Factory build sheet
2014 Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum
Build 1GYS3KEF-E · 6.2L 8cyl · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1GYS3KEF and position 10 reads E. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Escalade whose VIN starts 1GYS3KEF and carries E in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 108 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 108 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
- 6.2 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Engine model
- L94 - Flex Fuel(Gas/ALC), ALUM Cylinder Deactivati
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- 4x2
- 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 1GYS3KEF 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 | 1GY | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | S3KEF | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | E | Model year — 2014 |
| 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 2014 Cadillac Escalade as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2014 Escalade. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
108 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1GYS3KEF-E shares the specification above.
- 108 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.
- 2014 Luxury 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 652 vehicles · $13,599 median
- 2014 Premium 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 718 vehicles · $17,995 median
- 2014 Platinum 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 569 vehicles · $18,515 median
- 2014 ESV Premium 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 440 vehicles · $15,995 median
- 2015 Luxury 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 508 vehicles · $19,099 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 108 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.