AWD & 4WD Vehicle Towing in Bergen County, NJ

Subaru, Audi Quattro, BMW xDrive, Mercedes 4MATIC, Land Rover, Jeep, a huge share of Bergen County vehicles are AWD, and every one of them requires flatbed transport. Towing an AWD car with any wheels on the ground can destroy the transfer case and driveline, a repair that costs thousands.

Every XXCELL tow rides on a flatbed, so your AWD vehicle is automatically transported the correct way, all four wheels off the ground, secured with soft straps.

If another towing company shows up with a wheel-lift truck for your AWD vehicle, send them away and call us.

A huge share of Bergen County's vehicles are all-wheel drive, Subarus, Audi Quattros, BMW xDrives, Mercedes 4MATICs, Jeeps, Land Rovers, and nearly every modern SUV and crossover. What many owners don't know is that towing an AWD vehicle incorrectly can destroy the transfer case and driveline, a repair that routinely runs into the thousands.

The danger comes from the wheels turning during transport. Even with the engine off, wheels rolling on the road spin the driveline and transfer case, generating heat and wear the system was never meant to take while being towed. The only safe method is a flatbed, with all four wheels completely off the ground.

Because every XXCELL tow is a flatbed tow, your AWD vehicle is automatically transported the right way, no special request needed, no premium for doing it correctly. If another company sends a wheel-lift truck for your AWD car and starts dragging it down the road, stop them and call us instead.

If your vehicle sends power to all four wheels, the towing method is not a preference:

• Subaru Symmetrical AWD across the whole range
• Audi quattro and Volkswagen 4Motion
• BMW xDrive and Mercedes 4MATIC
• Jeep, Land Rover, and full-time 4WD trucks
• Nearly every modern crossover and SUV
• AWD versions of otherwise front-drive sedans
• Any AWD vehicle that is stuck, dead, or damaged

The danger is not the engine, it is the driveline. With wheels rolling on the road, the drive shafts, differentials, and transfer case keep turning whether the car is running or not, and on a full-time system that generates heat with no lubrication pump working to manage it. Damage may not announce itself the day of the tow. It shows up weeks later as a whine, a shudder on turns, or a transfer case that needs replacing, and the repair routinely runs into the thousands. If a wheel-lift truck arrives for your AWD vehicle and starts lifting one axle, stop it.

Every AWD and 4WD configuration on the road, plus AWD electric vehicles like the Tesla Model Y, Rivian R1S, and Audi e-tron, which combine two reasons to require a flatbed.

Because our entire fleet is flatbed, your AWD vehicle rides fully off the ground by default. There is no special request, no premium for doing it properly, and no chance of a wheel-lift showing up by mistake.

We dispatch 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from our base at 4 West Palisades Avenue in Englewood, covering every town in Bergen County including Ridgewood, Tenafly, Ramsey, Westwood, and Hillsdale. Every job is quoted upfront before the truck rolls, and our USDOT registration (4301989) is on the side of the bed where you can read it.

• Flatbed Towing how the loading works
• EV & Tesla Towing for AWD electrics
• Winch-Out & Recovery if it is stuck rather than broken