Factory build sheet
2017 Subaru Forester Base +
Build JF2SJEBC-H · 2.5L 4cyl · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JF2SJEBC and position 10 reads H. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Forester whose VIN starts JF2SJEBC and carries H in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 18 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 18 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
- Cylinders
- 4
- Engine model
- Naturally Aspirated C5
- Horsepower
- 170 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 5
- Seat rows
- 2
- 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 | SJEBC | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | H | Model year — 2017 |
| 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 2017 Subaru Forester as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
1 recall campaign is recorded for the 2017 Forester. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
18 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JF2SJEBC-H shares the specification above.
- 18 Known VINs
- JF2SJEBC 4HH474915
- JF2SJEBC XHG520513
- JF2SJEBC XHH542361
- JF2SJEBC 6HG580773
- JF2SJEBC 2HH521908
- JF2SJEBC XHH495431
- JF2SJEBC 2HH543052
- JF2SJEBC 7HH566648
- JF2SJEBC 7HH408150
- JF2SJEBC 4HH572892
- JF2SJEBC 1HH474919
- JF2SJEBC 2HG456659
- JF2SJEBC 0HH802248
- JF2SJEBC 1HH802596
- JF2SJEBC 0HH441393
- JF2SJEBC 9HH542349
- JF2SJEBC 9HH555456
- JF2SJEBC 9HH411308
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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 18 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.