Factory build sheet
2020 Subaru Ascent Premium 8+ES+KA+M/R+Navi
Build 4S4WMAED-L · 2.4L 4cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 4S4WMAED and position 10 reads L. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Ascent whose VIN starts 4S4WMAED and carries L in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 339 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 339 known VINs
- 6 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Subaru 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
- 2.4 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Engine model
- 260 hp 24l h4
- Turbocharged
- Yes
- Horsepower
- 260 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Seats
- 8
- Seat rows
- 3
- Manufacturer
- SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
Driver assistance, as built
- Forward collision warning Standard
- Crash imminent braking Standard
- Lane departure warning Standard
- Lane keeping assistance Standard
- Adaptive cruise control Standard
- Blind spot warning Standard
Systems the filing does not record are not listed above. Check the window sticker of the exact car before you rely on any single feature.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$21,142 median asking price · 10 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 10 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Subaru used the VIN pattern 4S4WMAED for 6 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2019 Premium 8+ES+KA+M/R+Navi 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 378 vehicles code K $18,894
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2020 You are here code L $21,142
- 2021 Premium 8+ES+KA+M/R+Navi 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 681 vehicles code M $17,224
- 2022 Premium 7 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 3,456 vehicles code N $24,948
- 2023 Premium 7 ES, Smart 2.4L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 3,146 vehicles code P $28,191
- 2024 Premium 7 2.4L 4cyl · 5,944 vehicles code R $29,896
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 | 4S4 | SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | WMAED | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | L | Model year — 2020 |
| 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 2020 Subaru Ascent as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2020 Ascent. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
339 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 4S4WMAED-L shares the specification above.
- 339 Known VINs
- 6 Listed for sale now
- 10 Priced listings
- $21,142 Median asking
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Ascent, 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.
- 2020 Premium 7+ES+KA 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 2,881 vehicles · $18,500 median
- 2020 Premium 7+ES+KA+M/R+Navi 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,071 vehicles · $18,372 median
- 2020 Limited 8+ES+KA 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 959 vehicles · $17,990 median
- 2020 Limited 7+ES+KA 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,836 vehicles · $20,995 median
- 2021 Base+ES 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 325 vehicles · $16,990 median
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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.
Prices are asking prices from 10 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 339 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.