[AL]

John,

I think there are good reasons to tow a truck. But for a SUV, I prefer the simple easy way my Cadallic SRX is to tow and the comfy ride. I would prefer it over a truck unless I already owned the truck or had cargo to carry with me in the bed.

I have a friend that tows a F150 manul shift, sometimes with a 4-Wheeler in the bed. Like my SRX, hook it up, turn the engine off, put in Neutral and take off.

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AWD or FWD? for the Cadillac SRX

[Chris]

My 2014 Ford 4×4 Super Crew is an easy tow. Just hook up ,put foot on the brake move shift from park to neutral and switch 4 wheel drive knob about 5 times and transfer case goes into neutral mode. Easy peasy. Fixing to buy another smaller, less weight , suv as we don’t use it that much (Ford PU) and don’t need to be towing 5 or 6 thousand pounds around.

[Hugh]

My understanding is the replacement for the SRX is not towable.

Friend just traded his SRX and moved to the 2016 Escalade for that reason as the new 2017 ST5 is not towable four down.

Mark

[Alvie]

We tow an 09 Ford Explorer. Very simple to hook up and tow and it’s small enough to track with the coach. If the coach will make it through a turn so will the Explorer. Before the Explorer we towed a long bed crew cab 4×4 pickup. We had to swing wide on the turns with the pickup.

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Been motor homing since ’69’. Have towed a variety of vehicles; trailers, dollies, 4 down. My opinion you can’t beat a Jeep.

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My SRX is front wheel drive. I tin all wheel can not be towed.

I have no info on XT5.

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Our Jeep GC takes 30 seconds, or less, for placing in or out of TOW. Great vehicle all around … but not a pick-up if you need to store larger items in the bed of a truck.

[Chas]

I am set up to tow a 50 Ford that was built to be a toad, an H2 Hummer that is great for a toad because it has no steering wheel lock and only requires the transfer case to be put in neutral, and a Ram 2500 for the same reasons as the H2.

I now use the Ford as the primary because it weighs less than half the weight of the H2 or the Ram, but the Ram and the H2 have thier advantages in that one carries 6 people and the other carries stuff in the bed if necessary.

The choice of a toad depends solely on your needs. Keep weight in mind because a heavy toad should have a good braking system, and any toad needs some means of alerting to a tire failure because regardless of the weight you will never feel the failed tire in the coach, and you will be able to drag one until sparks start flying.

I agree with Hugh. A Jeep is a good option to consider, especially because they have many sizes to choose from.

[Peter]

The reason I use a super crew pickup truck is I have a 14 year old Great Dane/Boxer male cross (135 lbs.) and a 12 year old female Ridgeback that I have to lift up in as they can’t jump in anymore. The 2 year old Pitbull guy could jump on top. Heck the guys have been going everywhere with us since they were pups even in the other motorhomes we’ve had.The same getting in the coach. Lift the back end up and they use what’s left of there front to climb up and into coach. Gotta take care of them and I know the sad day is coming when they don’t wanna go and can’t. They listen better than my Granddaughter does when traveling.. LOL. It (the Pickup) was easier loading the hounds than the Grand Cherokee and Ford Edge we’ve used also.

[Tim]

We tow a 2015 Suburban 4X4 and love it… big and heavy but you don’t know it’s back there… when we first got it it was a “beast” to set up for towing but GM finally fixed the problem and now it’s simple !!

We usually have family or friends loaded in it on our trips.

My smaller choice would be the SRX for sure.

Safe travels… Diane

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We
tow a Dodge Ram 1500 2015 4×4; no problems just connect the tow bar, light
system, air brake, put the truck in natural engine off connect the roadmaster
cylinder to the truck barke peddle, test the brakes check the turn signals,
lock the door and go.

The same with Jeep we
had, no need to leave the ignition in accessory just turn the engine off put
the keys in the pocket and go.

[AL]

It’s the Jeep. Made for the flat tow. No steering column lock, no ignition accessory on, no mileage count, not too heavy, simple to operate, carries your scooter out back. Didn’t know how right it would be eight years ago. Be sure to get the correct transfer case for the purpose.

[Dick]

Dianne,

When you were saying GM fixed the beast, was it that you got a newer model (2016). Or did they fix your particular vehicle? We have a 2014 GMC Yukon and have had a couple times where the computer locked out the transfer case and would not re-engage. Both times it was towed to the dealer for the computer to be flashed/updated.

Thanks,

Jim

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Hi Jim…

I made a typo on our Suburban year it is a 2015 not 2016… before the 2015 we had a 2007 Z71 Suburban and the towing set up was simple… when we bought the 2015 we were told…and the manual said it was towable but it turned out to be a hassle and you had to follow a long proceedure to put it in neutral where the steering wouldn’t lock… if you didn’t do it just right you got a warning for service and you couldn’t do anything with it but have a dealer work on it which is total BS…. we were told by our Chevy dealer service man that all we had to do was remove a fuse and then replace it and it would reset and it did the few times that it happened to us. We also had a battery cutoff installed by the dealer which was simply a marine grade switch that keeps the steering from locking up.

We had the computer system upgraded (new software) 6-9 months ago and now it goes into neutral like a charm and you just switch the battery cutoff and all is well… much easier than before.

My understading was that this problem began in the 2015 models ? Wasn’t aware that the 2014s had problems too.. it was really frustrating never being sure when it would happen but knowing to pull the fuse was a big help to us and by the way that’s all the dealer does when they tow it in for service after it happens… we never had to be towed in as the head service guy gave us his cell phone number incase we ever got stuck somewhere and he would walk me through getting it reset. Fortunately the new software has eliminated that probem for us…. at least we think so.

Go to your dealer and check the recalls and new software and I hope that solves your problem for you.

Cheers and safe travels… Diane