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Toyota Land Cruiser 80 Series chassis numbers

Every 80 Series has a 17-character VIN; Japanese-market cars also carry the frame number (FZJ80-, HDJ81-, HZJ81- and a serial) on the plate, which is what the Japanese registration document quotes. [1][2][3]

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Where to find it

VIN plate on the dash at the base of the windscreen, the certification label on the driver’s door pillar, and the frame stamp on the right-hand chassis rail.

How to read it

1981–today17-character VIN
1–3 world manufacturer identifier: JT3 = Toyota, Japan, multipurpose vehicle (FJ60, FJ62, FJ80, FZJ80, UZJ100); JTE and JTM = Toyota multipurpose vehicles of the 2000s onward (Prado, FJ Cruiser, 200 Series; J8 in Australia-market cars is not used); JTJ = Lexus. 4–8 vehicle descriptor in Toyota’s own coding: body, engine, series and restraint system (FJ60G for the FJ60 wagon, DJ81W for the North American FZJ80, HT05J for the UZJ100, CY7AJ on the 2020 200 Series in the museum’s example) with J = Land Cruiser or Prado as the model line. 9 check digit. 10 model year: B = 1981 or 2011, C = 1982/2012, D = 1983/2013, E = 1984/2014, F = 1985/2015, G = 1986/2016, H = 1987/2017, J = 1988/2018, K = 1989/2019, L = 1990/2020, M = 1991/2021, N = 1992/2022, P = 1993/2023, R = 1994/2024, S = 1995/2025, T = 1996/2026, V = 1997, W = 1998, X = 1999, Y = 2000, 1–9 = 2001–2009, A = 2010 (I, O, Q, U, Z are never used). 11 assembly plant. 12–17 serial.
1990–1997 (Japan)Model code + serial
FZJ80 (1FZ-FE petrol), FJ80 (3F-E), HDJ81 (1HD-T / 1HD-FT turbo-diesel), HZJ81 (1HZ diesel) and a serial on the plate and frame.

Prefixes

Prefix or codeMeans
JT3FJ80W…North American FJ80 (3F-E), 1991–92
JT3DJ81W…North American FZJ80 (1FZ-FE), 1993–97
JT6HJ88J…Lexus LX 450, 1996–97 (the Lexus WMI is JT6/JTJ)
HDJ81-…Japanese frame number: 1HD-T / 1HD-FT turbo-diesel

Examples

JT3DJ81W…S…
A 1995 North American FZJ80: JT3 Toyota Japan, DJ81W the 4.5-litre 80 wagon, check digit, S = 1995, plant, serial (the form of the number).

Sources

  1. 1Toyota Land Cruiser VIN Decoder (pre-1981 frame numbers; 1981–current 17-character VIN)Land Cruiser Heritage Museum, Salt Lake City · accessed 2026-09-22
  2. 2Vehicle identification numberWikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22
  3. 3Land Cruiser Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) LocationsSpecter Off-Road · accessed 2026-09-22

The numbers are as the sources cited above record them — the parts trade's frame-number charts, the clubs' transcriptions of the makers' bulletins and the enthusiast decoders; a blank cell means no number is recorded. Registry research, not a factory record — check the vehicle's plate and the maker's build record before relying on a range. Corrections through the suggestion form.