The Japanese and American Gen III

[97vulcan]

My wifes 1994 camry was made in Japan, while my 1992 was made in America. Is there any difference in reliability between the two?? Were they made to the same specs? Hers has over 200k on it, while mine only has 106k. hers runs awesome, I guess mine runs awesome too.

Thanks,
Adam

[camry314]

I have to ask, how can you tell the American ones from the Japanese ones?

[Zviator]

Originally Posted by camry314

I have to ask, how can you tell the American ones from the Japanese ones?

Actually one of my key has the Toyoya emble, and the other one has "made in USA"

[prnc_chrmng]

Originally Posted by camry314

I have to ask, how can you tell the American ones from the Japanese ones?

vin numbers

[BMR]

If the first character of your VIN number is a J, it was made in Japan.

Occasionally, when you go to the dealer for parts, they'll ask which country it was made in because the parts are different. I remember the front window regulators being that way on my '92 Cam.

[BlueFusion6851]

American built 3rd gen camrys have 4T1 as their first VIN and Japanese built camrys have JT as the first vin.

[n3rdifed]

wow..
this whole time i thought my gen 3 was made in the us then i checked it and it was JT

bringing back the original topic of the thread..are there any real differences? besides part numbers.

[97vulcan]

any major differences?? are the engines and trans still assembled in Japan??