I am simply asking for some clarification and it seemed like you had the info I needed. The sport I looked at had no indication of a cooler on it and the tag showed 3500 lbs. I was hoping you could tell me where I could find this info because as we all know not all salesmen have all the info accurate. I need to have the 3500 rating, but if it does not say cooler on the window sticker, how can I be sure?
This one has no indication of cooler, but in the specs it says 3500 lb capacity.
On the Honda build site all I can find is 3500 for FWD, 5000 for AWD.
I was turning to you to clarify this. If I had a link that showed otherwise I would not have asked for you to provide more information. I thought I was good to go until I read your post, now I am concerned. So, what would be the rating for a FWD without a cooler?
Sorry, rereading my post it seems argumentative but that was not how I intended it. I just want to alert FWD owners to this issue before they tow.
To answer your question (bolded above), if the RL is like the Pilot, there is no tow rating WITHOUT the HD transmission cooler. My vehicle has NO tow rating without the HD tranny cooler per the owners manual. A FWD RL does not have a standard HD tranny cooler either.
The owners manual should explain this (my Pilot manual does). But a knowledgeable Honda rep should be able to track this down -- I doubt a standard salesperson would know.
Carsmark, thanks for that info. As you said, the previous Gen 1 RL never had this question because there were no FWD versions. But this G2 is even more like the Pilot than G1, so anyone with an FWD should assume the same restrictions apply until they confirm otherwise.