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SteveRuff
Explorer
Oct 20, 2014

2015 CRV and Towing

DW and I just put down a $500 earnest money check on a new 2015 CRV EX to tow behind our motor home. The car is due to be in sometime this week. In looking for the base plate at Blue Ox I didn't find it. Further research (looking up the owners manual) I have discovered there is a change in the transmission that makes new CRV's not towable 4 down. It never occurred to me to do this research before shopping since so many CRV's are being towed now. I am very disappointed. We haven't yet talked to the dealership about getting our check back and I really don't anticipate a problem, but the list of automatic transmission cars that are towable 4 down is getting quite small.
  • willald's avatar
    willald
    Explorer II
    Oct 20, 2014
    Yeah, there was a thread about this recently. 'Tis a crying shame that the CRV, a very popular choice among MH owners wanting to flat tow, is no longer able to be towed that way. Like you said, the choices of vehicles that can be flat towed without major modification is getting smaller and smaller.

    If you really like the CRVs, you might want to look for a lightly used CRV model that can be flat towed?
  • rr2254545's avatar
    rr2254545
    Explorer
    Oct 20, 2014
    Good thing you caught it, much discussed on here you must have missed it.
  • SteveRuff's avatar
    SteveRuff
    Explorer
    Oct 20, 2014
    rr2254545 wrote:
    Good thing you caught it, much discussed on here you must have missed it.


    Prime example of only reading what you are interested in. I didn't even know I was in the market for a new car until DW told me I was!!!!!
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    AprilWhine
    Explorer
    Oct 20, 2014
    I bought one of the last of the 2014 models last month. If you check around, you should be able to find some still on the dealer lots.
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    mgirardo
    Explorer
    Oct 20, 2014
    We bought a 2014 CRV at the end of August. I was planning to wait until the 2015 model year came out, but we couldn't wait any longer. About 3 weeks later, we learned the 2015 with the CVT transmission won't be towable 4 down. However, I wouldn't have bought it hoping to tow it without checking the manual first.

    -Michael
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    rr2254545
    Explorer
    Oct 20, 2014
    AprilWhine wrote:
    I bought one of the last of the 2014 models last month. If you check around, you should be able to find some still on the dealer lots.


    Good catch on your part, read on here someone bought a new Jeep Cherokee with wrong transmission and it would not tow 4 down. They were up a creek.
  • AprilWhine's avatar
    AprilWhine
    Explorer
    Oct 20, 2014
    rr2254545 wrote:
    AprilWhine wrote:
    I bought one of the last of the 2014 models last month. If you check around, you should be able to find some still on the dealer lots.


    Good catch on your part, read on here someone bought a new Jeep Cherokee with wrong transmission and it would not tow 4 down. They were up a creek.


    Thanks. There have been rumors printed in various car magazines that the 2015 was going to have a CVT, and currently no car with a CVT is flat towable. Hubby and I decided to get a 2014 while the selection was good.
  • willald's avatar
    willald
    Explorer II
    Oct 20, 2014
    AprilWhine wrote:
    rr2254545 wrote:
    AprilWhine wrote:
    I bought one of the last of the 2014 models last month. If you check around, you should be able to find some still on the dealer lots.


    Good catch on your part, read on here someone bought a new Jeep Cherokee with wrong transmission and it would not tow 4 down. They were up a creek.


    Thanks. There have been rumors printed in various car magazines that the 2015 was going to have a CVT, and currently no car with a CVT is flat towable. Hubby and I decided to get a 2014 while the selection was good.


    ..Minor correction, but: The Ford Cmax and Fusion hybrids have a CVT transmission, and they are flat towable, with full factory support (although they are probably about the ONLY CVT transmission vehicles that can be flat towed, haha).

    Thats what we have (a 2013 Fusion Hybrid), and we are very happy with it.

    Will

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