Factory build sheet
2012 Chrysler 300 300S V8
Build 2C3CCAJT-C · 5.7L 8cyl · All-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 2C3CCAJT and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every 300 whose VIN starts 2C3CCAJT and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 196 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 196 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Chrysler 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
- 5.7 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Turbocharged
- No
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- LX
- Manufacturer
- FCA CANADA INC.
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Chrysler used the VIN pattern 2C3CCAJT for 3 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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 | 2C3 | FCA CANADA INC. · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | CCAJT | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 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 2012 Chrysler 300 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
9 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 300. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
196 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 2C3CCAJT-C shares the specification above.
- 196 Known VINs
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 300, 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.
- 2012 300C 5.7L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 459 vehicles · $9,995 median
- 2012 300C Luxury 5.7L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 74 vehicles
- 2013 Base/Limited 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · RWD 6,855 vehicles · $8,500 median
- 2013 300S V6 5.7L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · RWD 665 vehicles
- 2013 300C 5.7L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · RWD 1,769 vehicles · $12,975 median
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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 196 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.