What is your towing experience with Chrysler Pacifica

sprintstream wrote:
We just bought a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica. The towing capacity is rated at 3600 lbs. My wife wants to get a popup and all of them she wants are about 2500lbs or more empty. I don't want to tow up to capacity and she doesn't see the problem.

Anybody out there towing with a Pacifica? What's your experience and how much do you tow? Have you had any vehicle problems? I'm especially concerned about the transmission because I can't choose the gear with Chrysler's spin-the-dial gear shift.

Does your Pacifica have the factory tow package? If not, it doesn't have the 3600lbs towing capacity.
You also need to look at popup GVWR numbers, NOT the fictional dry numbers. Popups generally have low CCC numbers so the GVWR is a more realistic number.

Moved from General RVing

sprintstream wrote:
We just bought a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica. The towing capacity is rated at 3600 lbs. My wife wants to get a popup and all of them she wants are about 2500lbs or more empty. I don't want to tow up to capacity and she doesn't see the problem.

Anybody out there towing with a Pacifica? What's your experience and how much do you tow? Have you had any vehicle problems? I'm especially concerned about the transmission because I can't choose the gear with Chrysler's spin-the-dial gear shift.

Towing capacity is only one thing to consider. What is the GVWR for the vehicle? GVWR is the maximum weight capacity of a vehicle without a trailer attached. Towing capacity, on the other hand, is the maximum weight capacity of the vehicle, specifically in terms of how heavy of a trailer it can tow. How much will the Pacifica weigh with everyone in it and loaded to go camping and how much weight will hooking up the pop-up add to the Pacifica - i.e. the tongue weight?

You'll be over on max tow weight. What is the Pacifica's payload?

"even more fun when you can bring bikes/kayaks/fishing gear, etc"

Deb & Ed's comment is right on! I'd add horseshoes.

sprintstream wrote:
We just bought a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica. The towing capacity is rated at 3600 lbs. My wife wants to get a popup and all of them she wants are about 2500lbs or more empty. I don't want to tow up to capacity and she doesn't see the problem.

Anybody out there towing with a Pacifica? What's your experience and how much do you tow? Have you had any vehicle problems? I'm especially concerned about the transmission because I can't choose the gear with Chrysler's spin-the-dial gear shift.

Pacifica Limited owner - no towing. But I agree with your concerns - a popup is much wider than the vehicle, acting like a parachute; not to mention by the time it's loaded up for camping, scarily-close to top tow weight. Even unloaded and not towing, my tranny can act like the Wheel of Fortune in its attempts to find the right gear. I suppose for short trips it would be fine, but I sure wouldn't want to tow in any mountains....

Of course, camping in a popup is fun - even more fun when you can bring bikes/kayaks/fishing gear, etc. I think you need a nice full-sized pickup truck - then there would be no worries ;-)

On edit: or better yet, tow with what we use: a full-sized Transit with the Ecoboost motor - woohoo!!! It won't fit in your garage, but it WILL haul just about any heavy thing you can think of....LOL!