Factory build sheet
2012 Subaru Outback Premium +CWP
Build 4S4BRBCC-C · 2.5L 4cyl · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 4S4BRBCC and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Outback whose VIN starts 4S4BRBCC and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 4,272 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 4,272 known VINs
- 64 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
- Configuration
- Horizontally opposed
- Engine model
- 2.5NA U5
- Engine manufacturer
- Subaru
- Turbocharged
- No
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC
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.
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.
$7,448 median asking price · 106 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $1,475 Top 2% of listings $10,995
The same build, other model years
Subaru used the VIN pattern 4S4BRBCC for 5 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2010 Premium+CWP 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 2,949 vehicles code A $5,995
- 2011 Premium + CWP 2.5L Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 5,700 vehicles code B $5,995
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2012 You are here code C $7,448
- 2013 Premium +CWP 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 5,617 vehicles code D $7,995
- 2014 Premium + CWP 2.5L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 5,581 vehicles code E $8,499
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 | 4S4 | SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | BRBCC | 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 Outback as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
16 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Outback. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
4,272 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 4S4BRBCC-C shares the specification above.
- 4,272 Known VINs
- 64 Listed for sale now
- 106 Priced listings
- $7,448 Median asking
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 3 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
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 Outback, 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.
- 2012 Premium +6CD HK+ CWP 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 223 vehicles
- 2012 Premium +M/R+CWP 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,702 vehicles · $7,250 median
- 2012 Premium +M/R+CWP+6CD HK 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 126 vehicles
- 2012 Limited +M/R+6CD HK 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 3,240 vehicles · $6,999 median
- 2012 Premium +CWP 2.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,962 vehicles · $5,900 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 106 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 4,272 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.