Factory build sheet
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
Build 1C4RJFBT-C · 5.7L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1C4RJFBT and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Grand Cherokee whose VIN starts 1C4RJFBT and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1,550 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1,550 known VINs
- 22 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Jeep 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
- Four-wheel drive
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- FCA US 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.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$8,999 median asking price · 33 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $4,395 Top 2% of listings $15,393
The same build, other model years
Jeep used the VIN pattern 1C4RJFBT for 8 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2012 You are here code C $8,999
- 2013 Limited 5.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,237 vehicles code D $10,199
- 2016 Limited 5.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 575 vehicles code G $14,995
- 2017 Limited 5.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 997 vehicles code H $17,999
- 2018 Limited 5.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,588 vehicles code J $18,995
- 2019 Limited 5.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,230 vehicles code K $22,242
- 2020 Limited 5.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,272 vehicles code L $26,499
- 2021 Limited 5.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 798 vehicles code M $27,371
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 | 1C4 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | RJFBT | 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 Jeep Grand Cherokee as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
11 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Grand Cherokee. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
1,550 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1C4RJFBT-C shares the specification above.
- 1,550 Known VINs
- 22 Listed for sale now
- 33 Priced listings
- $8,999 Median asking
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 Grand Cherokee, 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 Overland 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 2,875 vehicles · $7,861 median
- 2012 Overland 5.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 4,802 vehicles · $8,995 median
- 2013 Laredo 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 2,969 vehicles · $8,505 median
- 2013 Limited 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,006 vehicles · $8,282 median
- 2013 Overland 5.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 545 vehicles · $8,700 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.
Prices are asking prices from 33 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 1,550 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.