Factory build sheet
2012 Subaru Forester X-Plus
Build JF2SHCBC-C · 2.5L · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JF2SHCBC and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Forester whose VIN starts JF2SHCBC and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 27 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 27 known VINs
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
- 2.5 L
- Engine model
- 2.5NA C0
- Turbocharged
- No
- Fuel type
- GAS
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- SUBARU CORPORATION
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1C
- GVWR
- 4,001–5,000 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
Subaru used the VIN pattern JF2SHCBC for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2011 X-Plus Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 54 vehicles code B
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2012 You are here code C
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 | JF2 | SUBARU CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | SHCBC | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 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 2012 Subaru Forester as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
15 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Forester. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
27 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JF2SHCBC-C shares the specification above.
- 27 Known VINs
- JF2SHCBC 0CH444657
- JF2SHCBC 1CH440939
- JF2SHCBC 7CH427709
- JF2SHCBC XCH430247
- JF2SHCBC XCH451647
- JF2SHCBC XCH448036
- JF2SHCBC 4CH405652
- JF2SHCBC 3CH407344
- JF2SHCBC 6CH433954
- JF2SHCBC 8CH405007
- JF2SHCBC 1CH443677
- JF2SHCBC 8CH453574
- JF2SHCBC 8CH403113
- JF2SHCBC 6CH400727
- JF2SHCBC XCH458534
- JF2SHCBC XCH440986
- JF2SHCBC XCH406871
- JF2SHCBC XCH447937
- JF2SHCBC 4CH425948
- JF2SHCBC 4CH435931
- JF2SHCBC 5CH435761
- JF2SHCBC 4CG403891
- JF2SHCBC 3CH449142
- JF2SHCBC 8CH462436
- JF2SHCBC 9CH451462
- JF2SHCBC 8CH420347
- JF2SHCBC 5CH407720
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Forester, 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.
- 2012 Premium AWP 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 44 vehicles
- 2012 LTD 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 21 vehicles
- 2012 Base(X) 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 47 vehicles
- 2012 LTD Plus Navi 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 54 vehicles
- 2013 LTD 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,723 vehicles · $8,995 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.
Vehicle counts come from the 27 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.