Car make · Japan · 1990–2014

Lexus VIN Decoder

Enter a Lexus VIN to read its model year, model, trim, engine and factory specs. The lamps check the format as you type.

Lexus

MAKE DATA

Country: JapanFrom the WMI codes below
WMI: JTH · JT8 · JTJ · JT64 maker codes in our patterns
Models: 37 VIN patterns listed below
Years: 1990–2014Sample years in the table
Check digit: North American, position 9

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01About

About Lexus

Lexus has gained a properly-deserved status for turning out absolutely refined luxury automobiles. The key points of the brand really are a quiet, well-crafted cabin, a luxurious ride and good performance from effective, nearly quiet engines.

The primary advantage Lexus had over Acura, which had arrived at US marketplaces three years before, was its originality. Unlike the very first Acura models that have been offered as rebadged Hondas, the Lexus held little connections to Toyota design designs.

The very first decade from the 2000s saw Lexus showing itself a trend setter using the launch of many hybrid-powered versions of their automobiles like the RX 400h and also the GS 450h. By 2011, Lexus even introduced a global-class supercar, the LFA.

Following a discharge of a heir towards the LS 400 and also the Toyota Aristo-based number of the GS, Lexus joined the suv segment in 1996 using the launch from the LX 450, a sizable vehicle in line with the Toyota Land Cruiser 100. By 1998, Lexus would release the RX, a high-selling crossover according to Toyota's Camry model in addition to a new number of the GS. Throughout the next years, further technological enhancements like the introduction from the Lexus Hybrid Drive system around the 2005 RX 400h, led to a much greater sales increase.

02Models

Lexus VIN patterns

One sample year per model. The pattern is VIN positions 1–8 and 10–11: everything except the check digit and the serial.

Lexus models CT 200h to IS 350
Model	Year	VIN pattern
CT 200h	2011	`JTHKD5BH·B2`
ES 250	1990	`JT8VV22T·L0`
ES 300	2001	`JT8BF28G·11`
ES 300h	2014	`JTHBW1GG·E2`
ES 330	2006	`JTHBA30G·65`
ES 350	2013	`JTHBK1GG·D2`
GS 300	1994	`JT8JS47E·R0`
GS 350	2014	`JTHBE1BL·E1`
GS 400	1999	`JT8BH68X·X0`
GS 430	2003	`JT8BL69S·30`
GS 450h	2011	`JTHBC1KS·B5`
GS 460	2009	`JTHBL96S·95`
GX 460	2014	`JTJJM7FX·E5`
GX 470	2003	`JTJBT20X·30`
HS 250h	2012	`JTHBB1BA·C2`
IS 250	2009	`JTHBK262·95`
IS 250 C	2013	`JTHFF2C2·D2`
IS 300	2003	`JTHBD192·30`
IS 350	2007	`JTHBE262·75`

Lexus models IS 350 C to SC 430
Model	Year	VIN pattern
IS 350 C	2011	`JTHFE2C2·B2`
IS F	2013	`JTHBP5C2·D5`
LFA	2012	`JTHHX8BH·C1`
LS 400	1996	`JT8BH22F·T0`
LS 430	2006	`JTHBN36F·65`
LS 460	2009	`JTHDL46F·95`
LS 600h L	2014	`JTHDU1EF·E5`
LX 450	1997	`JT6HJ88J·V0`
LX 470	2006	`JTJHT00W·64`
LX 570	2013	`JTJHY7AX·D4`
RX 300	2002	`JTJGF10U·20`
RX 330	2005	`JTJHA31U·50`
RX 350	2011	`JTJZK1BA·B2`
RX 400h	2007	`JTJGW31U·72`
RX 450h	2010	`JTJBC1BA·A2`
SC 300	1996	`JT8CD32Z·T0`
SC 400	1992	`JT8UZ30C·N0`
SC 430	2003	`JTHFN48Y·30`

JTH maker code (WMI) · KD5BH vehicle descriptor · B model-year code · 2 plant code. The check digit (position 9) sits where the dot is.

03Location

Where to find a Lexus VIN

Dashboard tagDriver's side, at the base of the windshield. Read it from outside the car.
Door jamb stickerOpen the driver's door and look at the frame.
PaperworkTitle, registration and insurance card all carry the full VIN.

04Breakdown

How a Lexus VIN breaks down

The 2014 ES 300h pattern from the table, JTHBW1GG·E2, position by position. A VIN has 17 characters and never uses I, O or Q.

2014 Lexus ES 300h · VIN pattern? = check digit · # = serial

1–3 · WMIMaker & countryJTH · Lexus, Japan

4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineBW1GG · ES 300h

9CheckCalc.

10YearE · 2014

11Plant2

12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleNot in the pattern

WMI · 1–3JTH, JT8, JTJ… for Japan.

VDS · 4–8Model, body and engine. The decoder turns these into specs.

CHECK · 9Worked out from the other 16 characters. A typo breaks it.

YEAR · 10E is 2014 here. In the table, B is 2011 and L is 1990.

PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the car.

SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle, so it isn't part of the pattern.

05API

Decode Lexus VINs in your app

22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, dimensions, mpg, features
Salvage checks and US plate lookups on the same key
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Get API key API docs

GET/v2.0/decode_vin

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<Lexus VIN>"},
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
    timeout=10,
)
spec = r.json()["specification"]
# spec["year"], spec["model"], spec["engine"] …

const url = new URL("https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin");
url.searchParams.set("vin", "<Lexus VIN>");

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (data.success) console.log(data.specification);

curl -G "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin" \
  --data "vin=<Lexus VIN>" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com"

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