Towing A Trailer - Volvo XC90 Owner's Manual

The maximum weights recommended by Volvo
for trailers with brakes are shown in the table
below.
No. of occu- 1
pants
Seating posi- Front seat
tion
All Wheel Drive 5,000 lbs
(2250 kg)
Max. trailer 500 lbs
hitch tongue
(225 kg)
load
Front Wheel 4,000 lbs
Drive
(1800 kg)
Max. trailer 400 lbs
hitch tongue
(180 kg)
load
Recommended hitch tongue load: not more
than 10% of the trailer's weight. The trailer
load should be positioned so that it does not
shift and the tongue load should be 10% of the
2 3
Front seat 2nd row of
seats
5,000 lbs 4,500 lbs
(2250 kg) (2050 kg)
500 lbs 450 lbs
(225 kg) (205 kg)
4,000 lbs 4,000 lbs
(1800 kg) (1800 kg)
400 lbs 400 lbs
(180 kg) (180 kg)
06 Starting and driving
trailer's weight. However, the tongue load
should not exceed the maximum permissible
weights indicated in the table below.
4 5
2nd row of 2nd row of
seats seats
3,700 lbs 2,900 lbs
(1700 kg) (1350 kg)
370 lbs 290 lbs
(170 kg) (135 kg)
4,000 lbs 3,700 lbs
(1800 kg) (1650 kg)
400 lbs 370 lbs
(180 kg) (165 kg)
*
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.

Towing a trailer

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3rd row of 3rd row of
seats* seats*
1,800 lbs Trailer towing
not recom-
(800 kg)
mended
180 lbs –
(80 kg)
2,500 lbs 1,400 lbs
(1150 kg) (650 kg)
250 lbs 140 lba
(115 kg) (65 kg)
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