2012 RV & TRAILER TOWING GUIDE

RV & TRAILER Outstanding Towing Capabilities. TOWING LEADERS 2012 Ford Pickups and Chassis Cabs are the real deal and YOU CAN TRUST! can pull the heaviest trailers in their classes. In fact, when CONTENTS properly equipped, the Super 3-5 Pickups/Chassis Cabs Duty® can handle conventional 6-8 SUVs/Crossovers trailers up to 17,500 pounds 9 Class A Motorhome Chassis and 5th-wheel trailers all the 10 Commercial Stripped Chassis way up to 26,600 pounds. 11 Class C Motorhome Chassis 12 Slide-In Campers 13 Van Conversion/ Proven Experience – Class B Van Campers On The Road. 14 “Four-Wheel-Down” Towing Ford and Lincoln vehicles are 15 Trailer Classes and Types 16 Maximum Trailer Weights and backed by decades of RV and Towing Equipment/Packages towing experience. 17 Trailer Towing Equipment and Frontal Area Considerations Quality And 18-24 Trailer Towing Selector 18 – F-150 Pickup Reliability. 19 – F-250/F-350/F-450 Ford RV and trailer towing Super Duty Pickups products continue to provide 20 – F-350/F-450/F-550 Super Duty Chassis Cabs high-quality, reliability and 21 – F-650/F-750 Super Duty, high-performance. Class A Motorhome Chassis and Commercial Stripped Chassis 22 – E-Series Excellent Selection. 23 – Expedition, Navigator, Explorer For every application, from and Escape 24 – Crossovers and Cars Cars, Crossovers and SUVs to 25-29 Know Before You Tow Trucks and Chassis, there’s a 30-31 Custom Accessories model ready and waiting to 32 Towing Tips meet your needs.

The following vehicles are not recommended for trailer towing: Fiesta, Focus, Mustang Boss 302, Shelby GT500, Fusion, MKZ, and Transit Connect.

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TOWING PAYLOAD CARGO BOX BEST-IN- CAPABILITY CAPACITY VOLUME CLASS 11,300 pounds(1) 3,120 pounds(1) 81.3 cu. ft.

With the widest selection of models, cabs, box configurations and equipment, the 2012 F-150 is the preferred choice for towing and hauling the heaviest loads. F-150’s exciting features, including available integrated trailer brake controller, trailer tow mirrors and rearview camera ensure your truck is a custom fit for your specific needs. All 4WD models now include neutral tow functionality. Customers that tow will also appreciate the capability to track and store information for individual trailers with the Truck Apps function on the LCD productivity screen. (1) Best-in-class towing and payload when properly equipped.

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The Tough Equipped to Perform. America’s most capable pickup includes tested-tough powertrains. Designed, engineered and built by Ford, they deliver great fuel economy plus outstanding horsepower and torque. Get Tougher Superb towing and payload capacities get the job done too.

HORSEPOWER Choose Your Power – Gas or Turbo Diesel. (1) 6.2L 2-Valve SOHC V8 – 385 hp and 405 lb.-ft. of torque (under 10,000-lb. GVWR) 400 hp @ 2800 rpm š

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PAYLOAD For more information on any of these Ford trucks, up to 7110 lbs.(3) see your Ford dealer or visit www.ford.com.

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Towing a Vehicle FOUR-WHEEL-DOWN AVAILABILITY Manual Automatic Behind Your Motorhome 2012 Cars Transmission Transmission With All Four Wheels Down Fiesta Yes (1) Yes (1)(2) Focus Yes (1) Yes (1)(2) Many motorhome owners prefer the practicality of Fusion 2.5L (FWD) Yes (1) No having another vehicle along when they travel. In Fusion/MKZ Hybrid (FWD) N/A Yes (6) fact, towing another vehicle behind the motorhome Taurus/MKS (FWD/AWD) N/A Yes (3)(4)(5) has become more and more popular in recent years. Furthermore, many of those who want to tow another 2012 Crossovers vehicle prefer one that can be easily towed without a Flex/MKT (FWD/AWD) N/A Yes (3)(4)(5) dolly or trailer. The car and truck models shown in the Edge 2.0L EcoBoost™ (FWD) N/A Yes (4)(5) chart at right can be towed with all four wheels down. Edge 3.5L/3.7L/MKX 3.7L (FWD/AWD) N/A Yes (3)(4)(5) For safe operation, towed vehicles (or dollies or trailers 2012 SUVs and Trucks carrying them) should be equipped with a separate Escape 2.5L (FWD) Yes (1) No functional brake system. See page 25 and back cover Escape Hybrid (FWD/4WD) N/A Yes (3)(6) for additional brake information. Explorer 2.0L EcoBoost™ (FWD) N/A Yes (4)(5) Note: Some afermarket camper centers offer Explorer 3.5L (FWD/AWD) N/A Yes (3)(4)(5) kits which may allow vehicles with automatic F-150 4x4 N/A Yes transmissions to be flat-towed. Check your new F-250/F-350/F-450 Super Duty 4x4 N/A Yes (7) vehicle Warranty Guide, as this could void the (1) Maximum speed is 70 mph. warranty of your vehicle. (2) into neutral, see Owner’s Guide). (3) All-wheel-drive/Intelligent 4WD vehicles cannot be towed on a dolly. Individual vehicles have different (4) Maximum speed with automatic transmission is 65 mph. restrictions and towing procedures. Contact (5) Stop every six (6) hours and run the engine for five (5) minutes to cool the transmission fluid. (6) Maximum speed with automatic transmission is 75 mph. your Dealer for complete details. For safe (7) operation, towed vehicles (or dollies or trailers carrying them) should be equipped with a separate functional brake system. If your vehicle configuration is not listed in the chart above, then it’s not available for Four-Wheel-Down towing. Metric Conversion – To obtain information in kilograms, multiply pounds by .45; to obtain information in kilometers, multiply miles by 1.6; to obtain information in centimeters, multiply feet by 30.48.

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Maximum trailer weights in pounds for properly equipped vehicles with no cargo

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BRAKES TRAILER LAMPS Before Many states require a separate braking Make sure the trailer is equipped with lights system on trailers with a loaded weight of that conform to all applicable government You Buy more than 1,500 pounds. For your safety, Ford regulations. The trailer lighting system should If you are selecting a vehicle that Motor Company recommends that a separate not be connected directly to the lighting system will be used for towing, you should functional brake system be used on any towed of the vehicle. See a local recreational vehicle determine the approximate weight of vehicle, including those dolly-towed or towbar- dealer or rental trailer agency for correct wiring the trailer you intend to tow, including towed. There are several basic types of brake and relays for the trailer and heavy-duty flashers. ioij[ci
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