Factory build sheet
2012 Subaru Forester
Build JF2SKAJC-C
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JF2SKAJC 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 JF2SKAJC and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1 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.
Body & chassis
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- 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 JF2SKAJC for 7 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2012 You are here code C
- 2019 Sport Base+ES+Smart 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 2,231 vehicles code K $19,318
- 2020 PRM+ES+KA 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 13,011 vehicles code L $20,990
- 2021 Premium 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 20,936 vehicles code M $22,325
- 2022 Sport 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 5,653 vehicles code N $25,798
- 2023 Sport ES, HK, Smart 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 8,951 vehicles code P $27,898
- 2024 Wilderness 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 17,827 vehicles code R $31,731
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 | SKAJC | 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.
1 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JF2SKAJC-C shares the specification above.
- 1 Known VINs
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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 1 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.