It doesn't come with an owners manual though. I had to drive to a Ford

ealer

specializing in RV's and towables to have them demonstrate the procedure.

That is odd. Do they no longer include manuals with new cars, or did the dealer forget to give it to you?

Mike P


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I was just looking in the manual for my 2017 Escape and it says

>-> that they don't recommend towing a 4WD Escape unless all 4 wheels
>-> are off the ground (on a trailer). Mine is just Front Wheel Drive
>-> so I'm sure it could be towed with the front wheels off the road.

It is a hybrid with the addition of electric plugin. It acts like

>a hybrid so is capable of being towed, 4 wheels on the ground.

That's great for your uses..

It doesn't come with an owners manual though.

A lot of my cars and toys didn't come with manuals but you can usually
find manuals online and download a free copy.

My Escape did come with a paper manual but I went online and found
a PDF manual for it so I can search for things more easily and I
can keep a copy handy on my computer and cell phone..

Ha.. As I was saving this reply I noticed the Tagline and, out of
almost 1000 songs in the collection I have on this computer, the
one that just started playing was 'He Ain't Heavy...'.. B)

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On 4/14/2026 7:30 AM, Rob Mccart wrote to Mike Dippel:

I was just looking in the manual for my 2017 Escape and it says

>-> that they don't recommend towing a 4WD Escape unless all 4 wheels
>-> are off the ground (on a trailer). Mine is just Front Wheel Drive
>-> so I'm sure it could be towed with the front wheels off the road.

It is a hybrid with the addition of electric plugin. It acts like

>a hybrid so is capable of being towed, 4 wheels on the ground.

That's great for your uses..

It doesn't come with an owners manual though.

A lot of my cars and toys didn't come with manuals but you can usually
find manuals online and download a free copy.

My Escape did come with a paper manual but I went online and found
a PDF manual for it so I can search for things more easily and I
can keep a copy handy on my computer and cell phone..

I bookmarked the HTML version, but can't find a PDF I guess that's good enough for
me.

Ha.. As I was saving this reply I noticed the Tagline and, out of
almost 1000 songs in the collection I have on this computer, the
one that just started playing was 'He Ain't Heavy...'.. B)

I love songs by Dion. He still sings great!

Mike Dippel

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On 4/13/2026 9:55 AM, Mike Powell wrote to Mike Dippel:

It doesn't come with an owners manual though. I had to drive to a Ford

ealer

specializing in RV's and towables to have them demonstrate the procedure.

That is odd. Do they no longer include manuals with new cars, or did the dealer forget to give it to you?

Mike P

It's only available online in an HTML version. I guess that is so they can easily update it.
I bookmarked it. It would be better if they did a PDF version so I could use CTRL-F to
easily search it. Only the warranty is in PDF format.

Mike Dippel

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