Experience towing with Acura MDX
My wife and I are considering an RV and want to use our Acura MDX to tow it. With a dealer modification, it can handle up to 4750 lbs and 475 lbs tongue load. I rarely see SUV's pulling RV's. I ...
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cekkk wrote:
several different weights can be pulled by SUVs. However, having owned SUVs since 95, I have an opinion. Here it is. The vehicle you are talking about is not an SUV. It's a little foreign car designed a seat four that has been modified to heck and back and is now called an SUV.
You have to consider so much more than weight. You need to consider wheelbase, braking, transmission, cooling of the transmission, just so much stuff.
I think an MDX is the Acura version of the Pilot. My wife has a Pilot and it's a pretty good sized 3-row SUV with seating for 8 and all wheel drive. The tow rating on ours is 4500 lbs and we towed a 3500ish lb pop up around the west for years with no trouble. I wouldn't want to pull a travel trailer with it, but it can tow fine within its wheelhouse.
