Factory build sheet
2012 Subaru Forester LTD
Build JF2SHCEC-C · 2.5L · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JF2SHCEC 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 JF2SHCEC and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 21 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 21 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.
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 | SHCEC | 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.
21 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JF2SHCEC-C shares the specification above.
- 21 Known VINs
- JF2SHCEC XCH449926
- JF2SHCEC 1CH409279
- JF2SHCEC 9CH452879
- JF2SHCEC 2CH454103
- JF2SHCEC 4CH448996
- JF2SHCEC XCH450574
- JF2SHCEC 4CH408868
- JF2SHCEC XCH407739
- JF2SHCEC 1CH406513
- JF2SHCEC 7CH430394
- JF2SHCEC 8CH423549
- JF2SHCEC 5CH422214
- JF2SHCEC XCH407305
- JF2SHCEC 2CH443361
- JF2SHCEC 3CH408215
- JF2SHCEC 4CH431180
- JF2SHCEC 0CH403263
- JF2SHCEC 4CH459304
- JF2SHCEC 8CH409859
- JF2SHCEC 4CH408739
- JF2SHCEC 8CH460228
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 Base(X) 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 47 vehicles
- 2012 LTD Plus 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 123 vehicles
- 2012 LTD Plus Navi 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 54 vehicles
- 2013 Premium AWP 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 4,911 vehicles · $8,495 median
- 2013 LTD Plus 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 227 vehicles
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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 21 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.