Every Toyota Tacoma (2016–2023) carries a 17-character VIN that begins with the 3TM WMI. The Tacoma is a gas truck; this page shows what each character of a Toyota Tacoma VIN means and gives 4 checksum-valid sample VINs you can drop straight into test fixtures. Synthetic — not real: no scraping, no real-owner data. The generator below is pre-filtered to the Tacoma.
Each sample below is built from the real 3TM WMI and the Tacoma's descriptor, so it decodes to a Toyota Tacoma of the right model year:
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Worked on the sample 3TMCZ5AN2G2369245 — a 2016 Toyota Tacoma:
| Position | Section | Value | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WMI | 3TM | Marks the VIN as Toyota, built in Mexico |
| 4–8 | VDS | CZ5AN | Descriptor for the Tacoma — truck body, gas powertrain |
| 9 | Check digit | 2 | Mod-11 checksum over the other 16 characters |
| 10 | Model year | G | Code G = 2016 |
| 11 | Plant | 2 | Assembly-plant code |
| 12–17 | Serial | 369245 | Sequential production number |
Positions 1–3 of every Toyota Tacoma VIN read 3TM — the World Manufacturer Identifier that marks the vehicle as Toyota, assembled in Mexico (North America). After the WMI, positions 4–8 (CZ5AN in our seed) describe the Tacoma itself; see the full 17-digit format.
Position 10 encodes the model year. For the Tacoma, 2016 is code G and 2023 is code P. See the 2023 year code or the check-digit math.
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A Toyota Tacoma VIN is 17 characters starting with the 3TM WMI, for example 3TMCZ5AN2G2369245. Positions 4–8 describe the Tacoma, position 9 is the check digit, position 10 is the model year, and 12–17 are the serial number.
Read it left to right: 3TM is the Toyota WMI, positions 4–8 are the Tacoma descriptor, position 9 verifies the VIN via a mod-11 checksum, position 10 gives the year, position 11 the plant, and 12–17 the serial. Paste any VIN into the decoder to do it automatically.
The Tacoma in our seed uses the 3TM WMI (Mexico). Any VIN beginning with 3TM decodes to Toyota.
No. They are synthetically generated but checksum-valid, use the real Toyota 3TM WMI, and carry the Tacoma's descriptor and a valid year code — so a decoder returns a Toyota Tacoma. No real vehicle's VIN is used.