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WARNING
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Take care with the towing device - it may cause injury.
■
When swinging out the ball rod away from the central area of the rear
bumper, there is a danger of injury to the legs.
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Do not manipulate the switch while a trailer or another accessory is cou-
pled to the tow bar. The tow bar could come loose - risk of accident and
injury.
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If the indicator light it supplied the switch does not light or flashes, or if
the tow bar can not engage, then do not use this. Seek help from a special-
ist garage.
Note
When not using the towing device, always swing the tow bar under the bump-
er.
Vertical load with mounted accessories
Read and observe on page 247 first.
When using the accessories (e.g. bicycle carrier), the maximum length and the
permissible total weight including load must be considered.
The maximum length of the mounted accessories (from the ball of the towing
device) is 70 cm.
The permissible total weight of the installed accessories including the load
complies to the maximum trailer load on trailers, but may not exceed 75 kg.
This also applies if the maximum trailer load on trailers is e.g. 80 kg.
This value applies when the centre of gravity of the load is a max. of 30 cm
from the ball head of the tow bar.
If the distance of the load’s centre of gravity from the ball head of the tow-
ing device increases, the permissible total weight of the accessory, includ-
ing the load, decreases approximately by half (e.g. at a distance of 60 cm
from the ball head).
CAUTION
Never exceed the permissible total weight of the accessories incl. load and
maximum length of the accessories - There is a risk of damage to the towing
device.
Note
We recommend that you use accessories from ŠKODA Original Accessories.
Using hitch
Trailer (accessory) connect and disconnect
Fig. 290
Housing of the 13 pin socket,
safety eyelet
Connect / disconnect
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Swing out the tow bar » page 247.
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Place the trailer (the accessory) onto the ball head.
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Open the socket cap and insert the plug of the trailer (accessories) into the
13-pin socket
A
» Fig. 290. (If the trailer / accessories have a 7-pin connec-
tor, use a corresponding reduction piece from the ŠKODA Original Accesso-
ries).
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Suspend the breakaway cable of the trailer at the safety eyelet
B
(the
breakaway cable must sag in all trailer settings in view of the vehicle).
Uncoupling takes place in reverse order.
Exterior mirrors
You should have additional exterior mirrors fitted if you are not able to see the
traffic behind the trailer using the standard rear-view mirrors.
248
Driving
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