towing

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does anyone know if the accent or elantra would be suitable for towing a
small popup tent trailer?
 
does anyone know if the accent or elantra would be suitable for
towing a small popup tent trailer?
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My 01 elantra had no problem towing 900ish pounds around chicagoland for
a couple of trips, highway and local driving, but that's fairly flat
land. Going through the mountains might add some challenge.

Presuming newer ones work the same way, it was easy to install the class
I trailer hitch (easy is relative, but it just bolts on under your car.
The wiring requires a little more knowledge, but not much). I was
pleased that I could add the ability to tow for around $150.

Ben
 
My 01 elantra had no problem towing 900ish pounds around chicagoland for
a couple of trips, highway and local driving, but that's fairly flat
land. Going through the mountains might add some challenge.

Presuming newer ones work the same way, it was easy to install the class
I trailer hitch (easy is relative, but it just bolts on under your car.
The wiring requires a little more knowledge, but not much). I was
pleased that I could add the ability to tow for around $150.

Ben
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I towed my fairly loaded Accent the 1500km from the south of my state
to where i now live a couple of years ago. I had no problem with
anything on the trip. No overheating even with the air conditioner on,
but i never used 5th gear in order to reduce stress on the box.
From memory the handbook states that the Accent can safely tow 400kg
unbraked and 700kg braked. They wouldn't say that if there was going
to be any problems.

For a very plain website try
http://ii.net/~farmerjim/
 
Brian said:
Edmunds.com says that the Elantra can tow up to 3,000lbs when trailer
brakes are used. They listed it as one of the best tow vehicles (car OR
truck) on the market.
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My canadian 2004 Elantra manual states 900kg(1,984lb) with trailer
brakes, 450kg(922lb) without trailer brakes.
 
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