Lexus VIN Decoder


Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

The VIN of LEXUS vehicles is generally in line with the standard and fully complies with the structure of the VIN of TOYOTA vehicles for the North American market.

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Decode VIN for Lexus
№Description
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4 Body type, wheel arrangement and equipment level:
B - sedan, 4 doors, 4x2
B - MPV (including crossover), 5 doors, 4x4, (BASE for GX460, Luxury for NX)
C - sedan, 4 doors, 4x4 (IS250 AWD / GS350 AWD / LS460 AWD)
D - long wheelbase sedan, 4 doors, 4x4 (LS460 AWD / LS600hL)
F - convertible, 2 doors, 4x2
G - long wheelbase sedan, 4 doors, 4x2 (LS460L)
H - MPV (including crossover), 5 doors (4 side doors + rear swing door), 4x4, LX
H - coupe, 2 doors, 4x2 (LFA / RC350 AWD / RC F)
J - MPV (including crossover), 5 doors, 4x4, (HIGH for GX460)
K - hatchback, 5 doors, 4x2
S - coupe, 2 doors, 4x4
Y - station wagon, 5 doors, 4x2, Luxury
Z - MPV (including crossover), 5 doors, 4x2 (RX350)
5 Engine:
A - 1AR-FE (2.7 liters, L4, mixed injection) (RX270)
A - 8AR-FTS (2.0 liters, L4, turbocharged, mixed injection) (GS200t / NX200t / NX200t AWD / RC200t)
B - 2GR-FXE (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) + 4JM (RX450h)
B - 2AZ-FXE + 2JM (HS250h '2010)
C - 2GR-FXE (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) + 4JM, 2FM (RX450h AWD)
D - 2ZR-FXE (1.8 liters, L4) + 3JM (CT200h)
E - 2GR-FSE (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) (IS350 / IS350 AWD / IS350C / GS350 / GS350 AWD / RC 350 / RC350 AWD)
F - 4GR-FSE (2.5 liters, V6) (IS250 / IS250 AWD / IS250C)
F - 2GR-FXS (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) + 6JM (RX450h 2016)
G - 2GR-FXS (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) + 6JM + 2FM (RX450h AWD 2016)
J - 2AR-FXE (2.5 liters, L4) + 2JM + 2FM (NX300h AWD)
K - 2GR-FE (3.5 liters, V6) (ES350 / RX350 / RX350 AWD)
L - 1UR-FSE (4.6 liters, V8, mixed injection) (LS460 / LS460 AWD / LS460L / LS460L AWD)
M - 1UR-FE (4.6 liters, V8) (GX460)
M - 2GR-FSE (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) (RC 300 / RC 300 AWD)
N - 3UZ-FE (SC430)
P - 2UR-GSE (5.0 liters, V8, mixed injection) (GS F / IS F / RC F)
S - 2GR-FSE (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) (GS450h)
S - 2GR-FXE (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) + 1KM (GS450h 2016)
U - 2UR-FSE (5.0 liters, V8, mixed injection) + 1KM (LS600hL)
V - 1VD-FTV (4.5 liters, V8, turbodiesel) (LX450d 2016 for the CIS markets, Australia, New Zealand)
W - 2AR-FXE (2.5 liters, L4) + 2JM (ES300h / NX300h)
X - 1LR-GUE (4.8 liters, V10, mixed injection) (Lexus LFA)
Y - 3UR-FE (5.7 liters, V8) (LX570)
Z - 2GR-FKS (3.5 liters, V6, mixed injection) (GS350 2016 / GS350 AWD 2016 / RX350 2016 / RX350 AWD 2016)
6 Security systems:
1 - 2 front airbags, side airbags (front and rear seats), side inflatable curtains (front and rear seats)
2 - 2 front airbags, side airbags of the first row, knee airbags for the driver and passenger
5 - 2 front airbags, side airbags, side curtains, driver and front passenger knee airbags
7 - 2 front airbags, side airbags (first and second row), side inflatable curtains (front and rear seats)
8 - 2 front airbags, side airbags, driver's knee airbag
M - 2 front airbags, all rows of side airbags, side inflatable curtains (front and rear seats). driver's knee airbag, front passenger's inflatable roller
R - 2 front airbags, first row side airbags, side inflatable curtains (front and rear seats). driver's knee airbag, front passenger's inflatable roller
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8 Model line:
2 - IS250 / IS250 AWD / IS250C / IS350 / IS350 AWD / IS350C / IS F
A - HS250h / RX270 / RX350 / RX350 AWD / RX450h
C - RC200t / RC300 AWD / RC350 / RC350 AWD / RC F
F - LS460 / LS460 AWD / LS460L / LS460L AWD / LS600hL
G - ES350 / ES300h
H - CT200h / LFA
L - GS350 / GS 350AWD / GS450h / GS F
X - GX460 / LX450d / LX570
Y - SC430
Z - NX200t / NX200t AWD / NX300h / NX300h AWD
9Check Digit
10Year
11 Manufacturing plant:
0 ... 9 - Japan
A - Motomashi, Japan (GS350 2015 / GS 350 AWD 2015 / GS F 2016)
C - Cambridge (Canada) (RX350 / RX350 AWD / RX450h / RX450h AWD)
12-17Sequential Number


According to the requirements of the standard in the VIN, the year of manufacture is indicated by the 10th character. Not all manufacturers comply with this - explicitly, the year of issue in the VIN on the European market is not indicated on HONDA, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, MAZDA, Toyota, NISSAN cars. But models released for the North American market necessarily contain the model year in the 10th VIN character.

VIN: symbol year of manufacture
Year Symbol Year Symbol Year Symbol
1971 1 1991 M 2011 B
1972 2 1992 N 2012 C
1973 3 1993 P 2013 D
1974 4 1994 R 2014 E
1975 5 1995 S 2015 F
1976 6 1996 T 2016 G
1977 7 1997 V 2017 H
1978 8 1998 W 2018 J
1979 9 1999 X 2019 K
1980 A 2000 Y 2020 L
1981 B 2001 1 2021 M
1982 C 2002 2 2022 N
1983 D 2003 3 2023 P
1984 E 2004 4 2024 R
1985 F 2005 5 2025 S
1986 G 2006 6 2026 T
1987 H 2007 7 2027 V
1988 J 2008 8 2028 W
1989 K 2009 9 2029 X
1990 L 2010 A 2030 Y