Towing 2012 crv

Add a fused 12 power line from your motorhome through the umbilical connectors to the + battery terminal of the CRV. You will always have charged battery in CRV and enough amperage to drive your aux brake. After installation have to do nothing more than hook up the car to the motorhome hitch and electrical connectors. We went from jump starting almost all the time to key starting all the time.

The "power outlet" in most modern cars has small wiring and too light a fuse for Brake Buddy.
You want to use the direct-connect socket Brake Buddy will provide to you and as noted for free.
BUT!!! But if you already have one,be sure the one they furnished is METAL. We melted one of the earlier plastic ones. It has little "wings" that are meant to clip it in place in a hole without doing anything from behind.

What if I installed a battery disconnect on the battery post and wired the brake buddy directly to the motorhome. Would no battery power in the car create a problem with the key unlocking the steering
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We had a 2004 Honda CRV and towed it for 10 yrs about 40,000 miles. We use a Brake Buddy. Never had a pull a fuse and never ever had a dead battery issue. When stopping for lunch I would always start the CRV and of course at the end of the day would start the car. NEVER had to pull a fuse and never had a dead battery.

BUT....last summer purchased a 2013 CRV and the battery is now a different issue. I still use the same Brake Buddy. On our first trip I did not pull a fuse and at the end of the first day I had a dead CRV battery. My CRV does not have the Nav system but there was enough other drains to cause a dead battery.

So for the next trip I made a bypass switch rather than pulling the fuse. For those of you that pull the fuse you know how difficult it is to get access to the fuse box. The bypass switch solved the dead battery issue.....BUT....on this trip I learned the switch also cut power to the cigarette light outlet that I used to power the Brake Buddy. That meant the Brake Buddy was not working.

To solve the Brake Buddy issue I called Brake Buddy and they are kind enough to send you a 12 volt power kit for FREE.

Now I still use the bypass switch and also use the Brake Buddy 12 volt power kit that is directly wired to the battery. NO MORE DEAD BATTERY. I still run the CRV engine at lunch time and end of day.

This sounds like a lot of work but well worth it. Hope this info helps.

Click here for more info in a thread I started on this topic.

We have a 12 CRV, NO navi and the battery will be dead after 2-3 hrs of towing. The Honda I-mid screen, blue tooth and ?? are still working even with the radio turned off. We installed a 12v charge line from the MH and do not have to pull the fuse.
Either pull the fuse, or stop every 2-3 hours to start the Honda and recharge the battery.

Beverley and Ken

If do what Popsie said you should be OK if no Nav. Just remember to go thru the Honda owners manual towing procedure after you have run the engine and gone thru the gears. On my 2013 EX with brake buddy I went 3 to 4 hours prior to adding a fuse switch. Dick

If you don't pull the fuse, expect the battery will get drained within a few hours - on our 2012, it was about two hours, and that was while powering the auxiliary brake unit. With the fuse pulled, the battery will last for a couple of days of towing without needing a charge, also still powering the aux brake unit.

The fuse powers the entertainment cluster - radio, GPS, etc. The car will run just fine without it. Pull the fuse at the start of the trip, put it back in when you need the GPS or radio.

And make sure you read the manual about the procedure for exercising the transmission at least every eight hours of towing. We do it at the start of every day when towing for multiple successive days.

al

Make a stop along the way in the middle of your 6 hour day, and run the CRV for a while.

You can tell how long to run it, because when the battery is lower, it idles faster. When the idle speed gets down below about 1,000 rpm, you should be good to go.

Repeat when you stop for the night.

Of course, be sure to turn off everything you can while towing.

If it has a navigation system You will want to add a Fuse/Switch OR Add a fused power source !

If no nav , there really shouldn't be any draw with the key in Acc!

That's how it works on Our 07!

You don't say what brake device you are using...