Toyota Camary 1999. Pulling a Trailer?

Question

Will this car pull a 2000lb tavel trailer.It is only 15ft travel trailer.It may be a little less than 2000lbs. The Toyota is a 4 cyc,2.2 litre,133 hp.It has less than 35,000 miles on it.. amost new...But I would like to use it to pull my new trailer.But Don't want to kill the car..Please I need people who know the best answer...Thanks Mar/11/2007

Answer 1

I would not advise attempting it. As someone has mentioned it might be feasible, but how are you going to stop once you get going? The transmission on most cars isn't designed for pulling anything. The brakes cannot handle the load either, or they won't for long. An suv or even light duty truck would be a better choice for towing your trailer. Transmission cooler is a good investment too if you plan on using it regularly.

Answer 2

Get with a Toyota car dealership manager in the car maintenance department. He will be able to give you the correct information. I own a 2001 Toyota Camry with the same size engine as yours, and we pulled a middle size U-Haul that wasn't near that heavy. It was a 1500 miles trip, and we made it okay, and my car was only 6 months old. I would not want to pull a 2000 lb trailer with my car. I think it would be extremely taxing on everthing. My mom and dad had a trailer this size and used a 2.5 ton ford pickup to pull their's and it was a v8.

Answer 3

I wouldn't recomment it. if the distance is as short as you say then it should be alright.

However, know the fact that your driving a front wheel drive vehicle, so with much weight in the back than in the front, the vehicle wont have much traction in the front, where it is really need, and instead the traction and weight will be all in the back wheels.

This also depends on road conditions. If its a wet and rainy condition then don't. If its nice and sunny then you should be alright.

If its only for this one time then it should be fine, if not then you would need a friend with an SUV or a pick-up to at least help you another time so that you can get yourself a cheap,reliable pick-up to tow your trailer.

Answer 4

That sounds like it's gonna be too much weight for the back. You're gonna lose A LOT of traction being that the car is front wheel drive.

I mean, it's probably feasable, but not recommended. It's gonna put a lot of stress on the rear components of the car.

In your owners manual it should have the max tow weight listed somewhere in there.

Answer 5

Sound like a typical toyota driver. how could you pull 2000 lbs with a car that can barely get out of it's own way.

Answer 6

replace the igniter; that's burning out. must be approximately $250.00 and is approximately as vast as a tube of chap stick. It is going in what may be your distributor. that's the venture. ordinary to inform, the subsequent time it stops and could no longer initiate - pull a spark plug cord and notice in case you get any spark. No spark; no ignite. Or if a very susceptible spark; in different words that's sufficient to coach yet no longer sufficient to ark a plug.

Answer 7

You have got to be kidding me,buy a Dodge Ram 2500 with a HEMI or CUMMINS,get a real vehicle.I pull a 7500lb trailer 70 and don't even know it's there.

Answer 8

yeah I don't think thaqt your vehicle would be suitable for pulling the trailer I have a v8 dodge 1/2 ton truck and it would have to use a lot of its power to pull the trailer you would defiantly wear out your vehicle.

Answer 9

You can't pull a trailer that weighs almost as much as your car.
Your car weighs a little over 3,000 lbs.

Answer 10

the max on that car is no more than 1000 lbs.