Factory build sheet
2018 GMC Terrain SL
Build 3GKALLEV-J · 1.5L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 3GKALLEV and position 10 reads J. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Terrain whose VIN starts 3GKALLEV and carries J in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 54 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 54 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
- 1.5 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Engine model
- LYX - Direct Injection, VVT, FGT, TURBO, ALUM, GEN
- Engine manufacturer
- GM
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Turbocharged
- Yes
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 9
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 5
- Seat rows
- 2
- Series
- SL FWD
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1C
- GVWR
- 4,001–5,000 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 | 3GK | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | ALLEV | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | J | Model year — 2018 |
| 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 2018 GMC Terrain as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
54 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 3GKALLEV-J shares the specification above.
- 54 Known VINs
- 3GKALLEV 7JL316621
- 3GKALLEV 3JL226561
- 3GKALLEV 1JL305422
- 3GKALLEV 8JL168642
- 3GKALLEV 2JL261818
- 3GKALLEV 3JL251461
- 3GKALLEV 9JL250668
- 3GKALLEV 7JL169202
- 3GKALLEV 0JL142472
- 3GKALLEV 5JL141608
- 3GKALLEV 3JL141669
- 3GKALLEV 6JL168574
- 3GKALLEV 6JL149376
- 3GKALLEV 5JL258217
- 3GKALLEV 5JL383962
- 3GKALLEV 5JL251901
- 3GKALLEV 3JL355433
- 3GKALLEV 9JL261461
- 3GKALLEV 7JL159463
- 3GKALLEV 0JL182714
- 3GKALLEV 1JL173584
- 3GKALLEV 7JL265220
- 3GKALLEV 4JL264168
- 3GKALLEV 8JL179785
- 3GKALLEV 2JL252097
- 3GKALLEV 5JL411095
- 3GKALLEV 4JL188127
- 3GKALLEV XJL263574
- 3GKALLEV 8JL406456
- 3GKALLEV 0JL386400
- 3GKALLEV 6JL150463
- 3GKALLEV 9JL228105
- 3GKALLEV 7JL167899
- 3GKALLEV 7JL262365
- 3GKALLEV 0JL158316
- 3GKALLEV 3JL224101
- 3GKALLEV XJL360922
- 3GKALLEV 3JL190936
- 3GKALLEV 6JL229793
- 3GKALLEV XJL251750
- 3GKALLEV 9JL145600
- 3GKALLEV 5JL151426
- 3GKALLEV 4JL196552
- 3GKALLEV 0JL208244
- 3GKALLEV XJL176547
- 3GKALLEV 2JL330295
- 3GKALLEV XJL249724
- 3GKALLEV 2JL141274
- 3GKALLEV 7JL168633
- 3GKALLEV 3JL184909
- 3GKALLEV 2JL215552
- 3GKALLEV 2JL173156
- 3GKALLEV 0JL228266
- 3GKALLEV 6JL249879
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Terrain, 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.
- 2018 SLE 1.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 14,066 vehicles · $12,788 median
- 2018 SLE 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 2,896 vehicles · $13,734 median
- 2018 SLE Diesel 1.6L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 429 vehicles · $12,995 median
- 2018 SLT 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 2,340 vehicles · $14,877 median
- 2018 SLE AWD 1.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 7,555 vehicles · $12,995 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 54 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.