Towing
Pick a vehicle to see its best-case maximum towing, then enter your fully-loaded trailer weight to see if it fits — with the headroom left and estimated tongue weight.
Vehicle
—Maximum when properly equipped.
| Max towing (best case) | — |
|---|---|
| Your loaded trailer | — |
| Headroom left | — |
| Capacity used | — |
| Est. tongue weight (10–15%) | — |
The headline towing number is the most a model can pull, and only with the right engine, axle ratio, and factory tow package. Most vehicles on the road are rated lower. Treat the number as a ceiling to check against — never as your rating.
Your vehicle's actual towing and payload are on the driver's door-jamb label and in the year-specific towing guide for your exact trim and drivetrain. That's the number to obey. Tongue weight and passengers count against your limits too.
Reference maxima for popular tow vehicles; verify your exact configuration before towing.
No. The figure shown is the maximum the model can tow when built with the exact engine, axle ratio, and factory tow package. Your specific vehicle's rating is usually lower and is printed on the driver's door-jamb label and in its year-specific towing guide. Always verify there before towing.
Use the fully-loaded (gross trailer weight, GTW) — the trailer plus cargo, water, propane, and gear — not the empty/dry weight from the brochure. Loaded weight is what your hitch actually feels.
The published max assumes an otherwise lightly-loaded tow vehicle. Passengers, cargo, fuel, and the trailer's tongue weight all count against your limits, so many owners keep loaded trailers comfortably under the max rather than right at it.
Tongue weight is the downward force the trailer puts on the hitch — typically 10–15% of the loaded trailer weight for a conventional bumper-pull trailer. Too little causes sway; too much overloads the rear axle. It also counts against your payload, not your towing number.
Towing figures are best-case maxima for a properly-equipped configuration and are provided as a reference. Your vehicle's actual towing capacity is lower and is on its door-jamb label and year-specific towing guide — always verify there before towing. Towing beyond your vehicle's rating is dangerous.