Anyone Towing a 2014 Honda CRV EX-L
I plan on test driving one in the next couple of days. What are the towing procedures for the Honda CRV EX-L? Do any fuses have to be pulled, or battery disconnect, etc. Have not had a chance...
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cochise49 wrote:
I keep a laminated instruction sheet in the center console of the CRV. It has Honda's instructions plus tow bar procedure. I go over it at least twice.
We have ours on the back sides of the sun visors. We each check them as we go through the process.
Not sure if I already said this but, if you have the Nav system, even a charge line will not prevent the battery from dying after a few hours of driving. Even turning off the display will not help (menu item on the day/night setting).
I'm not sure why this has to be the case. The vehicle's own alternator has to be capable of supplying the necessary power to run the nav system. If a charge line is properly spec'd it would have access to all necessary power from the MH's alternator.
Charging from the MH is no different than charging from the CR-V's alternator unless you undersize the wire. If you try to supply the power through conductors in the same cable you use to power the CR-V's lights you may get too much voltage drop at higher current levels. That's why the Toad Charge provides a #12 (I believe) wire which I zip-tied to my normal "umbilical" between the two vehicles.
