My wife and I are very seriously looking at making a deposit soon with Steve and the gang for a 2020 5'x8' Diamond in the Rough. One thing that concerns me a little is the towing capacity of my current tow vehicle. I own a 2015 Jeep Compass with 4WD and the 2.4L-4 cylinder engine. Everything I currently look to suggests that the maximum towing capacity of that specific vehicle is 1000lbs. With an approximate weight of 900lb for the trailer, am I pushing it? I dare not suggest to the 'boss' that we need a bigger vehicle after we buy the trailer because it's too much! I'm aware that Toyota Prius and Mazda Miata's have pulled these units. Maybe I'm overthinking things? If anyone with any direct experience with towing these units with a relatively small 4 cylinder can offer up some words of wisdom I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
Dont overthink it, people here think that you need monsters for towing. People think 4 cylinder car is weak or whatnat, look into europe, u will barely find anything with more than 4 cylinders.
I have a 2015 Sonata 2.5L and the towing capacity is 2600lbs, if a jeep cant pull that much i would really question the car.
Best you can do is call a dealer mechanic. My manual says "Not recommended for towing" (doesn't say its impossible), but when I opened the manual for the exact same car in Australia, the towing capacity was state as 2600lbs. So I gave them a call and asked if there is any technical difference between the two cars on the two continents and they confirmed that I should be good to tow with mine as well.