Factory build sheet
2012 Toyota RAV4 Sports
Build JTMRK4DV-C · 3.5L 6cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JTMRK4DV and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every RAV4 whose VIN starts JTMRK4DV and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 382 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 382 known VINs
- 3 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
- 3.5 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- 2GR-FE
- Engine manufacturer
- Toyota
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Horsepower
- 269 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 5
- Series
- ASA33L/ASA38L/GSA33L/GSA38L
- Manufacturer
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1C
- GVWR
- 4,001–5,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Toyota used the VIN pattern JTMRK4DV 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 | JTM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | RK4DV | 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 Toyota RAV4 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
6 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 RAV4. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
382 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JTMRK4DV-C shares the specification above.
- 382 Known VINs
- 3 Listed for sale now
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 RAV4, 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 Sports 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 400 vehicles · $12,767 median
- 2012 High 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 159 vehicles
- 2012 High 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 49 vehicles
- 2012 Standard 3.5L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 23 vehicles
- 2013 Sports 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 7,181 vehicles · $12,894 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 382 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.