towing capacity of a ford focus

[jnsj26]

Can anyone tell me the towing weights of my 52 reg Ford focus 1.6 zetec? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[daithi]

check the owners manual
and god help whoever buys this car after ya cause something tell me your planning on pulling something heavy

[atspeets]

525kg, tech passport has it written perhaps

[neilsignum]

Can anyone tell me the towing weights of my 52 reg Ford focus 1.6 zetec? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

From the figures I have the max towing weight is 1200kg for the 5 door manual, but this figure is only the combined outfits ability to restart on an 8% gradient and bears no relation to safe 'balance'. Most caravan authorities recommend towing at 85% of the kerbweight until experienced (995Kg fully loaded caravan), the theory being that the 'tail wont wag the dog' as the tail/caravan is lighter than the dog/car, even when the car is at its lightest and the caravan at its heaviest.
The difference also allows for the fact that a caravan is a slab sided box that can catch the wind very badly. Correct noseweight on the tow ball is also important and is usually about 75kg. A low trailer is safer to tow than a slab sided caravan/box trailer at the same weights, 4 wheel trailers are nicer to tow than two wheel trailers but are harder to load properly.

3door or auto or estate will vary slightly from the above.

ns

[the_big_d]

If you look at the VIN plate there will be 4 weights printed on it. If you deduct the 1st weight from the 2nd weight this will give you the maximum weight of the trailer you can tow.

[Meat-Head]

When you say that do you mean “1000kg”

trailer 300kg leaving 700kg of pay load?

[the_big_d]

1. 3500 kg
2. 5500 kg
3. 1750 kg
4. 2250 kg

The VIN plate on the car/van looks something like that 👆🏻.
The first weight is the gross vehicle weight (the maximum the van can weigh when it is fully laden), the second weight is the gross train weight (the maximum combined weight of the van & any trailer it is pulling).
So if this van is fully laden it can tow a 2000kg trailer.
in theory if this particular van was only part laden & weighed 3000 kg it could tow a 2500 kg trailer but you find in most cases the cars handbook will state that the max trailer weight will be 2000kg for this vehicle.