![]() You will have to have a shop do this for you or take this task on yourself in order to install these two items, which are a necessity when it comes to electric trailer brakes. I also want to note that the 2013 Escape, like a lot of the other model years are not equipped (electrically) to handle electric trailer brakes which means that hooking up a trailer brake controller and a 7 pin wiring harness instead of a four pin wiring harness will be harder than normal to do because the vehicle does not have those required harnesses installed. This is the amount of weight that Ford requires you to have trailer brakes, but these requirements may be different for your local state vehicle codes, so you will need to check those out to make sure you are complying with those codes as well. Trailer Brakes: If you happen to have a model that had the 1.6 liter or 2.0 liter engine equipped then you had a 2,000 to 3,500 pound capacity limit and Ford requires that any trailers that weigh 1,500 pounds or more (which includes the weight of the trailer and all of the cargo in the trailer) have its own trailer brakes installed. The Titanium trim levels had the 2.0 liter engine equipped as a standard option, so they had a maximum capacity of up to 3,500 pounds. The S trim level was able to achieve up to a 1,500 pound rating, while the SE and SEL trim levels were able to achieve a capacity range of between 2,000-3,500 pounds. This was by far the largest factor that affected the capacity numbers, although there were other factors that contributed as well, but not on the scale that the engine did.Ĭapacity By Trim Levels: The 2013 escape had four different trim levels that were available and I went ahead and decided to compare these four trim levels against each other to see if there was any variation in the capacity ratings and in fact, there was.Įach trim level had different engine options that were available to them and that is why we get the different capacity metrics that you see below. The XLT and limited trim levels had the highest capacity ranges out of all the other trim levels, between 1,500-3,500 pounds and again this was dependent upon the engine that was equipped and whether you had the optional trailer package installed.Overall Capacity: The overall towing capacity for the 2013 Ford Escape ranged from 1,500-3,500 pounds and was solely dependent on the engine option that came equipped in your vehicle. The hybrid models (which were the standard hybrid model and then the hybrid limited model) both had a capacity rating of only 1,000 pounds. Looking at the data below, we can see that the XLS trim levels had the lowest ratings, next to the hybrid models and was set at 1,500 pounds. ![]() ![]() I wanted to compare the different trim levels and their respective capacity ratings and I did this by looking at what engine options were available for what trim levels. Overall Capacity: The overall towing capacity for the 2011 Ford Escape still have the same range as other similar model years, which was between 1,000-3,500 lbs., depending on the engine that was equipped, whether you had a standard or hybrid model and to get the highest ratings possible, you had to have the optional trailer package equipped as well.Ĭapacity By Trim Levels: There were a total of five different trim levels available for the 2011 models, three trim levels that were available for the standard models that used a gasoline engine and then there were two hybrid models on top of those.
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