What information can you get from a serial number? Interested in build date and where it was built. Here is the serial number. JTDZN3EU8C3044837 Any info on this is appreciated. Thx, Ben
JTDZN3EU8C3044837 J => Country of Origin = Japn T => Manufacturer = Toyota D => Vehicle Type = Passenger Car Z => Body = 5 Door Wagon, 2WD N => Engine Type = 5VZ-FE 3 => Chassis Code for the series E => Restraint System Type = Manual Belts with 2 Airbags, Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags, Driver Knee Airbag, Front and Read Side Curtain Air Bags U => Model Platform = Prius 8 => CRC Check Sum Digit C => Model Year = 2012 3 => Plant Code = One of the 10 manufacturing plants in Japan The rest is your unique number for that vehicle.
Hope this helps: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vehicle_Identification_Numbers_(VIN_codes)/Toyota/VIN_Codes
