ford/Lincoln hybrid towing
I am planning on getting a new Winnebago Aspect. It has the Triton V10 engine and says the towing capacity is 5000 pounds. The Lincoln MKZ Hybrid is easily under that capacity by 400-600 pounds. W...
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willald wrote:
Yes it does, unless you plan on stopping every hour or two to run the mkz engine, to charge up the battery.
'Tis one of those 'undocumented features' about Ford's hybrids, that they drain the battery when flat towing, if you leave the key in ACC position as they instruct you to. I verified this with an ammeter. Very easy solution, though, like I said - run a charge line.
Owners manual on mine didn't mention this, either, hence why I called it an 'undocumented feature'. :)
Will
You might be right with the Ford Hybrid. But the Lincoln Hybrid has no key on when towing.
MKZ Hybrid Owners Manual: Neutral Tow
If you tow your vehicle with all four wheels on the ground:
Tow only in the forward direction.
Release the parking brake.
Place the vehicle in Neutral Tow mode
by doing the following:
Put the ignition in accessory mode(ignition on, engine off).
Select
Neutral Tow in the information display.
When prompted by the information display, press the brake pedal and
select Neutral on the transmission.
Make sure the parking brake is off.
If done successfully, Neutral Tow Engaged appears in the display.
Shut the ignition off(turns accessory mode off)
Thus no drain on battery. Unless you use a supplemental brake system that uses battery to operate.
And they are systems that doesn't use 12V to work.
If the process is completed successfully, the N on the transmission slowly blinks and "Neutral tow engaged"
appears in the information display.
Do not exceed 70 mph (113 km/h).
Start the engine and allow it to run for one minute at the beginning of each day.
With the engine running and your foot on the brake, shift into position D and then into position R before shifting back into position N
.
