jsmith6762

We recently purchased a motorhome and I was wondering if I could use a 2008 RX 350 FWD as a tow vehicle behind the motorhome? I would probably use a tow dolly under the front wheels instead of towing it four wheels down. I don't want to damage the car, so I am looking for advice and appreciate any input. Thanks

YWW

It depends on how heavy your motor home is. I have a 2008 RX350 AWD and it towed a U-Haul 6x9 fully loaded trailer (about 3,000 pounds total) with no problem across the country but the gas mileage went to hell from about 24mpg HWY down to about 9mpg using 4th gear. On some of the hilly areas, I could only get the speed up to about 50mph max. FWD may have less towing capacity than AWD. It should be stated in your owners manual and from Lexus website. Dealer should have that info too. U-Haul can tell you too. The 350AWD is rated at 3,500 pounds.

jsmith6762

I'm sorry, what I meant was am I safe to tow a RX 350 behind my motorhome if I use a tow dolly lifting the front wheels off the ground, or do I need to lift all four wheels to tow it.

YWW

Sorry, I misread your posting. It depends on the towing capacity of your motor home because a RX350 FWD weighs about 4200 lbs empty. Using the UHaul guide, their trucks typically can pull up to 10,000 lbs. However, motor homes may have less towing capacity than UHaul trucks. You just need to check the spec on your motor home to determine the max tow capacity.

ranma21

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As long as your motorhome has enough towing capacity. You are ok to tow your RX behind it. You do not have to lift all 4 wheels, 2 front wheels is enough.

jsmith6762

Thanks, when I looked at the manual, it showed emergency towing to be all four wheels up.
I can understand the front wheels up on a FWD car, but thought all four up seemed strange.

aucht

as long as you know your is FWD then Front Wheel up is fine, most of RX 350 is AWD that why they want all 4 wheel up!
check you serial will tell your is AWD or FWD
www.decodethis.com/decoder

happyhank6

I have a 2008 R450H and was wondering if it is alright to tow with my motor home and if there are any special instructions or restrictions.

Margate330

Hi happyhank6.
Your car is a hybrid so plz use caution following advice on posts above because your car is special.
Hopefully you will get some towing feedback from other hybrid owners and if not you can post it in the Hybrid section above to get more visibility.

For fwd, the front wheels should be on a dolly but hybrid has electric motors on the back wheels too so I would investigate further and wishing I could be more help.
Maybe some info in the owner's manual or repair manual and I can look when I have more time.

Felix

As stated, your owners manual will say......