Anyone Towing a 2014 Honda CRV EX-L

I know you didn't ask, but may I suggest that you also look into the GMC Terrain and/or Chevy Equinox. Both are about the same size as the CRV (maybe a little bigger)and get about the same mpg. The difference is that they can also be powered by a V6 as well as the I4, and have many more options available. They also come in 2wd and AWD. If you care about safety, these two also were the only small/mid SUV vehicles that received an acceptable rating in the frontal crash tests recently.....the CRV was rated unacceptable.

We have 51K miles on ours so far, with about 15K being towed. It is comfortable, quiet, and with the rear seat pulled forward and the back portion folded forward, there is a huge amount of space for hauling things.

Anyway...just a suggestion for a possible alternative to a CRV.

Ron

We've drove ours on a 1000 mile round trip while the RV was in the body shop. Handles nice. I think the seats leave a little to be desired but nothing quite compares to the 6 way flexsteels in the RV. It's not a caddy but it'll do. 30 or so MPG. We have the Nav system. Not in love with it database seems old. the blue tooth phone answering system seems too complicated. Push to talk? The unit in the RV just requires you to start talking. All that being said....Honda is a fine product and should give many years of mechanically trouble free use.

One Final question.

How do you folks really like towing the CRV, mileage, comfort for some long trips of 500 miles.

Thanks again, any other thoughts!

Thanks very much everyone for the fine detailed and quick responses.
I sincerely appreciate it.

I use a fuse switch now with the Sonic, but like the idea of the direct power to retain battery.

I always use the independent light bulbs. Never wanted the inline wiring touched.

Again, just what I need, Thanks very much.

John

X-3 on a charge line. We also had a switch installed ; fuse is very difficult to access under steering wheel at the firewall. PS - had switch installed after dead battery after towing for 8 hours. No problems since. PS - the CR-V tows great.

X-2 on the charge line. My 2012 battery kept running down on initial long trip requiring jump start. After charge line battery full at end of day. Be sure to add an in line 20 amp fuse where you can easily get at it (near the battery hook up) to prevent damage in case of short. Took maybe 15-20 min to install.

We are towing a 12 CRV, same car for 12, 13 and 14.
The instructions advise to shift transmission through the forward gears from low 1, to drive leaving in each for 3 seconds, then shift to neutral and let engine idle for another three minutes. You have to repeat this every 8hours. We do it before starting in morning and gain at lunch time. Max towing speed is 65mph.
They recommend pulling a fuse, to avoid running battery down, but I added a charge line to the battery. Pulled thousands of miles without battery problems, we are using a Brakebuddy plugged into the CRV. The fuse they recommend pulling is not easy to get to. There are other systems, fuse switches etc, but the charge line was the easiest and does not require any extra steps when hooking up, part of the light umbilical cord.
We also added extra bulbs in the taillights, to avoid touching any of the Honda wiring and problems that may be related to it.

Beverley and Ken