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6 prefixes

Subaru VIN decoder

Put a Subaru VIN in and get the full NHTSA specification plus any open recalls. Below, every manufacturer prefix a Subaru can start with.

Where a Subaru VIN starts

The first three characters are the World Manufacturer Identifier. Subaru vehicles carry 6 of them, spread across 2 countries of manufacture, because the same model can be built on more than one continent. The prefix tells you which plant lineage built the car before you decode anything else.

PrefixManufacturer of recordVehicle typeCountry
4S3SUBARU OF AMERICA, INCPassenger CarUNITED STATES (USA)
4S4SUBARU OF AMERICA, INCMultipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)UNITED STATES (USA)
JF1SUBARU CORPORATIONPassenger CarJAPAN
JF2SUBARU CORPORATIONMultipurpose Passenger Vehicle (MPV)JAPAN
JF3FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)TruckJAPAN
JF4FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES U.S.A., INC. (C/O SUBARU OF AMERICA)Passenger CarJAPAN

What Subaru stamps them on

Current Subaru models

Models NHTSA lists for the most recent complete model year.

Other makes

All 45 makes · VIN anatomy

Prefix table from NHTSA vPIC, built 2026-08-09. 888 prefixes across the site.