Factory build sheet
2009 Toyota Tundra Limited
Build 5TFEV581-9 · 5.7L 8cyl · Pickup
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 5TFEV581 and position 10 reads 9. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Tundra whose VIN starts 5TFEV581 and carries 9 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 23 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 23 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
- 5.7 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- 3UR-FE
- Horsepower
- 381 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- 4x2
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Pickup
- NHTSA body type
- TRUCK
- Cab type
- Crew/Super Crew/Crew Max
- Series
- GSK50L/UCK50L/USK50L/GSK51L/UCK51LUSK51L/UCK52L/USK52L/UCK55L/USK55L/UCK56L/USK56L/UCK57L/USK57L
- Manufacturer
- TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, TEXAS, INC.
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2
- GVWR
- 6,001–10,000 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 5TFEV581 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 | 5TF | TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, TEXAS, INC. · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | EV581 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 9 | Model year — 2009 |
| 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 2009 Toyota Tundra as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
13 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2009 Tundra. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
23 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 5TFEV581-9 shares the specification above.
- 23 Known VINs
- 5TFEV581 79X072173
- 5TFEV581 39X072851
- 5TFEV581 99X072580
- 5TFEV581 39X072042
- 5TFEV581 89X072117
- 5TFEV581 19X071147
- 5TFEV581 79X070245
- 5TFEV581 X9X071325
- 5TFEV581 19X070760
- 5TFEV581 09X070751
- 5TFEV581 99X073812
- 5TFEV581 19X073657
- 5TFEV581 29X073862
- 5TFEV581 19X071522
- 5TFEV581 X9X071356
- 5TFEV581 29X070671
- 5TFEV581 99X073728
- 5TFEV581 89X069993
- 5TFEV581 69X073430
- 5TFEV581 29X072906
- 5TFEV581 39X070985
- 5TFEV581 89X070934
- 5TFEV581 49X073149
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Tundra, 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.
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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 23 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.