Can the 2010 Prius tow?

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  1. The Tramp

    The Tramp Italian Prius Expert

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    As the subject states, we all know that the current prius does not tow.

    Can the 2010 Prius tow?
     
    #1 The Tramp, Apr 21, 2009
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    Not officially. Sadly, this has been beaten to death already in this forum.
     
    #2 HTMLSpinnr, Apr 21, 2009
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    I'm sure a few have towed little tent trailers in Gen2's.

    I'll bey they step up to bigger tent trailers with the 10.
     
    #3 cycledrum, Apr 22, 2009
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    According to the manual, it's not recommended, just like the current Prius.
     
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    Tow what? The product you referred to is not mentioned, only the benefits..what type of trailer are you talking about?
     
    #8 lauraj, Sep 28, 2009
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    Yes, linky please.
     
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    I would think it's a transaxle life limit thing. I'm sure the car has the suspension, power and braking capacity to tow quite a bit, so I'm thinking something in the powertrain isn't robust enough to handle the load. Apparently the traction control is a little aggressive as well, one reason to do this is to protect the powertrain, so I assume the powertrain is the weak link.
    The reason I say this is because I feel pretty sure you could hook a 2,000 lb trailer to it and think everything is fine, then several thousand miles later your buying a transaxle.
    Just an opinion of course.
     
    #10 a64pilot, Sep 28, 2009
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