Hilux parts from Dubai: engine codes, chassis numbers and how to order

Toyota's Global Newsroom says the Hilux first went on sale in 1968 and had sold more than 16 million by May 2015, in over 180 countries and regions. It calls the truck unveiled in Bangkok on 21 May 2015 the eighth generation. Wikipedia counts the Hilux Vigo that Toyota put on sale in Thailand on 25 August 2004 as the seventh, which fits Toyota's own eighth for 2015, and Toyota South Africa's range page names the current truck the 9th generation.

The model codes in the table are Wikipedia's, since Toyota's press pages do not print them. Use the table to place your truck, then send the full chassis number, which is what the desk checks. The year alone is not enough: the seventh generation ended and the eighth began in May 2015, so a truck from that year can belong to either.

The engines below are the ones Toyota's own pages and Wikipedia's generation tables name for the seventh and eighth generations. Toyota announced the GD diesels on 19 June 2015 and said the KD engines would be gradually phased out and replaced by them. The same page adds that specifications vary according to market, and Wikipedia notes that KD diesels were offered in several markets beside the GD engines.

In Wikipedia's tables and photo captions the first letters of the model code follow the engine: KUN with the KD diesels, TGN with the 2.0 and 2.7 litre petrols, GGN with the 4.0 V6 and GUN with the GD diesels. That is a pattern in a reference and not a rule, and a yard confirms it from the full number. A code that matches starts the conversation; the year, the drive type and the market still decide whether a part fits.

Toyota UAE's Hilux page for 2026 lists a 2.7 litre four-cylinder and a 4.0 litre V6. Toyota South Africa's Hilux Double Cab page lists 2.4 litre and 2.8 litre GD-6 diesels. Toyota's table of its IMV series lists the Middle East and Africa among the regions where the Hilux is sold, and says diesel engines are made in Thailand and gasoline engines in Indonesia and distributed to the plants. One badge therefore covers trucks assembled in different countries and fitted with different engines.

That is why a part ordered by model name goes wrong. A Hilux with a 2.8 litre GD diesel and one with a 4.0 litre V6 petrol share a name, not an engine. Send the engine code and the chassis number, and the desk checks the UAE market against them. What the UAE holds for a given code is a question for a person and not for this page, and we claim no depth of stock for any code until one has looked.

A May 2026 trade article describes Ras Al Khor, Dubai's auto parts market, as a vast market of new, used and reconditioned parts from Japan, Europe and the United States. That breadth is the reason to ask here: one request can come back with an aftermarket part or a used one, and the quote says which.

Toyota's Global Newsroom described the Fortuner in July 2015 as Hilux-based, with the same GD diesel engines. Toyota's 2012 announcement of five million IMV sales named the family as the Hilux pickup, the Innova minivan and the Fortuner SUV. An owner of either can therefore ask whether a Hilux number applies, and a person checks.

A shared platform does not make every part interchangeable. The part number and the chassis number decide, and the desk quotes only what matches them. Toyota's make page on this site covers the UAE side of these trucks, from the generations sold here to how two quotes for one job can differ.

A truck bought new in the UAE is normally left-hand drive, because the UAE drives on the right. Owners in markets where traffic keeps left drive right-hand-drive trucks. The table shows the traffic side in each market we write for, and the steering side that usually goes with it.

Tell us your truck's side with every request. Dashboard parts, pedals and anything fitted to the steering side belong to one side of the truck, and the desk asks the yard before it quotes them. The engine code and the chassis number still come first.

Toyota's description of the eighth generation gives a map of the truck: a newly developed frame with enlarged side rails, upgraded leaf-spring suspension and shock absorbers, new diesel engines with a newly developed six-speed automatic gearbox, and LED headlamps in the front end. The desk can look for parts in each of those groups: engines and gearboxes, springs and shock absorbers, front-end parts and lamps, and the wear parts around them.

Our export quotes cover aftermarket, used and GCC-spec parts, plus trade quotes for larger orders. We do not run a catalogue of genuine Toyota part numbers for export, and we leave out of an export quote anything that carries fluid, a battery, an airbag module, a belt pretensioner or a gas-filled shock absorber, because those raise dangerous-goods questions we do not handle.

Your own cargo agent or forwarder collects in Dubai and ships onward. Easy Auto does not ship abroad and gives no delivery times, and a person confirms the collection details with you on WhatsApp. A box of small parts and a gearbox on a pallet travel differently, so tell your agent what is in the load before they book it.

Rules for used parts differ by market, and some markets check them at the border: Kenya inspects used spare parts from the UAE before shipment, and South African importers are told that used goods need an ITAC permit. The country pages take each market in turn. Our page on half-cut engines explains how whole engines move and why they go drained, and our wholesale page covers mixed orders for traders.

Send the chassis number from the plate, the engine code, the month and year of build if you have them, which side the truck is driven from and the country it is in. Add a photograph of the part you need replaced and of any number stamped on it. A truck built for the Japanese market usually carries a short chassis number that starts with the model code, such as KUN26 or GUN126, followed by a serial number, while trucks built for other markets may carry a 17-character VIN. Send whichever you have.

A person then checks UAE stock and the Sharjah and Dubai parts markets and yards, and replies on WhatsApp with a quote that says whether each part is new aftermarket or used. How to pay is confirmed in that chat. This page shows no prices, because a quote depends on the part, the engine code and the market. Ask for several parts in one message: a list quoted together saves a round of questions.