If you can feel it shift then you have the six speed auto, if you can’t feel it shift then you have a CVT trans. If you have to push in a clutch and shift it yourself you have a 5 speed manual trans.
There are lots of websites where you can enter your VIN and decode it, even download a complete build sheet. Maybe the FCA site does. Just do a web search for VIN decoder.
If you can feel it shift 5 times then you've got the 6-speed. If the tach rises to about 3000RPMs, then drops to 2000RPMs at about 25-30MPH, that's just the CVT faking a shift.
I didn't know a dipstick is an option on the 6-speed. I thought it was standard -- it should be -- just like the motor oil dipstick. Sheese Louise! The crazy ways they try to save a couple bucks!
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