Towing Question - Vue

This is bizarre. I wonder if anybody's done this. I got a letter in the
mail the other day from Saturn saying that on my wife's '05 Vue, after
flat towing with it for seven hours I have to do this wierd transmission
procedure - put it in all gears.

Okay, I can (kind of) understand that. Who knows, maybe with a trailer
behind the car, the tranny gets over worked? The bizarre thing is the
next sentince where it instructs me to take out the IGN fuse.

Um, if I don't have the IGN fuse, how would I be able to start the car?
I've yet to tow with the Vue, but I expect we might someday. I'm just
curious how this makes sense.

 

I am pretty sure they are talking about the Vue being towed behind
another vehicle such as a motorhome.

Don Williams a.k.a. librarian

 

They are referring to towing it "four-down" behind an RV or such. Very
commonly done with saturns, but it would appear people are having problems
when doing it, thus the form letter.
Steve

 

this is especially in reference to the V6 Honda engines, when flat towing
the VUE behind an RV. The lubrication procedure was discovered necessary to
keep the tranny lubricated when being pulled on all 4's. The IGN fuse must
be pulled prior to towing as to not accrue any mileage and to disable any
releveant electrical ignition services that may be harmed by flat towing.
Its not as easy as the old procedure of hitch and go as with the old
S-series, but nonetheless, the VUE is one of the best for flat towing behind
an RV. Saturn has sent this letter to all recent VUE owners.

marx404

 

Ahh, thank you all.

I wasn't really worried, just a bit confused! Not owning an RV but rather
a trailer, I wanted to know.

 

Ditto on what others said, with the addition that flat towing a car -
any car - is basically one of the worst ideas out there, regardless of
what the manual says. Use dolly, or disconnect the drive shafts first -
transmissions don't like being spun without lubrication.