2019 Towing Sanity Check

[tacopants]

Hey everyone! We're looking at purchasing a used Expedition in the near future. We're focusing on 2018-2021 used between 50k-80k miles, as they're within our price range.

I'm looking at a 2019 Max Limited 4x4 with HD tow package. The dealer's notes say that it has a 3.31 axle ratio (I have a message out to them and I'm waiting on confirmation). If that ends up being accurate, am I understanding this chart correctly that, because of a 3.31 axle ratio, we're capped at 6000lb towing, even with the HD package?


Hopefully I'm just interpreting this incorrectly. Thanks for any insight!

 

[JasonH]

Heavy duty tow gets 3.73. If you see a brake controller to the right of the wheel, it has HD Tow, unless the controller was added later. You can also get a photo of the trailer connector and confirm it's the round one with seven pins. Can't rely on dealership representations. They usually know very little. Last one I went to didn't know Lincoln and Ford were the same manufacturer.

 

[mr_dave]

If you can get a picture of the sticker in the driver's door jamb, you can verify the actual gear ratio.

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[chuck s]

Not sure what changed 'cuz my '17 with HD Tow and 3.31 axles is rated for 9200 pounds. (3.73 axles were part of HD tow for my '07 but not for my '17.)

-- Chuck

 

[rollinstone]

Our 2014 (3rd Gen) with HD tow has the 3.73. BTW, we bought it from Enterprise Car Sales. They went out of their way to fix/replace everything that 30K miles of rental use had on it. Got 77K on it now. My dream SUV!