Factory build sheet

2020 Subaru Forester Sport+ES+HK+KA

Build JF2SKARL-L · 2.5L 4cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)

VIN positions 1 through 8 read JF2SKARL and position 10 reads L. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.

Every Forester whose VIN starts JF2SKARL and carries L 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.

Engine

Displacement
2.5 L
Cylinders
4
Engine model
Naturally Aspirated U5
Horsepower
182 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
5
Seat rows
2
Manufacturer
SUBARU CORPORATION

Driver assistance, as built

  • Forward collision warning Standard
  • Lane departure warning Standard
  • Lane keeping assistance Standard
  • Adaptive cruise control 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.

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 SKARL 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 Forester as a whole rather than this build alone.

Overall

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Frontal crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Side crash

★★★★★ 5 / 5

Rollover

★★★★ ★ 4 / 5

1 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to JF2SKARL-L 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.