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Vehicle 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 2WD Regular Cab 8-ft SL 2012 Cadillac Escalade EXT Premium
1230-Lb Payload Package No Yes
129 liter 34 gallon main unleaded fuel tank Yes No
12v power outlet: front Yes No
14000-lb Gross Combined Weight Rating No Yes
2-Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Include Adjustable Foot Pedals, Automatic/Delayed Locking, Automatic Headlights, Exterior Mirrors, Steering Wheel and Seat No Yes
2-Position Memory Steering Column No Yes
2 Wireless Headphones No Yes
31.9-In. Ground to Load Floor Height No Yes
3.42:1 axle ratio Yes No
3.42 Axle Ratio No Yes
3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat , 3-point reel front seat belts on passenger seat , lap static front seat belts on center seat Yes No
40/20/40 split driver seat with lumbar adjustment and - adjustments , 40/20/40 split passenger seat with lumbar adjustment and - adjustments , 40/20/40 split center seat with - adjustments Yes No
4300 cc 4.3 liters V 6 front engine with 101.6 mm bore, 88.4 mm stroke, 9.2 compression ratio, overhead valve and two valves per cylinder Yes No
4 Front Power Outlets No Yes
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes No Yes
600-Amp/Hour 70 Cold Cranking Amp Towing Battery No Yes
600 Cold Cranking Amps 70-Amp/Hour Batteries OR Battery Upgrade No Yes
6-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive and Tow/Haul/Snow Mode No Yes
7200-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating No Yes
Air conditioning Yes No
Alloy Wheels Front 22-in. X 9-in. and Rear 22-in. X 9-in. No Yes
All-Wheel Drive No Yes
AM/FM Radio Seek, Scan, Speed Sensitive Volume, Surround Sound and 8 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3 Player; SiriusXM Satellite Radio No Yes
Analog Clock No Yes
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 72 or distance (miles): 100000, distance (km): 160935 Yes No
Audio anti-theft protection: code Yes No
Automatic Climate Control No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off and Time Delay No Yes
Automatic Release Parking Brake No Yes
Automatic Tilt Away Steering Column No Yes
Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Battery Saver No Yes
Body side molding Yes No
Brake Assistance No Yes
Cargo area dimensions: length (mm): 2479, length (inches): 97.6, front width (mm): 1646, front width (inches): 64.8, width between arches (mm): 1270, width between arches (inches): 50, height (mm): 495, height (inches): 19.5, loading floor height (mm): 787 and loading floor height (inches): 31 Yes No
Cargo area light Yes No
Child Safety Door Locks Located on Rear Doors No Yes
Chrome Alloy Wheels Front 22-in. X 9-in. and Rear 22-in. X 9-in. No Yes
Chrome front and rear bumpers Yes No
Chrome Grille, Body Color Body Side Moldings, Cladding, Chrome Exterior Door Handles, Chrome Side Windows and Chrome Wheels No Yes
Class IV Tow Hitch Receiver No Yes
Clock Yes No
Compass No Yes
Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights Yes No
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal No Yes
Cruise Control No Yes
Day time running lights Yes No
Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Delayed/fade courtesy lights Yes No
Delayed Power Retention No Yes
Delco audio system with AM/FM radio and CD player Yes No
Displacement On Demand No Yes
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
Driver Airbag No Yes
Driver and passenger externally adjustable black door mirrors Yes No
Driver front airbag , passenger front airbag with occupant switch off Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Driver Shift Control Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Dual Chrome Power Folding Power Adjustable Heated Signaling Automatic Tilt-Down Exterior Rearview Mirrors With Driver Side Electrochromic and 2-Position Memory No Yes
DVD Player(s) with 1 Flat Panel Screen Located In Front Row and with 1 Flat Panel Screen Located In Second Row No Yes
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Emission control level FED Yes No
Exterior Temperature Gauge No Yes
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 5641, overall length (inches): 222.1, overall width (mm): 1994, overall width (inches): 78.5, overall height (mm): 1803, overall height (inches): 71, ground clearance (mm): 206, ground clearance (inches): 8.1, wheelbase (mm): 3378, wheelbase (inches): 133, front track (mm): 1651, front track (inches): 65, rear track (mm): 1676, rear track (inches): 66, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 12924 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 42.4 Yes No
Fixed delivery charges: 745 Yes No
Fixed mast antenna Yes No
Fixed rear window Yes No
Flexible Fuel 6.2-Liter, V8, 16-Valve, OHV, SEFI Engine; Front/Longitudinal Mounted With Horsepower Of 403@5700, Torque Of 417@4300, Alloy Block, Alloy Cylinder Heads; Runs On Ethanol/Gas Mixture With Up To 85 Percent Ethanol (Primary Fuel Economy With 100% Gasoline Is 13-City, 18-Highway and 15-Combined; Secondary Fuel Economy With 85% Ethanol Is 9-City, 13-Highway and 10-Combined) No Yes
Floor mats Yes No
Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs Yes No
Four-wheel ABS Yes No
Free Scheduled Maintenance for 48 Months or 50000 Miles No Yes
Front and Rear Armrest Storage No Yes
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Cupholders No Yes
Front and Rear P285/45HR22 BSW All-Season Tires No Yes
Front and Rear Power Windows With Front One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down No Yes
Front and Rear Reading Lights No Yes
Front and Rear Side Head Curtain Airbags No Yes
Front and rear steel chrome wheels with 16 inch rim diam and 6.5 inch rim width Yes No
Front and rear tires with 255 mm tire width, 75% tire profile, S tire rating and black sidewall Yes No
Front ashtray Yes No
Front Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Front Cigarette Lighter With Ashtray No Yes
Front Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Heated Cooled Bucket Seats Driver Side Adjusts 8 Ways Total, Adjustable Seat Height, Power Memory, Passenger Side Adjusts 8 Ways Total, Adjustable Seat Height, Power Memory, Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Center Armrest No Yes
Front Foglights No Yes
Front Illuminated Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 330-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 343-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Power Glass Tilt and Slide Sunroof No Yes
Front Pretensioners No Yes
Front reading lights Yes No
Front Seatbelt Height Adjusters No Yes
Front seat center armrest Yes No
Front seats cigar lighter Yes No
Front seats cup holders Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Front Vanity Mirror No Yes
Fuel economy EPA highway (l/100km): 11.2, EPA highway (mpg): 21, EPA city (l/100km): 14.7 and EPA city (mpg): 16 Yes No
Full car warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Full-Size Spare Tire No Yes
Fullsize steel rim under body spare wheel Yes No
Full-Time 4-Wheel Drive No Yes
Genuine Wood Trim Located on Steering Wheel No Yes
Glove compartment Yes No
Hard Tonneau Cover No Yes
Headlight control with dusk sensor Yes No
Heated Steering Wheel No Yes
Heat reflective glass Yes No
Hill Start Control No Yes
Illuminated Entry Doors No Yes
Immobilizer Yes No
Independent Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers and touring Ride Type No Yes
Interactive Adaptive Variable Suspension No Yes
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 1041, front headroom (inches): 41, front hip room (mm): 1560, front hip room (inches): 61.4, front leg room (mm): 1049, front leg room (inches): 41.3, front shoulder room (mm): 1656 and front shoulder room (inches): 65.2 Yes No
Internet Access Available No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob No Yes
Leather Seats No Yes
Lockable Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Locking Pickup Truck Tailgate No Yes
Low fuel level warning Yes No
Low washer fluid level warning Yes No
Manual five-speed transmission with shift lever on floor Yes No
Manual Sunshade Located on Sunroof/Moonroof No Yes
Memory Device Reader No Yes
Metallic paint , black paint , gloss paint Yes No
Midgate Door Extends Cargo Bed 101 mm total and Includes Removable Rear Window No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Panic Alarm, Perimeter Lighting and Remote Ignition No Yes
Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers and touring Ride Type No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system Yes No
Navigation Aid With Real-time Traffic and Voice Activation No Yes
NavTraffic Real-time Traffic Information No Yes
Oil Cooler No Yes
Oil pressure Yes No
Passenger Airbag No Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor No Yes
Passenger vanity mirror Yes No
Perimeter Lighting Activated Via Remote No Yes
Pickup Truck Cargo Box Light(s) No Yes
Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment Yes No
Power: 149 kW , 200 HP SAE @ 4600 rpm; 260 ft lb , 353 Nm @ 2800 rpm Yes No
Power Adjustable Foot Pedals with 2-Position Memory No Yes
Power Door Locks Operated Via Key and Remote With Automatic Locking No Yes
Power Molded Running Boards No Yes
Power steering Yes No
Power Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Pre-Programmed Equalizer No Yes
Privacy Glass/Deep Tinted Glass No Yes
Rear 3.42 Locking Differential No Yes
Rear Automatic Load-Leveling No Yes
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Rear Center 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Rear HVAC Ducts No Yes
Rear Mechanical Limited Slip Differential No Yes
Rear platform step Yes No
Rear Sound Controls With 2 Wireless Headphones No Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Rear Step Up Bumper No Yes
Rear tailgate cargo doors Yes No
Rear view mirror Yes No
Rear-wheel drive Yes No
Rear Window Defroster No Yes
Remote Ignition No Yes
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Roadside Assistance Warranty for 60-Months, 100,000-Miles No Yes
Roof Rack 200-Lb Capacity No Yes
Seatback Storage Pockets No Yes
Seating: three seats Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags No Yes
Seat Type=split-bench No Yes
Second Row No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Service interval indicator Yes No
Service Interval Indicator For Oil Level No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams No Yes
Six speakers Yes No
StabiliTrak Vehicle Stability Control System No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio and Cruise Control No Yes
Straight side pickup bed Yes No
Straight Side Pickup Bed No Yes
Tachometer Yes Yes
Telematics Includes Emergency SOS, Internet Services, Roadside Assistance, Stolen Vehicle Tracking and Navigation No Yes
Tinted glass on cabin and rear Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor No Yes
Towing Prep Package No Yes
Towing Pre-Wiring No Yes
Traction Control Controlled by Engine Management No Yes
Trailer Stability Asisst No Yes
Trailer towing preparation Yes No
Trim level: SL Yes No
Trip Computer With Trip Odometer No Yes
Two-door pickup regular body style Yes No
Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats Yes No
Ultrasonic Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Camera and Ultrasonic Sensors No Yes
Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
Unleaded fuel Yes No
Upgraded Automatic Transmission Oil Cooler No Yes
Upgraded cloth/velour seat upholstery with additional upgraded cloth/velour Yes No
Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm and PASS-Key III+ Engine Immobilizer No Yes
Vehicle Location System No Yes
Vehicle Theft Tracking Notification No Yes
Ventilation system Yes No
Video Player with 1 Flat Panel Screen Located In Front Row and with 1 Flat Panel Screen Located In Second Row No Yes
Voice Activated Controls For Navigation System and Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices No Yes
Warning Lights Include Coolant Temperature, Door Ajar, Electrical System, Headlights-On, Key-In-Ignition, Low Coolant, Low Fuel, Low Washer Fluid, Oil Low and Oil Pressure No Yes
Weights: gross vehicle weight rating (kg) 2903, gross vehicle weight rating (lbs) 6400, curb weight (kg) 1910, curb weight (lbs) 4211, gross trailer weight braked (kg) 1814, gross trailer weight braked (lbs) 4000, max legal load (kg) 993 and max payload (lbs) 2189 Yes No
Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe Yes No
Wishbone front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , beam rear suspension rigid with leaf springs Yes No
Wood and Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Xenon High Intensity Discharge Headlights No Yes






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