Vehicles

Honda Civic Towing Capacity – Can it Pull a Camper?

The Honda Civic towing capacity is 500 kg. It is a tiny car not made to tow large trailers.

It does not have the towing capacity for campers with weight by type of: travel trailers 7300 lbs, popups 2500 lbs, teardrops 1200 lbs. 

If you are an adventure lover, staying updated about stunning exterior and luxurious interior is not going to be your only requirement. Instead, you may give more preference to the towing capacity of your Honda Civic to ensure that you can carry all the essentials conveniently to the tourist destinations.

You will be happy to hear that the eighth generation of Honda Civic was rated as the best-selling car in the market and it also won the Car of the Year Award in 2007. Although this executive sedan was later discontinued by the company in 2012, many owners enjoyed riding their old cars for years without looking for a replacement.

Now, it has been a long time that Honda considered bringing the civic generation back to impress the audience, and this type they have modified the unit to perform really well.

The towing capacity of the Honda Civic

The 10th generation of civic is designed to capture everyone’s attention with an attractive mid-life facelift. Buyers may be excited to hear that the manufacturers this time have also launched diesel engine options in this category. However, there are few other necessary things as well that you need to understand before making a final purchase decision.

There are very few models of Honda Civic that can be used for towing trailers. For models that offer reliable towing capacity, they can be paired with braked trailers to ensure safe and legal movements. Here we have provided few essential details about the braked towing capacity of the Honda Civic to boost your knowledge base:

The early models of Honda Civic such as Coupe (1996-2001) 1.6i 2d, Coupe (1996-2001) 1.6i LE 2d (AC), Coupe (1996-2001) 1.6i LS 2d, etc were designed to handle maximum braked towing capacity of 1000 kg; whereas max-weight for the unbraked trailer is assigned to be 500kg. The 1.6i LS 2d Auto and Auto (AC) versions had decayed capacity for braked trailers which is rated to be 800kg.

However, they made a slight improvement to accommodate 1200kg in Honda Civic Coupe (2001-2003) 1.7 VTEC 2d. The capacity was further increased to 1400kg for braked trailers with a fixed 500kg rating of unbraked trailers in Honda Civic Diesel Hatchback 1.6i DTEC Sport 5dr model and several other models that were launched after Honda Civic Hatchback (2006-2011) 1.8 i-VTEC ES (01/09-) 5d Auto.