- 1 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
- LZ1 - Flex Fuel(Gasoline/Ethanol), LIVC, DOD, Alum
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
- Electrification
- Hybrid
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)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2F
- GVWR
- 7,001–8,000 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 1GYS4FEJ 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 | 1GY | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | S4FEJ | 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 Cadillac Escalade as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Escalade. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
39 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1GYS4FEJ-C shares the specification above.
- 39 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
- 1GYS4FEJ 9CR251188
- 1GYS4FEJ 2CR216346
- 1GYS4FEJ XCR216594
- 1GYS4FEJ 2CR225726
- 1GYS4FEJ 3CR225735
- 1GYS4FEJ 8CR290063
- 1GYS4FEJ 8CR179531
- 1GYS4FEJ XCR174766
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR216468
- 1GYS4FEJ 4CR247842
- 1GYS4FEJ 2CR181811
- 1GYS4FEJ 2CR248634
- 1GYS4FEJ XCR229152
- 1GYS4FEJ 1CR222686
- 1GYS4FEJ 0CR269353
- 1GYS4FEJ 8CR304611
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR216972
- 1GYS4FEJ 3CR236427
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR193323
- 1GYS4FEJ 1CR143647
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR226577
- 1GYS4FEJ 7CR252193
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR267727
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR196416
- 1GYS4FEJ 3CR289080
- 1GYS4FEJ 7CR251092
- 1GYS4FEJ 2CR237228
- 1GYS4FEJ 8CR304642
- 1GYS4FEJ 8CR294758
- 1GYS4FEJ 4CR248330
- 1GYS4FEJ 4CR196407
- 1GYS4FEJ 9CR266841
- 1GYS4FEJ 2CR225483
- 1GYS4FEJ 8CR185216
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR180653
- 1GYS4FEJ 2CR229050
- 1GYS4FEJ 0CR195335
- 1GYS4FEJ 5CR178367
- 1GYS4FEJ 6CR238625
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.
- 2012 ESV Base 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 27 vehicles
- 2012 ESV Luxury 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 496 vehicles · $11,995 median
- 2012 ESV Premium 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 247 vehicles · $9,499 median
- 2012 EXT Luxury 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility truck sut · 4WD 164 vehicles
- 2013 Premium 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 312 vehicles · $16,750 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 39 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.