Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...
Emergencies
Bear in mind the instructions for towing
›
›
›
page 54
.
Fitting the t
o
wline anchor
age
●
Remove the towing eye from the vehicle
tool kit in the luggage compartment
›››
page 41.
●
Remove the cover by pressing down on its
base and leave it hanging from the vehicle
›››
Fig. 48.
●
Screw the towing eye in the housing by
turning it as far as it will go anticlock-
wise
›››
Fig. 49
›››
. Use a suitable object
that can compl
et
ely and secur
ely tight
en the
t
o
wing eye in its housing.
●
Aft
er towing, unscrew the towing eye
clockwise with a suitable object.
●
Insert the upper flange of the lid into the
opening of the bumper and press the lower
side of the lid until it is inserted into the bump-
er.
●
Clean the towing eye if necessary and then
store it in the luggage compartment along
with the other vehicle tools.
CAUTION
The towing eye must always be completely
and firmly tightened. Otherwise, it could be
released while t
owing and tow-starting.
Rear towline anchorage
Fig. 50
On the right side of the rear bumper:
r
emo
v
e the co
v
er
.
Fig. 51 On the right side of the rear bumper:
t
o
wline anchor
age in position.
The housing of the screw towing eye is on the
right side of the r
ear bumper behind a lid
›
›
›
Fig. 50
.
V
ehicl
es equipped as standard with a towing
bracket do not have any housing for the
screw towing eye behind the lid. In this case,
the tow hitch needs to be extracted or instal-
led and used for towing
›››
page 332,
›››
.
Bear in mind the instructions f
or t
o
wing
›
›
›
page 54
.
Assemble the rear towing eye (cars with-
out a factory-equipped towing bracket)
●
Remove the towing eye from the vehicle
tool kit in the luggage compartment
›››
page 41.
●
Press the bottom side of the lid
›››
Fig. 50 to
unclip it.
●
Remove the lid and let it hang from the ve-
hicle.
●
Screw the towline anchorage into the hous-
ing by turning it as far as it will go anticlock-
wise
›››
Fig. 51
›››
. Use a suitable object that
can compl
et
ely and secur
ely tight
en the t
o
w-
ing eye in its housing.
●
Aft
er towing, unscrew the towing eye
clockwise with a suitable object.
●
Insert the upper flange of the lid into the
opening of the bumper and press the lower
side of the lid until the upper flange is inserted
into the bumper.
●
Clean the towing eye if necessary and then
store it in the luggage compartment along
with the other vehicle tools.
56
Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...