TowingTowing Your VehicleConsult your dealer/retailer or a professional towingservice if you need to have your disabled vehicle towed.See Roadside Service on page 7-7.If you want to tow your vehicle behind another vehiclefor recreational purposes (such as behind a motorhome),see Recreational Vehicle Towing following.Recreational Vehicle TowingRecreational vehicle towing means towing your vehiclebehind another vehicle — such as behind a motorhome.The two most common types of recreational vehicletowing are known as “dinghy towing” (towing yourvehicle with all four wheels on the ground) and“dolly towing” (towing your vehicle with two wheels onthe ground and two wheels up on a device knownas a “dolly”).Dinghy Towing and Dolly TowingAll-Wheel Drive VehiclesNotice: Towing an all-wheel-drive vehicle with allfour wheels on the ground, or even with only two ofits wheels on the ground, will damage drivetraincomponents. Do not tow an all-wheel-drive vehicle ifany of its wheels will be on the ground.Your vehicle is not designed to be towed with any of thewheels on the ground. If your vehicle must be towed,see Towing Your Vehicle on page 4-42.Autoride ®The Autoride® feature provides improved vehicle rideand handling under a variety of passenger and loadingconditions.The system is fully automatic and uses a computercontroller to continuously monitor vehicle speed, wheelto body position, lift/dive and steering position of thevehicle. The controller then sends signals to each shockabsorber to independently adjust the damping level toprovide the optimum vehicle ride.Autoride® also interacts with the tow/haul mode that,when activated, will provide additional control of theshock absorbers. This additional control results in betterride and handling characteristics when the vehicle isloaded or towing a trailer. See “Tow/Haul Mode” underTowing a Trailer on page 4-43 for more information.4-42
