Factory build sheet
2012 Suzuki SX4 Sportback (US)/Sportback Tech (US)/Sport SE (US)
Build JS2YA5A5-C · 2L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Hatchback
VIN positions 1 through 8 read JS2YA5A5 and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every SX4 whose VIN starts JS2YA5A5 and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 170 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 170 known VINs
- 2 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Suzuki 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 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 5
- Manufacturer
- SUZUKI MOTOR 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.
The same build, other model years
Suzuki used the VIN pattern JS2YA5A5 for 3 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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 | JS2 | SUZUKI MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | YA5A5 | 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 Suzuki SX4 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 SX4. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
170 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to JS2YA5A5-C shares the specification above.
- 170 Known VINs
- 2 Listed for sale now
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 SX4, 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 Crossover (US)/Crossover Premium (US)/Crossover Tech (US)/JX (Canada)/Sedan LE (US)/Sedan LE POP PKG. (US)/Sedan Base (Canada) 2L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback · AWD 1,581 vehicles · $5,495 median
- 2013 Sportback (US)/Sport SE (US) 2L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback · FWD 54 vehicles
- 2013 Crossover (US)/Crossover Premium (US)/JX (Canada)/[JA/JX] (Canada)Sedan LE (US)/Sedan LE POP PKG. (US)/JA (Canada) 2L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback · AWD 480 vehicles · $7,300 median
- 2013 Crossover (US)/Crossover Premium (US)/JX (Canada)/[JA/JX] (Canada)Sedan LE (US)/Sedan LE POP PKG. (US)/JA (Canada) 2L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 370 vehicles
- 2008 Base (US)/Convenience PKG (Canada)/JX (Canada)/15INCH (US) 2L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 425 vehicles · $3,990 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 170 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.