To safely raise a light-duty vehicle using a two-post or other frame-engaging lift, the lift’s adaptors must be placed at the OEM-recommended lifting points for the specific vehicle. Not following proper lift-point guidance on where to position the adapters may damage the vehicle or even cause it to fall off the lift.
The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) is now offering the 2025 edition of its Lifting Points Guide, Vehicle Lifting Points for Frame Engaging Lifts. The guide is designed to make it quick and easy for lift operators to find the OEM-recommended lifting points (also called “lift points,” “jack points” or “jacking points”) for thousands of vehicles.
The guide may be ordered as a digital product or bundled with a print version. Both the print and digital versions carry the identical content covering model year 2000 to 2025 cars, SUVs, vans, light-duty trucks and EVs sold in the U.S. and Canada.
“The guide is very handy for technicians and home mechanics because most lifting points aren’t marked on the vehicle and they may change from model year to model year as the OEMs redesign vehicles or components,” says R.W. “Bob” O’Gorman, ALI president. “That’s why it’s important to look them up. And that’s where ALI’s Lifting Point Guide comes in.”
Guide Updated Annually to Meet Industry Safety Standards
The ALI-sponsored Lifting Points Guide is updated annually to reflect the latest vehicle specs with lifting points in more than 250 undercarriage images. Customers can start using the digital version as soon as it is purchased and quickly find a vehicle with the keyword search function.
The industry safety standard for lift operation, inspection and maintenance, ANSI/ALI ALOIM (current edition), requires shops to make lifting points information available to technicians. This requirement is met by providing technicians with access to ALI’s digital Vehicle Lifting Points for Frame Engaging Lifts. ALI says that anyone using a lift at home, at the track or elsewhere may also protect themselves by using the Lifting Points Guide.