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Originally Posted by saunders1313
What about an ignition kill switch, would that get around the problem of not being able to flat tow the car?
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No. An ignition kill switch does nothing to address the problems some vehicle have with flat tow.
When you flat tow, the turning of the drive wheels turns some of the internals of the transmission. If the design of the transmission is such that the transmission fluid is pumped through the system in the same manner as when the engine drives the transmission, then everything is A-OK. If the design of the transmission is such that the transmission fluid is NOT pumped through the system in the same manner as when the engine drives the transmission, then parts of the transmission are subject to overheating - potentially leading to premature failure - particularly if you flat tow the vehicle for a significant distance.