Factory build sheet
2018 Chevrolet Colorado LT
Build 1GCGSCEA-J · 2.5L 4cyl
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1GCGSCEA and position 10 reads J. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Colorado whose VIN starts 1GCGSCEA and carries J in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 791 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 791 known VINs
- 13 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Chevrolet 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
- 2.5 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Engine model
- 200 hp 25l i4
- Engine manufacturer
- CPC
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- 4x2
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- NHTSA body type
- TRUCK
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2G
- GVWR
- 8,001–9,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$18,990 median asking price · 15 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 15 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Chevrolet used the VIN pattern 1GCGSCEA for 7 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2015 Z71 1.9L 4cyl · 104 vehicles code F
- 2016 LT 2.5L 4cyl Pickup · 1,414 vehicles code G $15,995
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2018 You are here code J $18,990
- 2019 LT 2.5L 4cyl Pickup · 777 vehicles code K $19,495
- 2020 LT 2.5L 4cyl Pickup · 357 vehicles code L $21,982
- 2021 LT 2.5L 4cyl Pickup · 707 vehicles code M $23,995
- 2022 LT 2.5L 4cyl Pickup · 2,472 vehicles code N $24,489
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 | 1GC | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | GSCEA | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | J | Model year — 2018 |
| 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 2018 Chevrolet Colorado as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
1 recall campaign is recorded for the 2018 Colorado. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
791 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1GCGSCEA-J shares the specification above.
- 791 Known VINs
- 13 Listed for sale now
- 15 Priced listings
- $18,990 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
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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.
Prices are asking prices from 15 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 791 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.