Factory build sheet

2021 Toyota Highlander Limited

Build 5TDDBRCH-M · 2.5L 4cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

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

Every Highlander whose VIN starts 5TDDBRCH and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 1 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
2.5 L
Cylinders
4
Configuration
In-Line
Engine model
A25A-FXS, 5NM+4NM
Horsepower
186 hp
Fuel type
Gasoline
Electrification
Full hybrid

Drivetrain

Drive type
Four-wheel drive
Transmission
Automatic
Forward speeds
8

Body & chassis

Body class
Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
NHTSA body type
MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
Doors
5
Seats
7
Seat rows
3
Series
GSU70L/AXUH70L
Manufacturer
TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INDIANA, INC.

Weight rating

GVWR class
Class 2E
GVWR
6,001–7,000 lb

Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.

Driver assistance, as built

  • Lane departure warning Standard
  • Lane keeping assistance Standard
  • Adaptive cruise control Standard
  • Blind spot warning Standard

Systems the filing does not record are not listed above. Check the window sticker of the exact car before you rely on any single feature.

The same build, other model years

Toyota used the VIN pattern 5TDDBRCH 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 5TD TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INDIANA, INC. · World manufacturer identifier
4–8 DBRCH 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 Highlander as a whole rather than this build alone.

Overall

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Frontal crash

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

Side crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Rollover

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

4 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2021 Highlander. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.

1 vehicles carry this build

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

  • 1 Known VINs

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