Jeep towing discussion from Intro > Pics thread

Your Jeep tow capacity is directly related to you rear differential gears.

If you have a 3.73 or 4.10 rear end your tow capacity is usually
3500 lbs
If you have 3.23/3.21 rear end your tow capacity is usually limited to
2000 ibs, or less.

Mine is automatic. This is the ironic part. My manual states 3.73 and 3,500 lbs for my particular model. The service manager told me this was a typo from Jeep and that they received a letter from Chrysler stating this. The manual should have said 3.21 and 2,000 lbs. I am thinking of going back to the dealer I bought it from and demand a replacement or my money back. This should be an interesting topic if it ever reached the media and there are thousands of jeep owners with the same issue.

Looks awesome!! We plan to do most of our trips with our Dodge Durango but once in a while I would like to take our Jeep. My biggest dissapointmant was when the dealer confirmed that our model (2012 Wrangler Unlimited Sahara) has a towing capacity of a measly 2,000 lbs. vs other exact same vehicle with a different axle ratio. The service manager did confirm that as long as I "take it easy" I should not have any problems at all. The other dissapointment is that when we bought our jeep back in 2012 the salesman assured us the Sahara model towing limit was 3,500 lbs. Oh well. The positive is we are picking up our 182g in2 weeks!! And guess what, it's a 2015 model. Whatever that means, it was still built in 2014. Will post some pictures when we adventure out in southern British Columbia!!

Originally posted by Hairy Podders The reason that I tow our Pod with a Wrangler Unlimited? You ever try to go off road trail riding in a Sienna minivan? We enjoy a different lifestyle than the "normal" camping enthusiast. Even a pickup truck isn't going to be comfortable on the trails that we travel on. The Pod doesn't go on anything beyond graded gravel roads. If this wouldn't work out, the next step would be a motorhome to tow the Wrangler....

This is me too, the purchase of the Pod was a direct result of getting the Jeep and getting involved in wheeling. Without my Jeep I wouldn't have need for the Pod.
I am pretty comfortable towing mine with my Jeep, I haven't taken on any mountain passes yet, but that might come this year. Take it a little slower than normal and you're fine. I also tend to do Highway driving rather than interstate,added bonus is it makes for a more interesting trip too.

Go to www.rubiconownersforum.com. Lots of good info there. My Wrangler Unlimited has the Rubicon package. Which gives me 4.10-1 axle ratios. With the larger tires that I put on the Jeep, I kinda wish that it had 4.56-1 ratios. That said, in '06 all 2 door Unlimited Wranglers had 3500 lb. tow rating.