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Guys, in most cases, you can't flat tow a vehicle with an automatic transmission that doesn't start.
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If the vehicle doesn't start, it's impossible to set the transmission into the Neutral mode,
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and without this, you can't flat tow a car because the transmission will be damaged. Fortunately,
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some vehicles have the possibility to set their transmissions in Neutral, like in a lot of BMW
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vehicles. You have the special switch, and you just need to know how to apply it to
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set the transmission to Neutral and be able to flat tow a car for some time. In other cases,
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you will need to look in the driver's manual and see the recommendations that the manufacturer
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gives for towing your vehicle. For example, in the Honda CR-V 2014, I have such recommendations. I
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need to start the engine first. When the engine is started, I want to turn off everything that
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takes my power, and I want to move the shifter all the way down to the one, so move it through
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every single position that it has. Then, I need to move my shifter to Drive. After that, I shift
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it to Neutral, wait for 3 minutes, and after waiting for 3 minutes, I turn off the engine,
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and the key is left in accessory mode. So, you just can't turn it completely because
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the shifter is not in Park. If the shifter is in Park, it's impossible to tow your vehicle because
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the parking pawl is applied in the transmission, and you will not move it, or you will damage the
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transmission. So, the key is left in accessory mode. It should be like that in order to prevent
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your steering wheel from locking up, and in this condition, you can tow your Honda CR-V
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or whatever other vehicle with the Honda automatic transmission, you can tow it for about 200 miles,
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as they say. If you need to tow it more, you need to repeat this procedure with the transmission
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again. Also, you need to remember that it's not recommended to tow any vehicle with an
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automatic transmission with the speed over 60 MPH. So, if you're towing it on highways,
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you shouldn't exceed the speed of 60 MPH. And if you have the vehicle with the all-wheel drive
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system, with any all-wheel drive, full four-wheel drive, it's really recommended to keep all four
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wheels on the ground. If you can tow your car, if you can set it into Neutral, you can tow it
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with all four wheels on the ground. Otherwise, it's really easy to damage your differential,
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transaxle, transmission, and whatever other things take part in the all-wheel drive system. So,
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actually, if you have the automatic transmission car and you need to tow it, and you don't know how
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to do it, it's really cheaper to call a tow truck and pay a tow truck driver. Because if you damage
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the transmission, the cost of repair will be over $5,000 if you're lucky, and even much more than
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that if you're not really lucky. So remember this the next time you need to tow your car.
