Factory build sheet
2020 Subaru Forester TRG+ES+Navi(HK)+KA
Build JF2SKAXC-L · 2.5L 4cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JF2SKAXC 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 JF2SKAXC and carries L in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 6,554 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 6,554 known VINs
- 171 listed for sale now
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
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.
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.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$23,995 median asking price · 286 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $15,347 Top 2% of listings $29,990
The same build, other model years
Subaru used the VIN pattern JF2SKAXC for 2 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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2020 You are here code L $23,995
- 2021 Touring 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 11,731 vehicles code M $25,505
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 | SKAXC | 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
6,554 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JF2SKAXC-L shares the specification above.
- 6,554 Known VINs
- 171 Listed for sale now
- 286 Priced listings
- $23,995 Median asking
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
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.
- 2021 Base 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 890 vehicles · $20,075 median
- 2021 Base 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 7,853 vehicles · $20,000 median
- 2021 Premium 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 10,611 vehicles · $22,302 median
- 2021 Sport 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 2,176 vehicles · $22,980 median
- 2021 Limited 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 14,102 vehicles · $24,487 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.
Prices are asking prices from 286 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 6,554 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.