Factory build sheet
2003 Toyota Sequoia SR5
Build 5TDBT44A-3 · 4.7L 8cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5TDBT44A and position 10 reads 3. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Sequoia whose VIN starts 5TDBT44A and carries 3 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1,277 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1,277 known VINs
- 9 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
- 4.7 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- 2UZ-FE
- Engine manufacturer
- Toyota
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Horsepower
- 273 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
- 4
- Series
- UCK45L
- 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.
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.
$5,500 median asking price · 16 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 16 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Toyota used the VIN pattern 5TDBT44A for 7 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2001 SR5 4.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,254 vehicles code 1 $8,195
- 2002 SR5 4.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,632 vehicles code 2 $8,107
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2003 You are here code 3 $5,500
- 2004 SR5 4.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,517 vehicles code 4 $6,995
- 2005 SR5 4.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,535 vehicles code 5 $7,995
- 2006 SR5 4.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,323 vehicles code 6 $9,950
- 2007 SR5 4.7L 8cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 1,043 vehicles code 7 $12,400
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 | BT44A | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 3 | Model year — 2003 |
| 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 2003 Toyota Sequoia as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
7 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2003 Sequoia. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
1,277 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 5TDBT44A-3 shares the specification above.
- 1,277 Known VINs
- 9 Listed for sale now
- 16 Priced listings
- $5,500 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 Sequoia, 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.
- 2003 Limited 4.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 1,893 vehicles · $7,988 median
- 2003 SR5 4.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 2,548 vehicles · $6,590 median
- 2003 Limited 4.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,072 vehicles · $5,998 median
- 2004 Limited 4.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 1,757 vehicles · $7,988 median
- 2005 SR5 4.7L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 1,535 vehicles · $7,995 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 16 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 1,277 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.