Leaf towing

I have two towing questions. I have a bike rack with a 2” receiver and would like to connect it to my Leaf, some unknown time in the future. Has anyone connected a 2” receiver to a Leaf?

Does anyone tow their Leaf and if so does the odometer register the towed miles?

JimK

Apparently there is no place on the LEAF provided to properly mount a rear tow receiver.

I have not read (in this forum) of anybody doing a modification to the "covered" underside to add a tow receiver, although several people have mentioned wanting to tow or use such a tow-mounted carrier.

I've been studying the service manual to try to get some clues on where I could mount a 2" hitch and while it appears that it maybe a tight fit, I'm optimistic that it will be possible.

Unfortunately I don't get my LEAF until April, so no way to know for sure until then... (unless someone else is willing to remove the rear underside plate and take some pictures)

You might need to switch to a roof rack although there would be a range penalty for that.

There are some nice back-hatch mounted, strap-attached bicycle racks that others have mentioned using.

garygid said:

There are some nice back-hatch mounted, strap-attached bicycle racks that others have mentioned using.

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I noticed that Yakima has two flavors of back hatch-mount bicycle carrier. Anyone have pictures of what it looks like on the Leaf?
Also, can someone change the topic title to reflect the fact that we're talking about adding a receiver hitch for a bike rack, rather than towing?

I love my Thule hitch-mounted bike rack on the CRV, rather than having to deal with issues associated with having a rack on top of the car - noise, range, garage, and having to hoist the bikes up there. And besides, when not carrying bikes, we could always put one of those little spinny propellers into the hitch!

garygid said:

Apparently there is no place on the LEAF provided to properly mount a rear tow receiver.

I have not read (in this forum) of anybody doing a modification to the "covered" underside to add a tow receiver, although several people have mentioned wanting to tow or use such a tow-mounted carrier.

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In case folks haven't seen the posts in this thread, I have made this mod on my car. Love it. I'll be offering it to others soon too.

Cheers, Bill