Factory build sheet

2012 GMC Canyon 87 IN. BBC Aluminum Tilt

Build 1GTE5LFE-C · 7L 8cyl

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1GTE5LFE and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Canyon whose VIN starts 1GTE5LFE and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 16 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 16 known VINs

Factory specification

As filed by GMC 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
7 L
Displacement (CI)
427
Cylinders
8
Configuration
V-Shaped
Engine model
242 hp 37l i5
Engine manufacturer
GM
Fuel type
Gasoline

Drivetrain

Drive type
4X2
Brake system
Hydraulic

Body & chassis

NHTSA body type
TRUCK
Series
5000 Medium Duty
Manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS LLC

Weight rating

GVWR class
Class 5
GVWR
16,001–19,500 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 1GT GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 E5LFE 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 GMC Canyon as a whole rather than this build alone.

Rollover

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Canyon. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.

16 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to 1GTE5LFE-C shares the specification above.

  • 16 Known VINs

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