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Nuclear Nick

Member Since: 21 Aug 2021
Location: Southwest
Posts: 307

nebc100 wrote:
I know that is what is in the iGUIDE… I wanted to know what is actually marked in your CoC or in your car papers.

The reason is that I have a trailer that is exceeding the 150kg limit and on the JLR site it even says that the deployable bar can take 350kg.

But my CoC says 150kg which would mean that I cannot tow my trailer!!

I know this is dragging on a bit.....but your question re CoC got me looking out of curiosity. The ONLY place I can find a reference to the maximum certified trailer nose weight is the iGuide. There is nothing on any sticker on the car, nothing in any documentation I was given at handover and in the printed owners' manual in the section on towing it refers back to the iGuide for weight limits.

Different countries may have other requirements but I have no CoC. 23.5MY 90 V8 Carpathian grey

22nd May 2025 10:53am

nebc100

Member Since: 07 Nov 2023
Location: Altlinster
Posts: 108

Thanks Nick... finally someone has answered the question that I initially asked.

Just out of interest... do you not have CoCs in the UK?

I know that in France they don't deliver them with new vehicles, but everywhere else that I know of give it automatically when you purchase your vehicle.

The issue is that the iGuide is not actually classified as a legal document, and the towbar itself has 350Kg marked on it.

22nd May 2025 10:57am

Nuclear Nick

Member Since: 21 Aug 2021
Location: Southwest
Posts: 307

I guess JLR has the legal certification but customers here aren't given a copy.

So I can only go by the iGuide. As you know, that says 150kg in the 'Maximum weight' column for the Nose Weight (Certified). I have to assume that the key words here are 'maximum' and 'certified'.

I did have a, admittedly fairly quick, look at my deployed tow ball and didn't see any weight markings. 23.5MY 90 V8 Carpathian grey

22nd May 2025 11:23am

Crazymind

Member Since: 11 Jun 2024
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 268

nebc100 wrote:
Thanks Nick... finally someone has answered the question that I initially asked.

Just out of interest... do you not have CoCs in the UK?

I know that in France they don't deliver them with new vehicles, but everywhere else that I know of give it automatically when you purchase your vehicle.

The issue is that the iGuide is not actually classified as a legal document, and the towbar itself has 350Kg marked on it.

No cocS in Uk just plenty of Diks

22nd May 2025 9:13pm

martinf

Member Since: 30 Nov 2020
Location: Sussex
Posts: 106

The owners manual contains 68 pages of Declarations of Conformity. It might be worth getting hold of one and reading through to see if there is anything relevant in there.

23rd May 2025 9:22am

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1781

nebc100 wrote:
Miker… I know about the tongue weight and am measuring at the right height.

If you read my initial question, I asked if someone could check on their CoC to see what is marked there as here in Luxembourg it is marked as 150kg and I want to see if there is anywhere in Europe (note I am not saying EU) that has it as 350kg like in AU.

Regarding the 3500kg MAM… no… I do NOT exceed it!!

@TexasRover… it is not about the horses moving!! It is because the trailer has a nose weight of 160-180kg even when it is EMPTY so this is not related to the horses moving about!!

I have two choices…

1. Try to get the nose weight on my LRs increase,
2. Get the balance of the trailer sorted to reduce the nose weight.

Since I am looking in to all possibilities, I would hoping that someone on here would have been kind enough to ASSIST and answer the question that I had asked rather than simply make silly unhelpful remarks.

Sorry I was obviously mistaken so I will take back my question and hope that JLR will finally answer with something that makes sense!!

Thanks all the same.

Figure it out yourself then, you clearly know best. no skin off my nose

23rd May 2025 10:23am

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