Factory build sheet

2012 Suzuki SX4 Sportback (US)/Sportback Tech (US)/Sport SE (US)

Build JS2YC5A5-C · 2L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sedan

VIN positions 1 through 8 read JS2YC5A5 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 JS2YC5A5 and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 85 of them.

  • Decoded Jul 7, 2026
  • 85 known VINs
  • 1 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
Sedan/Saloon
NHTSA body type
PASSENGER CAR
Doors
4
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.

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 YC5A5 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.

85 vehicles carry this build

Every VIN we have decoded to JS2YC5A5-C shares the specification above.

  • 85 Known VINs
  • 1 Listed for sale now

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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 85 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.