Enter the 17-character VIN of your Subaru Outback to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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Manufacturer, model year, country: enter the VIN of the model Subaru Outback and the free decoder reads all three from the 17 characters. In our database the car Subaru Outback covers 1994 - present. It has 9 versions in total, is offered as Wagon and lists power of 260 hp. A VIN tells you the maker, the model year and the country of manufacture. Where the plant is coded in the 11th character, that can be read as well.
The VIN identifies the car but does not describe its life. Records of accidents, mileage, theft or owners have to be looked up separately from the decoding. A quick test for the model Subaru Outback: the 10th character encodes the model year, so it should fit the year the seller states. Also remember that I, O and Q never occur in a genuine VIN.
1994 - present
Production years
135 - 260 hp
Power
1
Body styles
9
Versions
Versions and generations in our data. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
| Version | Years | Body | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subaru Outback I | 1994 - 1999 | Wagon | 135 - 165 hp |
| Subaru Outback II (BE,BH) | 1999 - 2003 | Wagon | 156 - 209 hp |
| Subaru Outback III (BL,BP) | 2003 - 2009 | Wagon | 165 - 250 hp |
| Subaru Outback IV | 2009 - 2013 | Wagon | 167 - 249 hp |
| Subaru Outback IV (facelift 2013) | 2013 - 2014 | Wagon | 150 - 173 hp |
| Subaru Outback V | 2014 - 2018 | Wagon | 150 - 175 hp |
| Subaru Outback V (facelift 2018) | 2018 - 2019 | Wagon | 175 - 256 hp |
| Subaru Outback VI | 2019 - 2022 | Wagon | 169 - 260 hp |
| Subaru Outback VI (facelift 2022) | 2022 - present | Wagon | 182 - 260 hp |
The 10th character of the VIN is the model year. For the Subaru Outback, with model years 1994 - present in our data, these are the characters to expect. The letters repeat every 30 years, so always confirm the year against the car itself.
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Our data lists model years 1994 - present across 9 versions of the Subaru Outback. The VIN of a particular car shows its model year in the 10th character.
It is the 10th character. For the Subaru Outback the characters to expect are 3 (2003), 4 (2004), 5 (2005), 6 (2006), 7 (2007), 8 (2008), 9 (2009), A (2010), B (2011), C (2012), D (2013), E (2014), F (2015), G (2016), H (2017), J (2018), K (2019), L (2020), M (2021), N (2022), P (2023), R (2024), S (2025), T (2026).
9 versions, in 1 body style, with power up to 260 hp. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
Check the registration document first, as the VIN is printed there. On the vehicle itself, look at the dashboard under the windshield on the driver's side or at the driver door frame.
No, mileage is not encoded in a VIN. The decoder cannot show it, nor can it show theft entries or owners. Those details require a paid vehicle history report.
Yes, the decoding itself costs nothing and works without signing up. Only the separate vehicle history reports are paid.