I have the old model Smax with the self levelling suspension on the rear, an option that is no longer offered. I am towing a caravan at 1575kg and I'm concerned if the new model will cope ok with that load, or will it sag badly.
Does anyone have any experience of the new smax and towing a large caravan.
£400 is normal if you have been quoted for dedicated loom which, itself can cost over £200. If the car is new I wouldn't risk not using the dedicated loom which is made to plug into existing connectors in the car.
Quote: Originally posted by Cliff n Pat on 23/2/2011 Its a mobility car so in 3 years its dead money unless I take it off & flog it.
£400 is pretty reasonable for a towbar from a dealer - up to £600 for the new Santa Fe, for example, and I saw someone saying they were quoted £800 (can't remember the details).
Over 3 years, that's £11 a month - not that much. I don't know how 'mobility' cars work - did you have to buy new?
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We have a qashqai on Mobility, and had a towbar fitted by towequipe for £191.88 last saturday. It took them 1.5 hrs and made a smashing job of it. Give them a try.
I did a lot of research and ended up having one fitted at our local Fraud Dealership.
Sorting out the canbus multiplex wiring is way past the skills of the average tow bar fitter I'm afraid. It cost me over £400 three years ago, so your deal sounds OK to me.
Quote: Originally posted by Ulti-Mates on 25/2/2011
I did a lot of research and ended up having one fitted at our local Fraud Dealership.
Sorting out the canbus multiplex wiring is way past the skills of the average tow bar fitter I'm afraid. It cost me over £400 three years ago, so your deal sounds OK to me.
Mr UM
If you use the ford loom its a case of 3 or 4 colour coded plug in connections, absolute doddle, otherwise a standard bypass relay and power taken from rear boot socket, and even I managed that without issue.
The ford loom is expensive though, hence me using a bypass relay!
Yes that will be true, but they are working for the dealer and therefore all work is guaranteed by the dealer and inturn warranted by Ford. You could go to the same fitting centre get the same towbar and save a few pound, but if some electrical fault develops you k.ow the ford dealer will say it is in connection tion with the towbar that was fitted. The saving would only be at the most only work out at 50 pounds a year if you keep the car 3 years. So why give yourself the extra hassle. A friend of mine was in that position when a fault developed with his alarm system, as you know the alarm links into the indicator lights
At the end of the day only you can decide what route to go down
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Topic: New SMax
