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