Factory build sheet
2010 Chevrolet Tahoe LS
Build 1GNMCAE3-A · 5.3L 8cyl · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1GNMCAE3 and position 10 reads A. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Tahoe whose VIN starts 1GNMCAE3 and carries A in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 405 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 405 known VINs
- 2 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
- 5.3 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- LC9
- Engine manufacturer
- GM
- Valve train
- Overhead Valve (OHV)
- Fuel type
- Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV)
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
- Series
- 1/2 ton
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2E
- GVWR
- 6,001–7,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
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 | 1GN | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | MCAE3 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | A | Model year — 2010 |
| 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 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2010 Tahoe. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
405 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1GNMCAE3-A shares the specification above.
- 405 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 Tahoe, 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.
- 2010 LT 5.3L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 954 vehicles · $8,900 median
- 2010 LT 5.3L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 904 vehicles · $10,247 median
- 2010 LTZ 5.3L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 795 vehicles · $14,175 median
- 2010 LS 5.3L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 963 vehicles · $10,995 median
- 2010 Hybrid 6L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 83 vehicles
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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 405 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.