Factory build sheet
2016 Subaru Outback Premium + AWP + MR
Build 4S4BSCDC-G · 2.5L 4cyl · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 4S4BSCDC and position 10 reads G. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Outback whose VIN starts 4S4BSCDC and carries G in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 22 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 22 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
- Configuration
- In-Line
- Engine model
- 2.5L C0
- 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.
The same build, other model years
Subaru used the VIN pattern 4S4BSCDC for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2015 Premium+ALL Weather Package+Moonroof 2.5L Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 20 vehicles code F
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2016 You are here code G
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 | BSCDC | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | G | Model year — 2016 |
| 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 2016 Subaru Outback as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
4 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2016 Outback. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
22 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 4S4BSCDC-G shares the specification above.
- 22 Known VINs
- 4S4BSCDC 0G3348586
- 4S4BSCDC 4G3323433
- 4S4BSCDC 4G3344170
- 4S4BSCDC 3G3307871
- 4S4BSCDC XG3328328
- 4S4BSCDC 4G3360580
- 4S4BSCDC 9G3201781
- 4S4BSCDC 3G3220228
- 4S4BSCDC 8G3331079
- 4S4BSCDC 6G3344896
- 4S4BSCDC 7G3356636
- 4S4BSCDC 5G3230260
- 4S4BSCDC 0G3301445
- 4S4BSCDC 3G3201727
- 4S4BSCDC 7G3223620
- 4S4BSCDC 8G3361263
- 4S4BSCDC 0G3210238
- 4S4BSCDC 9G3241505
- 4S4BSCDC 1G3313619
- 4S4BSCDC XG3205094
- 4S4BSCDC 6G3329668
- 4S4BSCDC 1G3237349
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.
- 2016 Limited + MR + ES + Navi 3.6L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 3,653 vehicles · $14,694 median
- 2017 Base 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 2,461 vehicles · $13,868 median
- 2017 Premium 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 6,619 vehicles · $12,500 median
- 2017 Premium + ES 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 5,598 vehicles · $12,880 median
- 2017 Touring+M/R+ES+NAV 2.5L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 2,349 vehicles · $16,288 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.
Vehicle counts come from the 22 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.