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What Fits Your Vehicle

Roof type by model year, the published load limit with the document it came from, and what actually mounts to it. Nobody else in this category publishes this, which is exactly why we do.

A vehicle parked at a trailhead with gear loaded on the roof

Almost every buying mistake in this category is a fitment mistake. The wrong foot pack for your rail type. A box whose minimum mounting spread your bars cannot reach. A hitch carrier on a receiver rated for a fraction of the load. A roof limit that turned out to be 120 lb rather than the 165 lb everybody repeats.

So each page below starts with the data rather than the products: the roof types that exist across the model range and how to tell which you have, the published roof load limit with the document it came from, how to measure your own crossbar spread, hitch availability, and the interference points specific to that vehicle.

Two things we do differently. Where a manufacturer does not publish a figure, we say so rather than repeating a number from a forum. And where two sources disagree — which on roof load figures happens more than you would expect — we publish the disagreement instead of quietly picking one.

Vehicles we have verified

12 vehicles, each with a fitment data block and a last-verified date.

Or start with the category

If you already know your roof, go straight to what you are carrying.

Common questions

Will a cargo box fit my car?
Almost certainly, provided you have crossbars and the box's mounting spread fits your bars. The binding constraint is usually weight rather than fit: most vehicles publish a dynamic roof limit between 100 and 176 lb, and that includes the bars and the box before you pack anything.
Where do I find my vehicle's roof load limit?
The owner's manual, under cargo and luggage. Some manufacturers also print it near the roof rail. Our vehicle pages carry the published figure for each vehicle we have been able to verify, cited, with the model-year range — and say plainly where we could not verify one.
Why do you say 'not verified' on some vehicles?
Because for some vehicles we could not find a manufacturer-published figure at all, or two sources gave different numbers. Publishing an unverified figure as fact would be worse than saying so. Where sources disagree, we show the disagreement.
My vehicle isn't listed. What should I do?
Check your owner's manual under cargo and luggage for the roof load limit, then use the Thule or Yakima fit guide to identify your roof type and the correct parts. Our guides on roof rail types and weight limits cover the general method.

Not sure which roof you have?

Four roof types, four different fitting kits, and one test you can do with your hand in ten seconds. Getting this right is what stops you ordering the wrong parts.

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