Might have damaged my dad's X-trail :(

So just now I got the Samurai towed to the shop because I don't know what more to do with it. It was towed by my dad's X-trail with a nylon strap between the recovery hooks. My dad's not big on car stuff so I tried to give him some instruction in towing. Unfortunately my dad also isn't big on instructions.

On the first big corner he moved off slowly but didn't take the slack out of the line first, so BANG the X-trail jerks back like it was tied to a tree as its momentum meets the sammy's inertia. Keeping the slack out of the line and preventing the jerking from getting exponentially worse wasn't easy for me either. There were a few more violent jerks as my dad learned that even slightly unstable speed = bad.

So we finally got there but my dad says the X-trail's been squeaking since the first corner. It made the noise as we moved off as well, it sounded like the "fidgety brake caliper" noise I'm so familiar with. It only did it once but I'm worried that my dad's new X-trail could be damaged, it's a unibody car after all. I imagine the recovery hook would act as a "failsafe" in that it should deform or tear off before damaging the frame...the vehicle still drives nice and straight.

Should we get it checked out or is it nothing to worry about?

probably should have it looked at... unibody's can tear pretty easy.

An old tire makes a great shock absorber when used between a tow vehicle and a towed vehicle. That requires two straps, though (or another way to attach the tire to the tow vehicle). I've also hanged a tire over the front of my car so I could push a car off the interstate and to a shop.

I know that doesn't help your situation, but without seeing the squeaky vehicle, I doubt we'll be able to diagnose it.