3G5Buick multipurpose passenger vehicles

Held by General Motors LLC · registered in the United States

WMI 3G5's rules place assembly in four countries. Its rules run from model year 2000 to 2008, with nothing after 2008. The same rules name 2 percent of the 313 models found under all 108 codes of General Motors. Electrified versions appear in its rules: mild hybrid.

Models in the decoding rules, by model year

  1. Incomplete2001
  2. Rendezvous2001–2007
  3. Enclave2007
  4. Rainier2007
  5. Terraza2007

Where the rules place assembly

Plant countriesMexico, United States, Canada, Japan

Plant locations namedRamos Arizpe; Silao; Mishawaka; Fremont; Oshawa Truck; Kawasaki; Ingersoll; Fujisawa; Toluca; Tillsonburg

Bodies and power

Body classesSUV, Van, Incomplete - Commercial Bus Chassis, Incomplete - Cutaway, Incomplete - Motor Home Chassis, Pickup, Minivan, Chassis cab

Primary fuelsFlexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV), Gasoline, Diesel, Electric, Ethanol (E85)

Compared with the closest code, 5GA

5GA is held by General Motors LLC. Measured by the overlap of the two model lists, it is the code closest to 3G5.

Models in both4

Only under 3G5Incomplete

Model years3G5: 2000–2008 · 5GA: 2004–open

Plant countries only for 3G5Japan

Body classes only for 3G5Van, Incomplete - Commercial Bus Chassis, Incomplete - Cutaway, Incomplete - Motor Home Chassis, Pickup, Chassis cab

Other codes held by General Motors

CodeVehicle typeMakesModel yearsModels
1GNmultipurpose passenger vehiclesChevrolet1981–open23
1GKmultipurpose passenger vehiclesGMC1981–open21
1G5multipurpose passenger vehiclesGMC, Pontiac1981–200919
3GNmultipurpose passenger vehiclesChevrolet1995–open16
2CNmultipurpose passenger vehiclesChevrolet, Geo1989–201414
KL7multipurpose passenger vehiclesChevrolet1985–open14
1GYmultipurpose passenger vehiclesCadillac1995–open12
3GKmultipurpose passenger vehiclesGMC1995–open7

99 more not shown here. All 108 codes of General Motors

Codes for Buick held by other companies are listed on the page for 1G4.

Other codes starting with 3G

  • 3G0General Motors, multipurpose passenger vehicle
  • 3G1General Motors, passenger car
  • 3G2General Motors, passenger car
  • 3G3General Motors, passenger car
  • 3G4General Motors, passenger car
  • 3G7General Motors, multipurpose passenger vehicle
  • 3GBGeneral Motors, incomplete vehicle
  • 3GCGeneral Motors, truck
  • 3GDGeneral Motors, incomplete vehicle
  • 3GGGeneral Motors, truck
  • 3GHGrupo Industrial Tres Estrellas, trailer
  • 3GJname not shown, trailer
  • 3GKGeneral Motors, multipurpose passenger vehicle
  • 3GMGeneral Motors, multipurpose passenger vehicle
  • 3GNGeneral Motors, multipurpose passenger vehicle
  • 3GPGeneral Motors, multipurpose passenger vehicle

5 more on the list for 3.

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.