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Towing bracket device
WARNING
The towing bracket ball coupling must be
stored secur
ely in the luggage compart-
ment to prevent them being flung through
the vehicle and causing injury.
Note
●
By law, the ball coupling must be r
e-
moved if a trailer is not being towed if it ob-
scures the number plate.
Driving with a trailer
Fig. 303 Turn the 13-pin connector.
Before driving
●
Grip the 13-pin connector at area
A
and
r
emo
v
e it in the direction of the arrow
›››
Fig. 303.
●
Remove the protective cover
5
›
›
›
Fig. 291
upwards.
After driving
●
Grip the 13-pin connector at area
A
and
insert it in the opposit
e dir
ection t
o the arrow
›››
Fig. 303.
●
Fit the protective cover
5
›
›
›
Fig. 291 on
the ball coupling.
Safety lug
The safety lug
B
›
›
›
Fig. 303 is used to hook
up the trailer's retainer cable.
On hooking it up to the safety lug, the retainer
cable should have slack in all the trailer po-
sitions with respect to the vehicle (sharp
bends, reverse gear, etc.).
Headlights
The front part of the vehicle may be raised
when the trailer is connected and the light
may dazzle the rest of the traffic.
Adapt the height of the headlights using the
headlight range adjuster
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page 149
1)
.
WARNING
●
Never use the saf
ety lug to tow!
●
Adjust your speed to suit the road and
traffic conditions.
●
All work on the electrical system must be
carried out only by specialised workshops.
●
Never connect the trailer's electric sys-
tem to the electrical connections of the
rear lights or any other power sources.
●
After hooking up the trailer and connect-
ing the socket, check that all the trailer's
rear lights are working properly.
Note
●
If there is any fault in the tr
ailer's lighting,
check the fuses in the instrument panel
fuse box
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page 51.
●
The contact between the retainer cable
and the safety lug may give rise to me-
chanical wear in the lug's surface protec-
tion. This wear will not prevent the safety
lug from operating properly or cause any
fault and is excluded from the warranty.
●
When connecting and disconnecting the
trailer, the towing vehicle's handbrake
should be applied.
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1)
This does not apply for vehicles with Full LED
xenon headlights.
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