Towing capacity by VIN
Enter your 17-character VIN. It is decoded into year, make, model, engine and drive, and you see the manufacturer's published towing ratings that fit.
Enter a VIN to see the published ratings that fit it.
What a VIN can and cannot tell you
A VIN identifies the vehicle that left the factory: its model year, make, model, engine and, for most trucks, whether it drives two wheels or four. That is enough to rule out most rows of a towing table.
It does not record the axle ratio or whether a towing package was fitted, and on a pickup those two can move the rating by thousands of pounds. So the lookup gives a range and the rows inside it. Your axle ratio is on the door-jamb label or the build sheet, and with it you can pick your row.
Who decodes the VIN
The decoding is done by NHTSA's vehicle decoder, a free public service of the US road safety agency. Your browser asks it directly. The VIN is not sent to us.
If the decoder's name for your vehicle does not match ours, pick the model by hand or use the towing calculator.
Common questions
Can a VIN tell me my exact towing capacity?
Not by itself. A VIN records the year, make, model, engine and usually the drive type. It does not record the axle ratio or towing package, and those often decide the rating. The lookup shows every published rating that fits what the VIN does record.
Where does the VIN go when I enter it?
Your browser sends it straight to the vehicle decoder run by NHTSA, the US road safety agency. It is not sent to us and we do not store it.
Where do I find the rating for my exact vehicle?
Use the lookup to narrow the list, then match your axle ratio and towing package on the full page for your model year. The owner's manual and the labels on the driver's door jamb are the final word for one vehicle.
Other calculators
- Towing calculator. Pick your vehicle and build, enter what your trailer weighs, and see it beside the published rating and your payload.
- Tongue weight calculator. Enter your trailer's loaded weight to see the weight on the hitch and the payload it leaves.
- Trailer weight calculator. Add water, propane and gear to the empty weight to get the loaded weight a towing rating is measured against.