2026 Ford Escape2.5L I4 Plug-in HybridAutomatic · FWD · 2.91 axle · Class II Trailer Tow Package (536) · 5,785 lb GCWR · 1,500 lb trailer
Bring these reference values into your own load sheet. Your vehicle labels and actual loading complete the picture.
Match the complete configuration
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Wheelbase
- Not confirmed
- Trim
- Not specified; verify exclusions
Required equipment and applicability
- Class II Trailer Tow Package (536)
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. Match the complete manufacturer table row, including powertrain, body, axle ratio, GCWR and equipment conditions.
- Published maximum assumes required equipment, no cargo, a 150-lb driver and a 150-lb passenger. It is a configuration table maximum, not a vehicle-specific label or measured mass.
- Ford RV guide PDF page 7 requires additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch mass to be deducted from the published trailer maximum. Establish the extra mass relative to that baseline; do not deduct the same mass twice.
- The trailer-rating baseline uses 10% conventional tongue load. Enter actual measured tongue weight or an explicit estimate; the calculator does not create a tongue-weight measurement.
- Tongue load, people, cargo and added equipment remain subject to the vehicle payload placard, GVWR and axle ratings. None of those individual vehicle labels are supplied by this table.
- Unknown body dimensions, transmission detail, trim or drivetrain remain unverified; a blank field does not establish applicability to every variant.
- Equipment required for this selected cell: Class II Trailer Tow Package (536).
- Confirm trim eligibility for package 536: the source names ST-Line Select, ST-Line Elite, Platinum and PHEV as applicable by powertrain.
- The guide records a 2026 model-year sales availability restriction for California, Massachusetts, Oregon, New York, Washington and Vermont; this catalog does not assess registration or emissions compliance.
Weight carrying and weight distribution
Enter the installed receiver label in weight-carrying mode. Published vehicle trailer ratings do not establish the ball, ball mount, coupler or actual installed receiver capacities.
Trailer limit: Check your installed component label. Tongue limit: Check your installed component label.
Enter the installed receiver and weight-distributing equipment labels and verify model-specific instructions. No equipment capacity or transfer percentage is inferred.
Trailer limit: Check your installed component label. Tongue limit: Check your installed component label.
Weight distribution does not raise factory ratings. Axle loads and vehicle mass in the adjusted state require measurements. Receiver, ball mount, ball, and coupler must each be checked.
Fact provenance
Gross combined weight rating · 5,785 lb
2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide v2 · PDF page 42 · Conventional towing — maximum loaded trailer weight; 2.5L I4 Plug-in Hybrid; Automatic; FWD; 2.91 axle; 5,785-lb GCWR; GCWR column
Revision: v2; selected page has no separate revision stamp. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Ford Escape; 2.5L I4 Plug-in Hybrid; Automatic; FWD; 2.91 axle; 5,785-lb GCWR; Class II Trailer Tow Package (536).
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. Match the complete manufacturer table row, including powertrain, body, axle ratio, GCWR and equipment conditions.
- Published maximum assumes required equipment, no cargo, a 150-lb driver and a 150-lb passenger. It is a configuration table maximum, not a vehicle-specific label or measured mass.
- Ford RV guide PDF page 7 requires additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch mass to be deducted from the published trailer maximum. Establish the extra mass relative to that baseline; do not deduct the same mass twice.
- The trailer-rating baseline uses 10% conventional tongue load. Enter actual measured tongue weight or an explicit estimate; the calculator does not create a tongue-weight measurement.
- Tongue load, people, cargo and added equipment remain subject to the vehicle payload placard, GVWR and axle ratings. None of those individual vehicle labels are supplied by this table.
- Unknown body dimensions, transmission detail, trim or drivetrain remain unverified; a blank field does not establish applicability to every variant.
- Equipment required for this selected cell: Class II Trailer Tow Package (536).
- Confirm trim eligibility for package 536: the source names ST-Line Select, ST-Line Elite, Platinum and PHEV as applicable by powertrain.
- The guide records a 2026 model-year sales availability restriction for California, Massachusetts, Oregon, New York, Washington and Vermont; this catalog does not assess registration or emissions compliance.
Published trailer rating · 1,500 lb
2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide v2 · PDF page 42 · Conventional towing — maximum loaded trailer weight; 2.5L I4 Plug-in Hybrid; Automatic; FWD; 2.91 axle; 5,785-lb GCWR
Revision: v2; selected page has no separate revision stamp. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Ford Escape; 2.5L I4 Plug-in Hybrid; Automatic; FWD; 2.91 axle; 5,785-lb GCWR; Class II Trailer Tow Package (536).
- Conventional ball-hitch trailer only. Match the complete manufacturer table row, including powertrain, body, axle ratio, GCWR and equipment conditions.
- Published maximum assumes required equipment, no cargo, a 150-lb driver and a 150-lb passenger. It is a configuration table maximum, not a vehicle-specific label or measured mass.
- Ford RV guide PDF page 7 requires additional options, passengers, cargo and hitch mass to be deducted from the published trailer maximum. Establish the extra mass relative to that baseline; do not deduct the same mass twice.
- The trailer-rating baseline uses 10% conventional tongue load. Enter actual measured tongue weight or an explicit estimate; the calculator does not create a tongue-weight measurement.
- Tongue load, people, cargo and added equipment remain subject to the vehicle payload placard, GVWR and axle ratings. None of those individual vehicle labels are supplied by this table.
- Unknown body dimensions, transmission detail, trim or drivetrain remain unverified; a blank field does not establish applicability to every variant.
- Equipment required for this selected cell: Class II Trailer Tow Package (536).
- Confirm trim eligibility for package 536: the source names ST-Line Select, ST-Line Elite, Platinum and PHEV as applicable by powertrain.
- The guide records a 2026 model-year sales availability restriction for California, Massachusetts, Oregon, New York, Washington and Vermont; this catalog does not assess registration or emissions compliance.
Trailer frontal area · 30 sq ft
2026 Ford RV & Trailer Towing Guide v2 · PDF page 42 · Frontal area limitation
Revision: v2; selected page has no separate revision stamp. Reviewed: 2026-09-22. Status: verified. Scope: US 2026 Ford Escape; 2.5L I4 Plug-in Hybrid; Automatic; FWD; 2.91 axle; 5,785-lb GCWR; Class II Trailer Tow Package (536).
- Applies to the selected conventional-trailer configuration and its stated towing package.
- Frontal area is an independent manufacturer performance restriction. Mass calculations do not evaluate it.
Other source rows, different limits.
These configurations have different published numbers. Match all equipment conditions before comparing.
| Configuration | Body / wheelbase | Drive / axle | GCWR (lb) | Trailer rating (lb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5L I4 Hybrid Automatic Class II Trailer Tow Package (536) | See source applicability | AWD 2.91 | 5,624 2,551 kg | 1,500 680 kg |
| 1.5L EcoBoost I3 Automatic Dealer-accessory towing equipment | See source applicability | FWD 3.81 | 5,635 2,556 kg | 2,000 907 kg |
| 1.5L EcoBoost I3 Automatic Dealer-accessory towing equipment | See source applicability | AWD 3.81 | 5,790 2,626 kg | 2,000 907 kg |