jacques

The manual specifically states that you cannot tow with the Fusion hybrid. I am curious as to why? What stresses does towing put on the vehicle that having two 200 pound adults in the back seat does not? I am truly curious. Is it frame related? Or transmission? That said, I do have a 1 1/4 inch class 1 hitch on my FFH 2010 just so I could put my bike rack on it. I'm considering purchasing one of the platforms to put camping gear on. Will that cause a problem? I don't intend to load it up much, but a lot of the camping gear is bulky, not necessarily heavy.

I noticed some weird creaky noises from my passenger rear brake and smelled burning brake pads. So I took my 2010 Fusion Hybrid in to the dealer who said that yes, the rear brakes had been hanging up, that they are not lubed at the factory. So they're replacing the rear pads and rotors. This vehicle has 40k on it and I thought because of the regenerative braking that the brakes were really only used for braking from 5 to 0 that the brakes would last forever. Apparently I was wrong??