Factory build sheet
2012 Subaru Legacy Premium
Build 4S3BMAB6-C · 2.5L · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 4S3BMAB6 and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Legacy whose VIN starts 4S3BMAB6 and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 16 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 16 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 U4
- Turbocharged
- No
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
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 | 4S3 | SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | BMAB6 | 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 Legacy as a whole rather than this build alone.
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Rollover
★★★★★ 5 / 5
16 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Legacy. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
16 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 4S3BMAB6-C shares the specification above.
- 16 Known VINs
- 4S3BMAB6 XC1022574
- 4S3BMAB6 3C1021640
- 4S3BMAB6 1C1007333
- 4S3BMAB6 4C1020013
- 4S3BMAB6 6C1007196
- 4S3BMAB6 5C1027035
- 4S3BMAB6 9C1021903
- 4S3BMAB6 9C1008777
- 4S3BMAB6 XC1025961
- 4S3BMAB6 XC1011378
- 4S3BMAB6 6C1026492
- 4S3BMAB6 XC1004706
- 4S3BMAB6 8C1027465
- 4S3BMAB6 0C1016749
- 4S3BMAB6 2C1020429
- 4S3BMAB6 7C1015906
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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 16 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.