2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1GCHK23U-5 — group 9
96 vehicles sit in group 9 of this build. Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
What 1GCHK23U-5 means
- 1GC
- the World Manufacturer Identifier Chevrolet registered — assembled in the United States
- HK23U
- together encode the Silverado line — Pickup, 6L 8cyl, Four-wheel drive — as Chevrolet filed it, these five characters are read as one block, not letter by letter
- 5
- in position 10 — model year 2005
- 9, 11–17
- differ on every car: check digit, plant code and the serial number
Groups
Too many vehicles to list on one page, so they are split by the next character of a fixed code derived from the VIN. Each group keeps its cars for good.