DINGHY TOWING

[treebender]

We purchased a 2010 Honda Fit sport with auto trans,because it was listed as towable the salesman showed us on page 238 Honda owners manual this vehicle could be towed 4 wheels down all you had to do is run it thru the drill FOOT BRAKE ON SHIFT PARK DOWN TO N THEN DOWN TO D HOLD FOR FEW MINUTE'S then back to N LET IT RUN 4 MORE MINUTES IN N TURN OFF KEY TO ACC, THEN DO NOT TOW FASTER THEN 65 MPH EVER.STOP EVERY 8 HOURS AND REPEAT DRILL,, WE DID THIS DRILL EVERY 3 HOURS drove at 60 mph top speed AND ON A TRIP TO SEATTLE, WE BURNED THE AUTO TRANS UP COSTS $4665.88 to repair it, THREE TRANS REPAIR SHOPS TOLD ME THIS VEHICLES TRANS CANT BE TOWED HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE WHO WAS THINKING ON BUYING THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.

[Pangaea_Ron]

Trackrig wrote:
I would never buy or tow a vehicle that you had to go through that goat rope on. Buy a Jeep.

Bill

Although comments about Jeeps are interesting, they are not related to this thread.

I had a 2000 Jeep GC that lost it's transfer case and it was blamed on towing it 4 wheels down.

I now have a 2014 Honda CR-V that tows well, and the process is similar to the 2010 Fit, and is not problematic.

[Trackrig]

I would never buy or tow a vehicle that you had to go through that goat rope on. Buy a Jeep.

Bill

[lryrob9301]

lj2654 wrote:
If its in the Honda manual that it can be flat towed then I would get on Honda's case about it.

Except the OP states that the FIT is a 2010 model. The warranty on that vehicle's powertrain is 5 years/50,000 miles. So it's out of warranty by time and I would guess mileage also.

[lj2654]

If its in the Honda manual that it can be flat towed then I would get on Honda's case about it.

[dtgunner7]

Got about 20000 miles on ours. No problems follow book and have trans fluid changed.

[Pangaea_Ron]

Motorhome Magazine Guide also seems to confirm that the 2010 Honda Fit is towable 4-wheels down. I'd push back against Honda on this issue.

With a different vehicle, I have an RV buddy that lost 2 transmissions and 1 engine from towing his Smart Car 4-wheels down. After a lot of wrestling he got them to cover the damage in both instances.

2010 Motorhome Dinghy Towing Guide

Fight the good fight, and good luck.

[ccxnola]

I LOVE my Saturn Outlook!!
I just Hookup tow bar & safety cable, connect lights, connect brake control, put the shift in 'N' with the brake off and key at the Aux position - and Tow Away!!!

[darsben1]

What did Honda say?
Did any of the transmission shops put their opinion in writing

[timmac]

With all the info on the internet I would have checked for flat towing on there 1st, never believe a salesman, besides even if it could be flat towed why buy it if you had to stop every 8 hours and do all that stuff, seems difficult..

Should have bought a Wrangler. :C

[rk911]

this is part of the reason we tow jeeps. no muss, no fuss, simple to hook up, simple to disconnect, no speed/time/distance restrictions. about as EZ as it can get.

[treebender]

NO it says every 8 hours no mileage on page 238

[2chiefsRus]

.http://www.irv2.com/forums/f85/flat-towing-honda-fit-116093.html - there are quite a few folks that are flat towing this model without any problems.