Read the owner's manual again a bit more carefully: Tow with 4-wheels down in neutral. On a dolly in park (it actually will probably say on a dolly according to the dolly manufacturer's instructions). Yup,
owner's manual page 223:
Quote:
You can tow your vehicle with all four
wheels on the ground or with the front
wheels off the ground by using a tow dolly.
If you are using a tow dolly follow the
instructions specified by the equipment
provider.
If you tow your vehicle with all four wheels
on the ground:
• Tow only in the forward direction.
• Release the parking brake.
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When we had our C-Max Energi (different car same powertrain, however) we always towed it on our Acme dolly in park with no ABS issues at all (I believe the ABS gets upset because it notices that the rear wheel positions have changed with respect to the fronts and it freaks out--a couple key cycles and its happy again. Had the same issue when I towed our Focus Electric; that traction control was not happy about that at all!).
Towed the C-Max a few thousand miles before the lease was up.
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