DazzleV70R
I think that there might be a confusion here. The weight plate that is attached to the towbar relates to the towbar and not the vehicle that it is attached to. Thus in the XC60 case the towbar will show 90kg noseweight because that is what it will have been tested to because SOME XC60's can cope with a 90kg noseweight.
For those XC60's that are 75kg noseweight limit it is still fine because the towbar is rated for more than the noseweight limit for the specific car to which it is fitted - but it does not change the noseweight limit for that specific car which remains at 75kg DESPITE the 90kg label on the towbar.
It is an obvious extra source of owner confusion when both your handbook and towbar are saying 90kg but the legal reality is 75kg!
DodgyKen
The latest UK XC60 broshure which I have just looked at shows the 75kg manual & 90kg automatic that I refer to throughout this topic & which Volvo say is correct. It is the owners handbook which is wrong.
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