Factory build sheet

2021 Toyota Corolla LE

Build 5YFBPMBE-M · 1.8L 4cyl

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5YFBPMBE and position 10 reads M. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Corolla whose VIN starts 5YFBPMBE and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 279 of them.

  • Decoded Sep 9, 2026
  • 279 known VINs

Factory specification

As filed by Toyota 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
1.8 L
Cylinders
4
Configuration
In-Line
Engine model
2ZR-FAE
Engine manufacturer
Toyota
Valve train
Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Horsepower
139 hp
Fuel type
Gasoline

Body & chassis

NHTSA body type
PASSENGER CAR
Manufacturer
TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, MISSISSIPPI, INC.

The same build, other model years

Toyota used the VIN pattern 5YFBPMBE for 2 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 5YF TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, MISSISSIPPI, INC. · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 BPMBE Model, body style, engine and restraint system
9 × Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build
10 M Model year — 2021
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 2021 Toyota Corolla as a whole rather than this build alone.

Overall

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Frontal crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Side crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Rollover

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

1 recall campaign is recorded for the 2021 Corolla. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.

279 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to 5YFBPMBE-M shares the specification above.

  • 279 Known VINs

Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.

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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 279 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.