cengel

I recently purchased a 2013 Fusion Energi with the specific intent of pulling it behind my motorhome. I have now done so on a complete trip of about 600 miles round trip. I had the car outfitted with a Blue Ox system including a diode-based light kite, base plate, Alpha towbar and Patriot brake. I can report that the car performs well as a toad. It tracked very well. I did install a charge line via the 7 to 6 pin connector after reading about many dead 12V batteries. As a result, I did not have any battery issues. Also, on the way out, I plugged the Patriot into the accessory 12V port in the center console. It runs for 1 hour and then shuts off producing an alarm on the Patriot. I had to pull over a couple of times to toggle the Fusion on/off to get another hour. Upon reaching my destination, I went to a nearby Camping World and bough a 12V accessory plug for direct connection to the 12V battery. It was less than $10 and provided 10 feet of cable with alligator clips to connect to the battery posts. The 12V battery is in the trunk and it is very easy to route the wire from the battery to under the front seat while being completely concealed under the door plates. On the way home this fixed the issue. I have the push button start. To set up for towing, simply start the engine, shift to neutral and turn it off. A message remains on the dash the reads "Transmission Not in Park". I take the key out, but left the doors unlocked until sure the battery would not die. One interesting thing I noted is that while in neutral, the car can be started and run WITHOUT the key present. Confirmed this via may tests. So , for sure, LOCK the doors!