Factory build sheet
2002 Chevrolet Suburban K2500
Build 3GNGK26U-2 · 6L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 3GNGK26U and position 10 reads 2. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Suburban whose VIN starts 3GNGK26U and carries 2 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 142 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 142 known VINs
- 1 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
- 6 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- LQ4
- 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
- 2500 (3/4 Ton)
- 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.
The same build, other model years
Chevrolet used the VIN pattern 3GNGK26U for 7 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2000 K2500 6L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 228 vehicles code Y
- 2001 6L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 310 vehicles code 1 $6,298
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2002 You are here code 2
- 2003 K2500 6L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 181 vehicles code 3
- 2004 6L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 194 vehicles code 4
- 2005 6L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 166 vehicles code 5
- 2006 6L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 66 vehicles code 6
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 | 3GN | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | GK26U | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 2 | Model year — 2002 |
| 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 2002 Chevrolet Suburban as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2002 Suburban. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
142 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 3GNGK26U-2 shares the specification above.
- 142 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
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.
Vehicle counts come from the 142 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.