Factory build sheet

2021 Toyota Sequoia

Build 5TDFY51A-M

VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5TDFY51A and position 10 reads M. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Sequoia whose VIN starts 5TDFY51A 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

Engine model
381 hp 57l v8
Fuel type
Gasoline

Body & chassis

NHTSA body type
MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
Manufacturer
TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INDIANA, INC.

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 FY51A 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 Sequoia as a whole rather than this build alone.

Rollover

★★★★ 4 / 5

2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2021 Sequoia. 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 5TDFY51A-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.