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Subject Topic: Ford Smax Towbar Issue
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30/12/2010 at 1:27pm
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Towers beware! I had to recently cancel an order for my new Ford S-Max Titanium Sport because Ford would not factory fit a tow-bar or recommend a retro-fit bar specification. No independent fitters were able to offer a suitable bar either.
This is due to the design of the rear bumper spoiler on vehicles with the sport body styling option (standard on the Titanium Sport model). I couldn’t find anyone who had fitted a bar to the sport model.


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31/12/2010 at 4:31pm
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I had a greatly reduced priced towbar from Towsure when I had a new model X Trail as they used my car to test fit their prototype etc

There may be scope there for exploration but its poor if a new car towbar set up isn't available from the manufacturer and well worth heeding your warning



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31/12/2010 at 5:51pm
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Thats interesting. To be fair to Ford, I think the problem is that no-one has actually tried to fit a bar to the new Smax Sport model which has a very fancy rear bumper spoiler, but the dealer would not commit, non of the major bar manufacturers would confirm a suitable part number so I could not take the risk.
Apart from that, my current S max has been a super tower all round.

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02/1/2011 at 11:31am
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I had previously posted a request for information about fitting a towbar to an S-max Titanium X sport and as you say, no-one had any personal experience. At the time we couldn't find any info on the various towbar websites for that model, but we then got the registration number for the car we were interested in and when we put that reg number into the Witter towbar finder it does bring up that the car is an X Sport version and lists the various tow bar options. the car is being bought through a ford employee used car scheme so the price is very attractive.  My brother in law then spoke to a tow-bar fitter up around Dagenham (Ford land!) and they did have experience of fitting one - they said it is a cut barely visible unless you look under the car. Any ay, we are going for it and should have the car sometime by the end of Jan. already spoken to a Witter fitter in Cardiff who is close to a Ford dealer in case of problems and will (try) and get the towbar fitted in Feb.

Will update the forum once done (or failed  - expensive if it can't be done!)



02/1/2011 at 12:09pm
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My Smax towbar (tow trust i think) has different holes for a Galaxy, so I assume the galaxy has bumpers 1" thicker making the car longer, so would a Galaxy one fit or is it more to do with underneath the bumper?



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