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Originally Posted by thoer
According to Toyota's Highlander manual, the V6 AWD 2017 Highlander's GCWR is 11,000#
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I do not know if they have changed that number or if it is only for the AWD. I know that I had looked up a Highlander at different times and found less than 10,000. Good to know that that 11,000 is what you have. So I hope people will pay attention to which model and I will stand corrected for at least that model. That is a good vehicle for many to use then, the AWD.
As I was mentioning before, there was a claim by a person with experts concurring that a front-wheel with towing package could not do the towing of 5,000 and was having big trouble. When an expert sent questions repeatedly to the manufacturer, they were never answered even though expected to be answered easily on at least some of it. The owner lost several thousand dollars, having to get rid of his trailer on finding out the situation in actual use. Again, however, I could not tell from the information given whether the car was insufficient for sure because it needed a little more confirmation info, for me, anyway.
And you say that you have pulled over mountains and more and no problems. That person was basically told not to go any distance with his set-up or he would ruin the transmission.
So I stand corrected and the Highlander is showing a GCWR of 11,000, for the AWD anyway. There have been several models of Highlanders and of course, some were definitely not suitable for towing a 21' or even 19' and I expect that that is still the case. But at least one is suitable, according to what they are saying, and your use. Thank you for posting that.