hey anyone know where you can get a scion vin decoder. thanks

 

please educate us and tell us what a vin decoder is?? i have an idea.. but what do you mean by getting one?

i mean there's the JTK which basically means made in Japan, from Toyota, and it's a passenger car

DE177 is the type of car model wise..

and then the rest is the check digit, year made, assembly plant and the serial number..

 

vin decoders are only helpful for cars that have major options like diff engines, body styles, 2dr 4dr and things like that.

 

cracker jack....i got a super secret vin decoder ring. cardboard piece of ch!t.

 

I haven't seen a newer table, but this might help until you find one...

1st digit - country of origin
1 USA
2 Canada
4 USA
J Japan

2nd digit - manufacturer
N NUMMI
T Toyota

3rd digit - vehicle type
B truck
D passenger car
E multipurpose passenger vehicle
K passenger car
L multipurpose passenger vehicle
M truck
X passenger car
1 passenger car
2 passenger car
3 multipurpose passenger vehicle
5 incomplete vehicle

4th digit - body type
A 2WD 2-door sedan
B 2WD 4-door sedan
C 2WD 2-door coupe
D 2WD 3-door liftback
F 2WD 2-door convertible
G 2WD 4-door wagon
H AWD 4-door wagon
J 2WD 4-door light truck
K 2WD 5-door wagon
L AWD 5-door wagon
M 2WD 5-door door van
Z 2WD 5-door wagon

5th digit - engine
A 3MZ-FE
B INZ-FXE
D 2AZ-FE
E 2AZ-FE
F 1MZ-FE
G 3MZ-FE
H 1AZ-FE
K 1NZ-FXE
L 2RZ-FE
M 3RZ-FE
N 5VZ-FE
P 3MZ-FE
R 1ZZ-FE
S 1BM
T 2UZ-FE
T 1NZ-FE
U 1GR-FE
Y 2ZZ-GE

6th digit - series

7th digit - restraints
0 manual belts with 2 airbags and curtain airbags
1 manual belt with 1 STD
2 manual belts with 2 airbags
3 manual belts with 2 airbags
8 manual belts with 2 airbags and side airbags

8th digit - model
A Highlander
A Sequoia
B Avalon
C Sienna
E Corolla
E Matrix
J Land Cruiser
K Camry
N Tacoma
P Camry Solara
R 4Runner
R Corolla
T Celica
U Prius
V RAV4
V RAV4-EV
0 MR2 Spyder
1 Tundra
3 Echo
4 Scion xA or xB

9th digit - Check Digit

10th digit - model year
J 1998
K 1989
L 1990
M 1991
N 1992
P 1993
R 1994
S 1995
T 1996
V 1997
W 1998
X 1999
Y 2000
1 2000
2 2002
3 2003
4 2004
5 2005
6 2006
7 2007
8 2008

11th digit - assembly plant
0-9 Japan
C Cambridge, Ontario
S Princeton, Indiana
U Georgetown, Kentucky
Z Fremont, California


12th through 17th digit - serial number

 

Nice Job Thomas! Thats very helpful.

 

Very nice. Tomas must work for the NSA or CIA or something. He is a codebreaker.

 

interesting....

 

lmao!

and just in case you guys have not heard of google, it really works! look what i found!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_VIN_codes

AND, if you download the tech docs from the following thread, i believe there is a file in there called "2005 vin decoder chart.pdf" that just may help you: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...31220&start=25

 

1st digit - country of origin
1 USA
2 Canada
4 USA
J Japan

2nd digit - manufacturer
N NUMMI
T Toyota

3rd digit - vehicle type
B truck
D passenger car
E multipurpose passenger vehicle
K passenger car
L multipurpose passenger vehicle
M truck
X passenger car
1 passenger car
2 passenger car
3 multipurpose passenger vehicle
5 incomplete vehicle

4th digit - body type
A 2WD 2-door sedan
B 2WD 4-door sedan
C 2WD 2-door coupe
D 2WD 3-door liftback
F 2WD 2-door convertible
G 2WD 4-door wagon
H AWD 4-door wagon
J 2WD 4-door light truck
K 2WD 5-door wagon
L AWD 5-door wagon
M 2WD 5-door door van
Z 2WD 5-door wagon

5th digit - engine
A 3MZ-FE
B INZ-FXE
D 2AZ-FE
E 2AZ-FE
F 1MZ-FE
G 3MZ-FE
H 1AZ-FE
K 1NZ-FXE
L 2RZ-FE
M 3RZ-FE
N 5VZ-FE
P 3MZ-FE
R 1ZZ-FE
S 1BM
T 2UZ-FE
T 1NZ-FE
U 1GR-FE
Y 2ZZ-GE

6th digit - series

7th digit - restraints
0 manual belts with 2 airbags and curtain airbags
1 manual belt with 1 STD
2 manual belts with 2 airbags
3 manual belts with 2 airbags
8 manual belts with 2 airbags and side airbags

8th digit - model
A Highlander
A Sequoia
B Avalon
C Sienna
E Corolla
E Matrix
J Land Cruiser
K Camry
N Tacoma
P Camry Solara
R 4Runner
R Corolla
T Celica
U Prius
V RAV4
V RAV4-EV
0 MR2 Spyder
1 Tundra
3 Echo
4 Scion xA or xB
7 tC **Updated**

9th digit - Check Digit

10th digit - model year
J 1998
K 1989
L 1990
M 1991
N 1992
P 1993
R 1994
S 1995
T 1996
V 1997
W 1998
X 1999
Y 2000
1 2000
2 2002
3 2003
4 2004
5 2005
6 2006
7 2007
8 2008

11th digit - assembly plant
0-9 Japan
C Cambridge, Ontario
S Princeton, Indiana
U Georgetown, Kentucky
Z Fremont, California


12th through 17th digit - serial number