Subaru XV Crosstrek owners manual page 474

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Driving tips/Trailer towing (XV CROSSTREK models)8-23 hitch or other trailer towing(453 kg), the trailer is required to betotal, one to the right side and the other to equipment. equipped with its own brake system. theleftsidetrailertongue.Passthechains . Donot use axle-mounted hitchesElectric brakes or surge brakes arecrossing each other under the trailer as they can cause damage to therecommended, and must be installed tonguetopreventthetrailer from dropping axle housing, wheel bearings, properly. Check that your trailer’s brakesonto the ground in case the trailer tongue wheels or tires. conform with Federal, state/province and/should disconnect from the hitch ball. or other applicable regulations. Your Allow sufficient slack in the chains taking Do not use a trailer hitch other thanSUBARU’s brake system is not designedtight turn situations into account; however, genuine SUBARU trailer hitch. A genuineto be tapped into the trailer’s hydraulicbe careful not to let them drag on the SUBARU hitch is available from yourbrake system. Please ask your SUBARUground. SUBARUdealer. dealer and professional trailer supplier for! Side mirrors more information about the trailer’s brake &Connecting a trailer system. ! Trailer safety chains ! Trailer brakes WARNING WARNING Always use safety chains between . Adequate size trailer brakes areyour vehicle and the trailer. Towing required when the trailer and itstrailer without safety chains could cargo exceed 1,000 lbs (453 kg)create a traffic safety hazard if the total weight. trailer separates from the hitch due . Do not directly connect yourto coupling damage or hitch ball trailer’s hydraulic brake systemdamage. to the hydraulic brake system in After hitching a trailer to your vehicle, your vehicle. Direct connectionIn case the trailer hitch connector or hitchcheck that the standard side mirrors would cause the vehicle’s brakeball should break or become discon- provide a good rearward field of view performance to deteriorate andnected, the trailer could get loose andwithout significant blind spots. If significant could lead to an accident.create a traffic safety hazard.blind spots occur with the vehicle’s stan- For safety, always connect the towingdard side mirrors, use towing mirrors that If your trailer’s total weight (trailer weightvehicle and trailer with trailer safety conform with Federal, state/province and/ plus its cargo weight) exceeds 1,000 lbschains. Two chains should be used inor other applicable regulations. – CONTINUED –

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