lexus is200d towbar

[keith4321]

hi, am after a tow bar for my Lexus is200d 2011 and finding it impossible to get one. I have just bought a caravan thinking it would be easy to get towbar but not so. can anybody help me out even if its second hand. electrics I can get just the towbar in extinct. thanks

[NemesisUK]

From the owner's handbook... (2011 p249)

"Lexus does not recommend towing a trailer with your vehicle. Lexus also does not recommend the installation of a tow hitch or the use of a tow hitch carrier for a wheelchair, scooter, bicycle, etc. Your Lexus is not designed for trailer towing or for the use of tow hitch mounted carriers."

 

[Britprius]

1 hour ago, keith4321 said:

hi, am after a tow bar for my Lexus is200d 2011 and finding it impossible to get one. I have just bought a caravan thinking it would be easy to get towbar but not so. can anybody help me out even if its second hand. electrics I can get just the towbar in extinct. thanks

Look in the handbook or on the specification plate on the door pillar. If the trailer weight is shown as zero it is against the law to tow a trailer of any size. "I came across this problem with a Prius". 

If there is a weight listed you can tow with the car, but only up to that limit. You may have to get a tow bar from the US if the car has a tow limit as the US allows towing with any vehicle, and manufacturers such as Thule make tow bars for most cars. Even this is problematic as the bars are not type tested, and again under EU rules are not allowed to be used.

John.