{"id":1848,"date":"2012-08-13T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2012-08-13T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T19:20:09","slug":"where-was-my-land-cruiser-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/2012\/08\/where-was-my-land-cruiser-built\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Was My Land Cruiser Built \/ VIN Decoder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Article by:<\/strong> RobRed<\/p>\n

Applicable Models:<\/strong> 1998 to 2007 100 Series Land Cruiser \/ LX470<\/p>\n

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Where Was My Land Cruiser Built ?<\/h3>\n

All Land Cruiser 100’s were assembled at the Araco (Later Toyota Auto Body) Yoshiwara\u00a0plant in Japan. Components were sourced throughout the Toyota Eco-System.<\/p>\n

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Decoding My Land Cruiser VIN<\/h3>\n

Wondering what those 17 letters and numbers on your VIN plate really mean?\u00a0Here is an example of my 2000 Land Cruiser (USA version):<\/p>\n

JT3HT05J2Y0xxxxxx<\/strong><\/p>\n

First lets understand the formatting (1996+):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/th>\nSample<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJ<\/td>\nCountry of Origin (Japan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nT<\/td>\nManufacturer (Toyota)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nVehicle Type (SUV)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nH<\/td>\nBody Type (4DR Wagon 4WD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nT<\/td>\nEngine (2UZ-FE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n0<\/td>\nSeries (Chassis Code \/ URN200)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nRestraint (Standard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nJ<\/td>\nModel (Land Cruiser)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nCheck digit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nModel year (2000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n0<\/td>\nPlant (Araco\/Yoshiwara)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nSequential number<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Sources:<\/p>\n

Toyota VIN Reference in our\u00a0Tech LIbrary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.toyota-body.co.jp\/english\/corporate\/history.html<\/a><\/div>\n

http:\/\/forum.ih8mud.com\/chit-chat\/137633-toyota-auto-body-factory-tour-3.html#post5451269<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Vehicle_Identification_Numbers_(VIN_codes)\/Toyota\/VIN_Codes\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Article by: RobRed Applicable Models: 1998 to 2007 100 Series Land Cruiser \/ LX470 Where Was My Land Cruiser Built ? All Land Cruiser 100’s were assembled at the Araco (Later Toyota Auto Body) Yoshiwara\u00a0plant in Japan. Components were sourced throughout the Toyota Eco-System. Decoding My Land Cruiser VIN Wondering what those 17 letters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[225,222,220,218,227,26,224,226],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-araco","tag-assembly","tag-manufacture","tag-plant","tag-toyota-auto-body","tag-uzj100","tag-vin","tag-yoshiwara"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Araco.jpg?fit=500%2C184&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BcdW-tO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1873,"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/1873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlcfaq.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}