May have towed too much weight
Towed our camper for first time. Tv max 5000lb and camper single axle 4000lb. On return trip, noted an odd smell when we would stop at lights. ( no warning lights and did not overheat). We took it t...
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coconne3 wrote:
Towed our camper for first time. Tv max 5000lb and camper single axle 4000lb.
Odds are good it weighs a bit more than 4000lbs, UNLESS you've actually weighed it. If the sales brochure said 4000lbs, that did not include any of your stuff, the water, the propane, the batteries, etc..
Being right at the limit of weight AND the large frontal area is the problem.
Your Honda doesn't have a tow/haul mode either. So any time it isn't in top overdrive the torque converter in the transmission isn't locked, and is heating the fluid. Most likely it was NEVER in top overdrive.
