Volvo XC90 owner manual Towing a trailer, No. of occu Pants

06 Starting and driving

Towing a trailer

The maximum weights recommended by Volvo for trailers with brakes are shown in the table below.

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 trailer's weight. However, the tongue load should not exceed the maximum permissible weights indicated in the table below.

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No. of occu-	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
pants
Seating posi-	Front seat	Front seat	2nd row of	2nd row of	2nd row of	3rd row of	3rd row of
tion			seats	seats	seats	seats*	seats*
All Wheel Drive	5,000 lbs	5,000 lbs	4,500 lbs	3,700 lbs	2,900 lbs	1,800 lbs	Trailer towing
	(2250 kg)	(2250 kg)	(2050 kg)	(1700 kg)	(1350 kg)	(800 kg)	not recom-
							mended
Max. trailer	500 lbs	500 lbs	450 lbs	370 lbs	290 lbs	180 lbs	–
hitch tongue	(225 kg)	(225 kg)	(205 kg)	(170 kg)	(135 kg)	(80 kg)
load
Front Wheel	4,000 lbs	4,000 lbs	4,000 lbs	4,000 lbs	3,700 lbs	2,500 lbs	1,400 lbs
Drive	(1800 kg)	(1800 kg)	(1800 kg)	(1800 kg)	(1650 kg)	(1150 kg)	(650 kg)
Max. trailer	400 lbs	400 lbs	400 lbs	400 lbs	370 lbs	250 lbs	140 lba
hitch tongue	(180 kg)	(180 kg)	(180 kg)	(180 kg)	(165 kg)	(115 kg)	(65 kg)
load

158* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.