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norcal · 05-22-2010, 09:22 AM

I am trying to identify whether my Corolla 06 was made in US or Japan; Does any one know how to tell by checking the VIN or something else?

Thanks

mikered30 · 05-22-2010, 09:59 AM

If it starts with a J it was made in Japan. If it doesn't have a J it was made in the US. Open the drivers side door and look at the door jam, it will tell you the plant it was made. If you bought your corolla in CA, there is a very strong chance it was made at NUMMI in Fremont CA. If it wasn't made in NUMMI it was made in Cambridge Ontario. Or, if you have the VIN handy enter it here: http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vin/toyota.asp and it will give you basic info on the car.

It is widely agreed that the Japanese made Toyotas are of better build quality, even before the huge pedal recall. Also the 06 corolla ECUs assembled at NUMMI have a abnormally high failure rate.

gideon1331 · 05-22-2010, 06:14 PM

J - Japan
2 - Canada
1 - US

The Japan and Canada Corollas had a Japanese-made Denso ECU, while the US Corollas had a Mexican-made Delco (GM-spec) ECU. Naturally the Denso ones are more reliable. Most all the other electronics in the US Corollas were Denso though.

For any car, common VIN origin codes:

1 - US
2 - Canada
3 - Mexico
4 - US
5 - US
J - Japan
K - Korea
W - Germany

norcal · 05-27-2010, 10:20 AM

Thank you guys, you are right mikered30, mine was made in US. Now I can buy shoe brakes and replace them.

cooleric2000 · 07-08-2010, 06:47 PM

Thanks for the explanation.

NorthGaYota · 07-09-2010, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gideon1331

J - Japan
2 - Canada
1 - US

The Japan and Canada Corollas had a Japanese-made Denso ECU, while the US Corollas had a Mexican-made Delco (GM-spec) ECU. Naturally the Denso ones are more reliable. Most all the other electronics in the US Corollas were Denso though.

For any car, common VIN origin codes:

1 - US
2 - Canada
3 - Mexico
4 - US
5 - US
J - Japan
K - Korea
W - Germany

well, tried to register our Corolla online and it would not take our vin starting with 1, called Toyota and they said it was made in Canada.. Most Corolla on the East coast are made there, West coast- Cali...

NorthGaYota · 07-09-2010, 03:26 PM

also have a van starting with 5

truck starting with 4

no explanation why they can't be registered, not too happy with Toyota over the phone but there really is no such thing as customer service these days..oh well