Just as an fyi, high rpm from engine breaking is not the same as high rpm from accelleration As far as wear is concerned. Its designed this way for a reason. Sure youd rather replace your brakes. I’m certain you wouldn’t rather them overheat and fail though through your descent. Anyways, you got it done. Not here to rain on your parade. Just offering some perspective.Hello. I just got back from a short trip and thought I'd share the experience with anyone who's interested in towing with their hybrid.
I am at a fairly low elevation in Las Vegas. App. 2000ft. We decided to spend the night at a nearby mountain range. At the final stop we were at 8700 ft.
The first thousand feet was a slow climb that was about 20 miles so it didnt take much effort and we could hardly feel the app. 2000 lb trailer.
The last stretch was very steep and went up about 5000ft in 40 miles.
I had it in tow mode and it was similar to sport mode in that it gave a good amount of power immediately and never went into electric mode while moving. Didnt notice any other characteristics from tow mode.
On the way there we were doing about 65 mph around a long bouncy curve and the trailer started swaying pretty bad, enough to where I had to counter steer a bit to keep the truck in the lane. At about 3 corrections in and no throttle or brake input a message came on the dash and said trailer sway detected and the truck applied the brakes and corrected the sway. I found that interesting.
The trip home was much easier and was 99ŮŞ downhill. I did notice one thing I was not a fan of. During the initial downgrade the truck was using the engine to help slow down when the brakes were applied. Normally I wouldnt mind but I didnt want it wound up like that for 40 miles. I switched between modes to try to correct it but all of them tried to assist. I'd rather replace brake pads and rotors over unnecessary engine wear.
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