Factory build sheet
2012 Mazda MAZDA3 Grand Touring/GT
Build JM1BL1W5-C · 2.5L · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JM1BL1W5 and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every MAZDA3 whose VIN starts JM1BL1W5 and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 429 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 429 known VINs
- 3 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Mazda with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2.5 L
- Engine model
- L5X California
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Mazda used the VIN pattern JM1BL1W5 for 3 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | JM1 | MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | BL1W5 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2012 Mazda MAZDA3 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
1 recall campaign is recorded for the 2012 MAZDA3. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
429 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JM1BL1W5-C shares the specification above.
- 429 Known VINs
- 3 Listed for sale now
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the MAZDA3, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2012 Grand Touring/GT 2.5L · Sedan saloon 213 vehicles · $5,890 median
- 2012 Grand Touring/GT 2L · Sedan saloon 1,365 vehicles · $7,995 median
- 2012 Grand Touring/GT 2L · Sedan saloon 1,623 vehicles · $6,195 median
- 2013 Sport/GX 2L · Hatchback liftback notchback 103 vehicles
- 2013 Touring/GS 2L · Hatchback liftback notchback 2,590 vehicles · $7,400 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 429 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.