CarFlow AIToyota VIN Decoder
Enter a Toyota VIN to see the model, model year, engine, drive type and the plant that built it, in Japan or in North America.
No VIN at hand? Try an example:
- 1-31-3 · Manufacturer
- 4-84-8 · Description
- 99 · Check
- 1010 · Year
- 1111 · Plant
- 12-1712-17 · Serial number
Data from the public NHTSA vPIC database. CarFlow is not affiliated with any vehicle manufacturer; make and model names belong to their owners.
How to read a Toyota VIN
The first character tells you where a Toyota comes from. J means Japan (JTD, JTE, JTM and other JT codes). 4T and 5T are US plants: 4T1 is Kentucky, 5TF Texas, 5TD Indiana, 5YF Mississippi. 2T is Canada and 3T is Mexico.
A few Toyotas are built by partners and carry the partner's code. JF1 is registered to Subaru, 3MY to Mazda's plant in Mexico, 7MU to the Mazda Toyota joint plant in the US, and WZ1 to BMW AG.
Position 11 is the plant. In the sample VIN 4T1BF1FK9CU100001, a 2012 Camry, the letter U stands for Georgetown, Kentucky. A 2015 RAV4 with W in that position was built in Woodstock, Canada, and a 2019 Tundra with X in San Antonio.
Toyota manufacturer codes
The first three characters of a VIN are the World Manufacturer Identifier. These are the codes registered with NHTSA for vehicles sold as Toyota.
| Code | Registered to | Vehicle type | Assigned to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1NX | New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. | Passenger Car | United States |
| 2T1 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada | Passenger Car | Canada |
| 2T3 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Canada |
| 3MY | Mazda Motor Manufacturing de Mexico S.A. de C.V. | Passenger Car | Mexico |
| 3TM | Toyota Motor Mfg de Baja California S de RL de CV | Truck | Mexico |
| 3TY | Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Guanajuato | Truck | Mexico |
| 4T1 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. | Passenger Car | United States |
| 4T3 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| 4T4 | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Northern Kentucky, Inc. | Passenger Car | United States |
| 4TA | Tabc Inc. | Truck | United States |
| 5TB | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. | Truck | United States |
| 5TD | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| 5TE | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, California, Inc. | Truck | United States |
| 5TF | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. | Truck | United States |
| 5YF | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc. | Passenger Car | United States |
| 7MM | Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, USA, Inc. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| 7MU | Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, USA, Inc. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| 7SV | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | United States |
| JF1 | Subaru Corporation | Passenger Car | Japan |
| JT2 | Toyota Motor Corporation | Passenger Car | Japan |
| JT3 | Toyota Motor Corporation | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Japan |
| JT4 | Toyota Motor Corporation | Truck | Japan |
| JT5 | Toyota Motor Corporation | Passenger Car | Japan |
| JTD | Toyota Motor Corporation | Passenger Car | Japan |
| JTE | Toyota Motor Corporation | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Japan |
| JTK | Toyota Motor North America, Inc | Passenger Car | Japan |
| JTL | Toyota Motor Corporation | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Japan |
| JTM | Toyota Motor Corporation | Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle | Japan |
| JTN | Toyota Motor Corporation | Passenger Car | Japan |
| NMT | Toyota Motor Manufacturing,Turkey ,Inc. | Passenger Car | Turkey |
| VNK | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, France, S.A.S. | Passenger Car | France |
| WZ1 | BMW AG | Passenger Car | Germany |
The country comes from the first two characters of the code, following the international allocation.
Where to find the VIN on a Toyota
Windshield
Driver side of the dashboard, at the bottom of the glass.
Driver door jamb
On the certification label in the door opening, which also shows the month and year of manufacture.
Under the hood or on the frame
Stamped on the firewall on cars and crossovers, and on the frame rail on trucks such as the Tacoma, Tundra and 4Runner.
Paperwork
On the title, registration, insurance card and service records.
Toyota models you can decode
The decoder covers every Toyota sold in the United States. Among the most common:
- Toyota Camry
- Toyota Corolla
- Toyota RAV4
- Toyota Highlander
- Toyota Tacoma
- Toyota Tundra
- Toyota 4Runner
- Toyota Prius
- Toyota Sienna
- Toyota Sequoia
Toyota VIN questions
JT for vehicles built in Japan, 4T and 5T for US plants, 2T for Canada and 3T for Mexico. The third character separates cars, SUVs and trucks.
Look at the first character: J is Japan, 1, 4, 5 and 7 are the United States, 2 is Canada and 3 is Mexico. The decoder also shows the plant city from the 11th character.
Some models are built by a partner and keep that manufacturer's identifier in the first three characters. The make in the decoded result is still Toyota.
Yes. The fuel type and engine come from positions 4 to 8, the same way as for any other Toyota sold in the US.
Decoders for other makes
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