Hyundai Santa Fe: Driving your vehicle / Trailer towing

Hyundai Santa Fe (TM) 2019-2025 Owner's Manual / Driving your vehicle / Trailer towing

If you are considering to tow with your vehicle, you should first know your country’s legal requirements. As laws vary the requirements for towing trailers, cars, or other types of vehicles or apparatus may differ. When you are not sure about a type of winter weight oil, consult an authorized HYUNDAI dealer.

Remember that trailering is different than just driving your vehicle by itself. Trailering means changes in handling, durability, and fuel economy. Successful, safe trailering requires correct equipment, and it has to be used properly. Damage to your vehicle caused by improper trailer towing is not covered by your vehicle manufacturer’s warranty.

This section contains time-tested, important trailering tips and safety rules. Many of these are important for your safety and that of your passengers. Please read this section carefully before you pull a trailer.

WARNING

Take the following precautions:

If you don’t use the correct equipment and/or drive improperly, you can lose control of the vehicle when you are pulling a trailer. For example, if the trailer is too heavy, the braking performance may be reduced. You and your passengers could be seriously or fatally injured. Pull a trailer only if you have followed all the steps in this section.
Before towing, make sure the total trailer weight, GCW (Gross Combination Weight), GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight), GAW (Gross Axle Weight) and trailer tongue load are all within the limits.
When you tow a trailer, make sure to turn off the Idle Stop and Go system.

Winter precautions

Use high quality ethylene glycol coolant Your vehicle is delivered with high quality ethylene glycol coolant in the cooling system. It is the only type of coolant that should be used because it helps prevent corrosion in the cooling system, lubricates the water pump and prevents freezing...

If you decide to pull a trailer?

Here are some important points if you decide to pull a trailer: Consider using a sway control. You can ask a trailer hitch dealer about sway control...

Other information:

Hyundai Santa Fe (TM) 2019-2025 Owner's Manual: System settings

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Hyundai Santa Fe (TM) 2019-2025 Owner's Manual: Reducing the risk of a rollover

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