Fourth generation (XU70)

2025 Toyota Highlander towing capacity

Max towing, 20255,000 lb

Maker2,268 kg

The 2025 Toyota Highlander tows up to 5,000 lb (5 trims 2.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder All-wheel drive, per Toyota’s 2025 Highlander Product Information).

One more configuration is rated the same.

2025 Highlander (2.4L turbo) Product Information

Configurations: 13

2020 Toyota Highlander XLE AWD, front three-quarter view — Photo: Kevauto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized.

01 / Ratings

Every 2025 Highlander configuration

13 configurations Toyota sells, each with the ratings Toyota publishes for it. A package that changes a rating gets its own row.

2025 Toyota Highlander

Makerin pounds

2025 Toyota Highlander towing capacity, GCWR, payload and tongue weight by configuration, in pounds
Configuration	Max towing^{source 1} lb	GVWR^{source 1} lb	Axle^{source 1} ratio	Tow check
2.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder
XLE · XSE · Limited · Platinum · LE MostAll-wheel drive	5,000	5,970	3.329	Check load →
XLE · Limited · LE MostFront-wheel drive	5,000	5,870	3.329	Check load →
2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid
XLE · Limited · Platinum · XLE Hybrid Nightshade Edition · Limited Hybrid 25th EditionAll-wheel drive	up to 3,500^{source 2}	6,000^{source 3}	3.638^{source 3}	Check load →

“Not published”: the maker doesn’t print it. —: not in the documents we hold yet. A number by a column’s name is the source of its figures that have none of their own. Scroll the table sideways for every rating.

SourcesMakerThe small number by a figure says which document it is from.

Documents last checked Oct 9, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

2025 Toyota Highlander specs: payload, dimensions, ground clearance and weight beside the towing ratings.

The 2025 Highlander belongs to this generation; every configuration, its clearance, angles and weights are on its page.

Toyota Highlander XU70 (2020–present): full specs

02 / Why

Which one tows the most, and why

Each figure below is the gap between two of Toyota’s own ratings for configurations that differ in one thing only.

What moves the rating

Maker

Tows the most: 5,000 lb

5 trims 2.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder All-wheel drive; one more configuration is rated the same.

Best rating by engine

2.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder5,000 lb
2.5L 4-cylinder hybridup to 3,500 lb

The line is the highest rating on this page. Each bar is that engine’s best configuration.

03 / By year

Highlander towing by model year

The highest rating each model year, from that year’s documents. Years rated the same in every configuration share one page.

04 / Next

Check it against your load

Towing calculatorPut your trailer and cargo against a 2025 Highlander’s ratings and see what’s left.Check my load GVWR, GCWR & payloadWhat each rating limits, and why the trailer number alone isn’t the answer.Read the guide Highlander specsClearance, angles, weights and the rig builder for every configuration.Open the spec plate Highlander tire sizesStock tire and wheel sizes by trim, and what bigger tires change.See tire sizes All towing capacitiesEvery truck and SUV we cover, side by side, sortable.Compare vehicles

05 / FAQ

Questions people ask

Which 2025 Highlander configuration tows the most?

The 5 trims 2.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder All-wheel drive, at 5,000 lb; one more configuration is rated the same.

Has the Toyota Highlander’s towing capacity changed by year?

Highest rating by model year: 2026, 5,000 lb; 2025, 5,000 lb; 2024, 5,000 lb; 2023, 5,000 lb; 2021–2022, 5,000 lb; 2020, 5,000 lb.

Does four-wheel drive change the 2025 Highlander’s towing capacity?

No: Toyota rates each configuration the same with either drive (3 pairs in its table).

Does the engine change the 2025 Highlander’s towing capacity?

Yes. Best rating by engine: 2.4L turbocharged 4-cylinder, 5,000 lb; 2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid, up to 3,500 lb.

What is the GVWR of the 2025 Toyota Highlander?

5,870–6,000 lb by configuration; the most is 6,000 lb, for the 5 trims 2.5L 4-cylinder hybrid All-wheel drive. GVWR is the most the vehicle may weigh with its people, cargo and the trailer’s tongue weight aboard.

These are Toyota’s published ratings, not a weighbridge. Your own vehicle’s GVWR and axle ratings are on its certification label, and only a scale tells you what your loaded rig weighs. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.