2015 CRV and Towing

[SteveRuff]

DW and I just put down a $500 earnest money check on a new 2015 CRV EX to tow behind our motor home. The car is due to be in sometime this week. In looking for the base plate at Blue Ox I didn't find it. Further research (looking up the owners manual) I have discovered there is a change in the transmission that makes new CRV's not towable 4 down. It never occurred to me to do this research before shopping since so many CRV's are being towed now. I am very disappointed. We haven't yet talked to the dealership about getting our check back and I really don't anticipate a problem, but the list of automatic transmission cars that are towable 4 down is getting quite small.

[Pawz4me]

We bought a 2014 back in May, thank goodness!

[rr2254545]

Good thing you caught it, much discussed on here you must have missed it.

[willald]

Yeah, there was a thread about this recently. 'Tis a crying shame that the CRV, a very popular choice among MH owners wanting to flat tow, is no longer able to be towed that way. Like you said, the choices of vehicles that can be flat towed without major modification is getting smaller and smaller.

If you really like the CRVs, you might want to look for a lightly used CRV model that can be flat towed?

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