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Originally Posted by Manualhybrid
And it may affect the lubrication of your automatic transmission. Check your model of car to see if it is OK for 'dinghy-towing' or 'four-wheel towing' as if behind a motorhome. If it is not OK for dinghy-towing it may mean that with the engine off, lubricating fluid does not cycle through the moving parts of your transmission--even though you are in neutral. I used to engine-off-coast (EOC) in my automatic transmission Matrix till I was advised of checking whether the model was approved for dinghy-towing and, sure enough, it is not approved! I don't EOC anymore, fearing damage to my car. I just coast, engine on, in neutral.
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You are approved for towing up to something like 20km at 30kph on the Matrix - I don't have the numbers right at hand - but it allows for low speed flat towing in an emergency, or towing with the rear end lifted with a standard tow truck.