Factory Tow Hook

[scoopman]

This was such a strange decision by Ford, I wonder how they got to this place?

That's really unnecessary fragmentation and cost and it makes it more difficult for US owners with a problem to do a basic thing of towing their car.

Doesn't Ford have someone that knows about towing access points best practices? This can't be the first time that they figured out what's the right way to get a car towed... It's like this was the first car they ever made like a startup.

I'll stop now.

This Polestar 2 I'm tooling around in has a tow hook and threaded access points in front and rear bumpers. Just saying.

I think I figured out the answer to my question. EU has a law requiring car manufacturers to include a "towing device" along with how to attach the "towing device" to perform a tow. Their law defines "Towing device: a device in the shape of a hook, eye or other form, to which a connecting part, such as a towing bar or towing rope, can be fitted."

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:mi0065

So Ford modified the bumper to comply with EU regs, but kept their sub-optimal solution for the US.

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[OWG]

...maybe....the bumper structure underneath is different? That would make more sense for different crash standards.

But why perforate the member? I wonder if the EU bumper structure would bolt up?

So Ford modified the bumper to comply with EU regs, but kept their sub-optimal solution for the US.

But the why remains mystifying.

 

[scoopman]

In case anyone's interested, in my garage currently:

Tow hook in a lovely carpeted frunk in the Polestar 2. Towing points front and back.

Oh look! It's a tow hook in my VW ID.4. It fits in the front and rear bumper too.

 

[Murse-In-Airy]

In case anyone's interested, in my garage currently:

Tow hook in a lovely carpeted frunk in the Polestar 2. Towing points front and back.

Oh look! It's a tow hook in my VW ID.4. It fits in the front and rear bumper too.

Wow. A jack AND a tow hook. Now I’m jealous.

 

[HuntingPudel]

In case anyone's interested, in my garage currently:

Tow hook in a lovely carpeted frunk in the Polestar 2. Towing points front and back.

Oh look! It's a tow hook in my VW ID.4. It fits in the front and rear bumper too.

ROFL and both of those tow hooks look to be right-hand thread. Ford chose LH…

 

[scoopman]

I think UK uses LH thread in general, and I wonder if that was basically the launch country in the EU for the vehicle.

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