Toyota VIN Decoder Australia

What each character on a Toyota VIN means, and what it doesn't tell you.

Toyotas in our data
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Toyotas in our data
Characters that identify the model
6 characters
identify the model
Last updated
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How to read a Toyota VIN

Take a 2016 LandCruiser 200 Series. Its VIN starts JTMHV0, and those six characters are the useful part. The rest is unique to one car, so it's painted out here.

LandCruiser 200 Series · VIN plate

JTMHV0 PAINTED OUT 1234567891011121314151617 1 2 3 4 5 6
  1. Characters 1 to 3: Maker and country
  2. Characters 4 to 6: Model, engine, body and drive
  3. Characters 7 and 8: More vehicle details
  4. Character 9: A check digit on most Toyotas, not all
  5. Character 10: Not the model year on a Toyota
  6. Characters 11 to 17: Production and serial number

Characters 1 to 6

Maker, country and model. Characters 4 to 6 also carry the engine, body and drive, so one model has many patterns.

Characters 9 and 10

On a US car, a check digit and the model year. Of the 39,067 Toyotas we checked, 9 was a valid check digit on 81.8%, and 10 came within a year of the build year on only 2.2%, less often than chance.

Characters 11 to 17

Production and serial number. Unique to one car, so never shown.

A Toyota build plate (illustration)

The year is on the build plate, not in the VIN

US decoders read the 10th character as the model year. In September 2026 we checked 39,067 Toyotas against their build dates. Even allowing a year either way, it matched only 2.2% of the time, less often than guessing would. The build date is on the build plate, and in every Carify VIN check.

LandCruiser VIN patterns

Characters 4 to 6 also change with the engine, body and drive, so the LandCruiser has 78 patterns. These are the most common.

Pattern Generation Built Cars in our data
HZJ80R 1991 to 2000 4,298
FZJ80R 1993 to 2000 6,603
HDJ100R 2001 to 2006 3,876
UZJ100R 2002 to 2007 4,291
VDJ79R 2007 to 2021 14,668
VDJ76R 2008 to 2020 4,582
VDJ200R 2008 to 2021 30,434
VDJ79R 2013 to 2022 10,356

Plus 70 less common patterns. Built: the middle 90% of build years, from 3,726 decoded cars. Updated Sep 2026.

LandCruiser 200 Series · where to find the VIN
Line drawing of a LandCruiser 200 Series, numbered where the VIN is
  1. The VIN plate on top of the dashboard at the base of the windscreen, passenger side, seen from outside
    1  Base of the windscreenPassenger side, where fitted. Read it from outside.
  2. The VIN stamped into the chassis frame rail just behind the front right wheel, above the mud flap
    2  Chassis, front rightStamped into the frame just behind the driver's front wheel.

Locations from Toyota's owner's manual for the LandCruiser 200 Series.

Other popular Toyotas

Other Toyotas we see often, and the patterns that identify them.

  • HiLux

    and 91 more

    • KUN26R 2006 to 2015
    • GUN126R 2015 to 2024

    MR0KA3 is also used on the Fortuner.

    From 6,883 decoded cars

  • Corolla

    and 45 more

    • ZZE122R 2002 to 2006
    • ZRE152R 2007 to 2013
    • ZRE182R 2012 to 2018

    From 7,154 decoded cars

  • RAV4

    and 33 more

    • ACA33R 2006 to 2011
    • ZSA42R 2013 to 2018
    • AXAH52R 2019 on
    • AXAH54R 2019 on

    From 2,755 decoded cars

  • Camry

    and 27 more

    • ACV40R 2003 to 2011
    • ASV50R 2012 to 2017
    • AVV50R 2012 to 2017
    • AXVH70R 2020 to 2024

    From 5,341 decoded cars

Other makes

About these numbers: generations and build years come from 39,067 Toyotas decoded from factory records, one per VIN. Build years show the middle 90% of each pattern, and patterns with fewer than 30 decoded cars are left out. Updated September 2026.