Factory build sheet

2017 Chevrolet Tahoe Police Vehicle

Build 1GNSKDEC-H · 5.3L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1GNSKDEC and position 10 reads H. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Tahoe whose VIN starts 1GNSKDEC and carries H in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 287 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 287 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
Engine model
L83 - SIDI: Spark Ignited Direct Injection, VVT: V
Engine manufacturer
GM
Fuel type
Gasoline

Drivetrain

Drive type
Four-wheel drive

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

Chevrolet used the VIN pattern 1GNSKDEC for 5 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.

$9,527 2016 $14,995 2018 $17,293 2019 $19,995 2020

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 SKDEC Model, body style, engine and restraint system
9 × Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build
10 H Model year — 2017
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 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe as a whole rather than this build alone.

Overall

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

Frontal crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Side crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Rollover

★★★ ★★ 3 / 5

4 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2017 Tahoe. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.

287 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to 1GNSKDEC-H shares the specification above.

  • 287 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.

Browse all 287 VINs of this build →

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.

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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 287 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.