Factory build sheet
2021 Toyota Highlander Platinum
Build 5TDEBRCH-M · 2.5L 4cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5TDEBRCH 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 5TDEBRCH and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 7,169 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 7,169 known VINs
- 95 listed for sale now
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 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 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.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$37,549 median asking price · 166 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $28,178 Top 2% of listings $44,998
The same build, other model years
Toyota used the VIN pattern 5TDEBRCH for 6 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2020 Platinum 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,228 vehicles code L $37,995
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2021 You are here code M $37,549
- 2022 Platinum 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 3,570 vehicles code N $41,998
- 2023 Platinum 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 3,604 vehicles code P $46,400
- 2025 Platinum 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 7,335 vehicles code S $54,738
- 2026 Platinum 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 13,746 vehicles code T $58,918
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 | EBRCH | 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.
7,169 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 5TDEBRCH-M shares the specification above.
- 7,169 Known VINs
- 95 Listed for sale now
- 166 Priced listings
- $37,549 Median asking
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 Highlander, 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.
- 2021 Platinum 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,024 vehicles · $36,794 median
- 2021 Platinum 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 2,949 vehicles · $33,009 median
- 2021 Platinum 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 10,616 vehicles · $35,609 median
- 2021 XLE 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 14,277 vehicles · $28,425 median
- 2021 XLE NAV 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 11,044 vehicles · $30,262 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.
Prices are asking prices from 166 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 7,169 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.