- 1970s–1981 Confirmed
Also described as Front license plate mountingFront License Plate BracketFront License Plate MountingLicense Plate Mounting BracketLicense plate mounting bracketFront license plate mountLicense plate, front mounting packageLicense plate, front, front mounting packageLicense plate front mounting packageLicense plate package, front mountingLicense plate mounting package, frontFront license plate bracketLicense plate bracket, front, with front mounting packageLicense plate kit, frontLicense plate, rear mount package, exportLicense plate mounting provisions, frontLicense plate bracket, front, front mounting packageFront license plate mounting packageLicense plate, front, mounting package
Also documented for BuickCadillacGMCHummerOldsmobilePontiacSaturn
Documented applications
- 1975, 1979 Confirmed
- 1988, 1989 Factory-verified
front license plate bracket.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.6.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Astro Van, p.12.
- 2002–2006 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche, p.56.GM Heritage factory kit — 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche, p.37.GM Heritage factory kit — 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche, p.134.
- 2007–2009 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche, p.32.
- 2009 Factory-verified
plate package, per the pilot convention;
- 1988–1996 Factory-verified
same description as cavalier-gen2 and cavalier-gen3
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Beretta, p.34.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Beretta, p.34.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Beretta, p.17.GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Beretta, p.50.GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Beretta, p.49.GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Beretta, p.48.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Beretta, p.10.GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Beretta, p.12.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Beretta, p.10.
- 2019, 2025–2026 Factory-verified
2LT, 3LT, RS: O; Premier: O (2025 only); forced on orders shipped to states that require a front license plate
- 2025–2027 Factory-verified
- 1992–1994 Factory-verified
front license plate bracket
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Blazer, p.14.GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Blazer, p.9.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Blazer, p.9.
- 2001–2002, 2005 Factory-verified
- 2023 Factory-verified
only in: Bolt EUV
- 2027 Factory-verified
LT, RS: O; forced on orders shipped to states that require a front plate
- 2025–2026 Factory-verified
S;
- 1987–1992 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Camaro, p.59.GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Camaro, p.35.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Camaro, p.36.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Camaro, p.39.GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Camaro, p.29.GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Camaro, p.85.
- 1993–2001 Factory-verified
1993–1997 kits print "license plate bracket, front"
GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Camaro, p.7.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Camaro, p.12.GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Camaro, p.8.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Camaro, p.14.GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Camaro, p.74.
- 2014 Confirmed
GM Authority 2014 RPO list
- 2016, 2019 Factory-verified
- 1988, 1990 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Caprice, p.22.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Caprice, p.9.
- 1991, 1994–1996 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Caprice, p.4.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Caprice, p.13.GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Caprice, p.7.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Caprice, p.11.
- 2017 Factory-verified
S
- 2014 Factory-verified
1LS, 2LS, 1LT, LTZ: O
- 1989, 1991–1992, 1994 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.8.GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.11.GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.9.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.4.
- 1995, 1997–2001, 2003–2005 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.8.GM Heritage factory kit — 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.89.
- 1989 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.7.
- 2015–2018 Factory-verified
2018 guide: 1LS, 1LT: S
- 1989–1994, 1996–2000 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Truck, p.32.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Truck, p.36.GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Truck, p.36.GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Truck, p.34.GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Truck, p.14.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Truck, p.8.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Truck, p.24.GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Truck, p.24.
- 2005–2009 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, p.31.
- 2015–2019, 2021–2022 Factory-verified
2015: O on all trims; 2017: O on all trims; shipped to states that require a front plate; 2018 from GM's 2018 Colorado order guide (PDF); 2021 from the upfitter list GM files for 2021 and 2022
- 2023–2027 Factory-verified
O on all trims
- 2004–2009 Factory-verified
- 1988–1996 Factory-verified
same description as beretta-gen1
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Corsica, p.33.GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Corsica, p.15.GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Corsica, p.10.GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Corsica, p.41.GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Corsica, p.42.GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Corsica, p.40.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Corsica, p.10.GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Corsica, p.8.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Corsica, p.6.
- 2005–2009 Factory-verified
- 2014–2019 Factory-verified
all models: O; 2016, 2019: from GM order-guide copies (Corvette Action Center; 2019 also GM Authority)
- 2020–2027 Factory-verified
- 2014, 2016 Factory-verified
all: O; forced on orders shipped to states that require a front plate
- 2018–2019 Factory-verified
2018: sedan O on all; hatch O on all; 2019: sedan O on all; hatch O on all
- 2025–2027 Factory-verified
forced on orders with ship-to states that require a front license plate; 2025: S in all trims; 2026–2027: A in all trims
- 2005–2009 Factory-verified
- 2018–2019 Factory-verified
- 2025–2027 Factory-verified
O on all trims; forced on orders for ship-to states that require a front plate
- 1996–2002 Factory-verified
the 2001–2002 lists read "License Plate Front Mounting Package"
GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet G Van, p.67.GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Express, p.26.
- 2003–2010, 2014–2016, 2018, 2022–2027 Factory-verified
the 2025–2027 guides read License plate kit, front; S: Cargo 1WT, Cutaway 1WT, Cutaway 2WT (2025–2026), Passenger 1LS, Passenger 1LT
- 2006–2009 Factory-verified
the 2006-2008 lists abbreviate "FRT"; the Cobalt doc reads the same.
GM Heritage factory kit — 2006 Chevrolet HHR, p.25, p.102, p.108, p.117.
- 2014–2016 Factory-verified
all trims: O; included when the ship-to state requires a front plate
- 1995–1996 Factory-verified
the order guides' reading; the weight sheets (1994 p.62, 1995 p.43, 1996 p.47 and p.48) read VK3 instead as the export rear-mounted license plate package
GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Impala, p.11.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Impala, p.11.
- 2000–2005 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2001 Chevrolet Impala, p.35.GM Heritage factory kit — 2005 Chevrolet Impala, p.26.
- 2006–2009 Factory-verified
- 1990–1996 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.12.GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.14.GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.43.GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.41.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.41.GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.79.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet LuminaAPV, p.30.
- 1991, 1993 Factory-verified
the reading of the 1991 weight page and the 1991 and 1993 order guides; the 1992 and 1994 weight pages give VK3 another meaning, a rear mount package for export (next row); the 1993 weight page (p.74) also prints that rear-export reading, but the 1993 order guides' front bracket is kept for 1993; same description as beretta-gen1
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Lumina, p.14, p.16, p.18, p.75.GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Lumina, p.10, p.16, p.18. - 1992, 1994 Factory-verified
another meaning of VK3: the reading of the 1992 and 1994 weight pages; the 1993 weight page prints it too, but 1993 goes to the front-bracket row (row above), whose reading the 1993 order guides print; GM's other lists read VK3 as the front mounting package
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Lumina, p.57.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Lumina, p.43.
- 1995–1996, 1998–2001 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Lumina, p.10.GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Lumina, p.12.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Lumina, p.18.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Lumina, p.22.GM Heritage factory kit — 1998 Chevrolet Lumina, p.44.GM Heritage factory kit — 1999 Chevrolet Lumina, p.12.GM Heritage factory kit — 1999 Chevrolet Lumina, p.60.
- 1998 Factory-verified
platform-list code; the Malibu 1997–1999 kit order guides do not show it.
- 2005–2008 Factory-verified
shared Epsilon code (Pontiac G6, Saturn Aura).
GM Heritage factory kit — 2005 Chevrolet Malibu, p.23.
- 2008–2009 Factory-verified
- 2015–2016 Factory-verified
all trims: O (included when the ship-to state requires a front plate)
- 1999–2001 Factory-verified
- 1988 Factory-verified
1987 is left out: only the 1987 option index prints VK3, and the 1987 guide prints YK3
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.34.
- 1995–1999 Factory-verified
Order guides: bracket, license plate, front.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.13.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.80.GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.94.
- 2000–2007 Factory-verified
Also in the kit's Monte Carlo order guide.
GM Heritage factory kit — 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.95.
- 1994, 2001–2002 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet S 10, p.15.
- 2025–2027 Factory-verified
2025–2027: A in all groups; Sierra EV reads "License plate kit, front"
- 2027 Factory-verified
- 2001–2007 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2001 Chevrolet Silverado, p.58.GM Heritage factory kit — 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, p.61.
- 2009 Factory-verified
- 2001–2007 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2001 Chevrolet Silverado HD, p.64.
- 2007–2009, 2014 Factory-verified
- 2016–2019 Factory-verified
2017: GM's 2017 Silverado 2500HD order guide; 2018: GM's 2018 Silverado 2500HD order guide; 2019: GM's 2019 Silverado 2500HD order guide
- 2023, 2025–2027 Factory-verified
- 2015, 2017–2019 Factory-verified
- 2025–2026 Factory-verified
- 2020, 2022–2026 Factory-verified
- 2014 Factory-verified
1LT, 2LT: S
- 2017–2019 Factory-verified
all trims: S; 2018 from GM's 2018 order guide
- 2015–2016 Factory-verified
S; replaces VKD for 2015 (GM's official 2015 SS RPO changes (GM Authority))
- 2003–2006 Factory-verified
the kit guides call it a front plate bracket, forced on shipment to states requiring two plates
GM Heritage factory kit — 2003 And 2004 Chevrolet SSR, p.90.
- 1992–1999 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Suburban, p.18.GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Suburban, p.5.GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Suburban, p.16.GM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Suburban, p.12.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Suburban, p.14.GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Suburban, p.14.
- 2001–2006 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2001 Chevrolet Suburban, p.53.GM Heritage factory kit — 2002 Chevrolet Suburban, p.39.GM Heritage factory kit — 2003 Chevrolet Suburban, p.40.GM Heritage factory kit — 2004 Chevrolet Suburban, p.43.
- 2007–2009, 2014 Factory-verified
Trim marks in the 2014 guide: LS, LT, LTZ: O.
GM Heritage factory kit — 2007 Chevrolet Suburban, p.36.
- 2015–2019 Factory-verified
A on all trims; forced on orders shipped to states that require a front plate; the guides read front license plate mounting package; 2018–2019 from GM's 2018 and 2019 Suburban order guides (GM Authority copies)
- 2022–2023, 2025–2027 Factory-verified
2027: O on all trims
- 1995–1999 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.15.GM Heritage factory kit — 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.18.GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.24.GM Heritage factory kit — 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.42.GM Heritage factory kit — 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.14.
- 2001–2006 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.46.GM Heritage factory kit — 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.32.GM Heritage factory kit — 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.35.GM Heritage factory kit — 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.30.
- 2007–2009, 2014 Factory-verified
Trim marks in the 2014 guides: Police: O; Special Service: O.
- 2015–2019 Factory-verified
A on all trims; forced on orders shipped to states that require a front plate; the guides read front license plate mounting package; 2018–2019 from GM's 2018 and 2019 Tahoe order guides (GM Authority copies)
- 2022–2023, 2025–2027 Factory-verified
2027: O on all trims
- 2025–2027 Factory-verified
all trims: O; forced on orders shipping to states that require a front plate
- 2003–2009 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, p.122.GM Heritage factory kit — 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, p.35.
- 2009, 2015 Factory-verified
the 2015 guide reads front license plate bracket.
- 2018–2019 Factory-verified
all trims: O; forced for ship-to states that require a front plate
- 2025–2027 Factory-verified
O on all trims; forced on orders shipping to states that require a front license plate
- 2016, 2018–2019 Factory-verified
all trims: O, included on orders shipped to states that require a front plate
- 2025–2026 Factory-verified
all trims: O; the guides print it as a license plate front mounting package, forced on orders shipping to states that require a front plate
- 2007, 2008 Factory-verified
- 1997–2000, 2003 Factory-verified
the 2003 list reads front, front mounting package
GM Heritage factory kit — 1997 Chevrolet Venture, p.45.
- 2015 Factory-verified
O; forced on orders shipped to states that require a front plate
- 2016–2018 Factory-verified
LT, Premier: O; forced on orders shipped to states that require a front plate
This page aggregates every documented appearance of VK3 in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.