Ladies and Gentlemen –
Check Your Engines!!!
Unless you have an IndyRace car that runs on 100%
ethanol, finding out if your car is an FFV that can run 85%
ethanol is just as easy.
The best way to ensure your car is an FFV is by
checking your vehicle identification number (VIN Number)
and compare it to the list of FFVs made on this website.
Your VIN number is located on
- Your DMV vehicle registration
card
- Your vehicle insurance card
- Or can be found on your car the
driver’s
side dashboard, on a little metal plate in front
of your steering wheel.
- The other way of quickly checking is
to see if you have an FFV is to see if you have a yellow
gas cap and/or if there is a “E85” sticker
on the inside of your fuel door covering your gas cap.
HOWEVER, you should always the VIN number on the website
of the National
Ethanol Vehicle Coalition or
the Department
of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center
Do you already own have an FFV? (Most FFV where
made after 1995)
Do you want to buy a used FFV and make sure
you have the right one? (most used car dealers provide VIN
numbers on their websites)
Do you want to make sure your new
car is an FFV? (most new cars have a sticker or badge that
indicates they are an FFV)
- Here is a link so you can ensure
the year, make and model of your FFV. Learn
More
- Chrysler
- Ford
- General Motors
- Isuzu
- Mazda
- Mercedes
- Mercury
- Nissan
If the vehicle and engine size is one listed above, check the
8th digit in the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and correlate
to what is listed as the 8th digit on the link here.
Other information:
- Identifying FFVs by Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
- How
to Read a Vehicle Identification Number
- Listing of FFVs (PDF) updated January 2008
- General Motors
- Ford
- Chrysler
- All Alternative Fuel Cars
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