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egrove
Explorer
Apr 29, 2022

Warning for Blue Ox base plates on Honda CR-Vs

Warning to those who tow a Honda CR-V using a Blue Ox base plate. Ours failed while towing. The base plate itself cracked and broke. After doing some some searching I've found others have had the same problem, so it appears to be a design flaw with the base plate. Ours had over 50k miles on it before this happened, and our tow bars have always been level.



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    mleekamp
    Explorer
    Apr 29, 2022
    Yikes! Had not heard of this ever happening...BlueOx, not even other brands. We flat towed for a year with a 20 year old Jeep using the steel front bumper and a cheap tow bar -- something I was always worried about is what happened to you. I thought the actual baseplates (vs setup we used to have) was safer.

    Thanks for the warning!

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