Towing trailer and glider with a honda civic
A friend of mine has a 2011 Civic and uses it for towing without problems.
This is in the UK.
Chris
At 08:07 28 February 2018, Maxx Ruff wrote:
The Australian VTi Honda Civic is rated
Towing capacity (kg)
trailer with brakes 800
trailer without brakes 500
ball down force 50
That said, I don't recommend using a small car to tow even if it seems
to tow reasonably well.
When things go wrong the trailer overwhelms the car.
In the mid 80s I had to avoid an oncoming car whose driver was dozing.
I got down to about 40KPH as the other car approached and then the
trailer began to jackknife then straighten then roll the car.
Trailer and car a write off, glider was ok, other car snuck past and
disappeared, I got a compressed vertebra.
Ruff
At 05:34 28 February 2018, 2G wrote:
On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 3:09:43 PM UTC-8,
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:
I have a 2016 honda civic. It=E2=80=99s my only car. Has any one
towed
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eir glider and trailer using a small sedan like a civic?
I could not find towing capacity listed as a spec in the Civic's Owner's
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nual. I found a couple of references that say that the Civic is not
rated
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or towing and doing so voids the warranty, such as:
The owners manual clearly states that the Honda Civic is not rated for
towi=
ng. Put on a trailer hitch and kiss your warranty goodbye.
Go to page 395:
"Your vehicle is not designed to tow a trailer. Attempting to do so can
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d your warranties."
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That said, you can buy tow hitches for the Civic. I recommend
contacting
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ur dealer before proceeding.
Tom
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