Installing Towing Eye Bolt - Mercedes-Benz 2006 SLK 280 Operator's Manual

Practical hints
Towing the vehicle
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The gear selector lever* will remain
locked in position P (vehicles with au-
tomatic transmission*) and the
SmartKey will not turn in the starter
switch if the battery is disconnected or
discharged. See notes on the battery
( page 421) or on jump starting
( page 424).
Vehicles with automatic transmission*:
For information on manual unlocking of
gear selector lever, see ( page 396).

Installing towing eye bolt

The towing eye bolt is supplied with the ve-
hicle tool kit, located in the compartment
underneath the trunk floor ( page 388).
The towing eyes are located on the passen-
ger side in the front and rear bumper.
Take vehicle tool kit out of trunk
( page 388).
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Front cover
1 Cover in front bumper
Removing
Press mark on cover 1.
Cover 1 springs open at the top right
corner.
Pull at the protruding part of cover 1
and fold cover down to reveal the
threaded hole for the towing eye bolt.
Do not disconnect cover 1 from its
check strap.
Screw towing eye bolt in to its end stop
and tighten with lug wrench.
Installing
Unscrew the towing eye bolt using the
lug wrench.
To reinstall cover 1, tilt the marked
lower left corner towards the opening.
Maintaining its tilted position, insert
cover 1 by applying the latches at the
top left and lower right corner into the
opening.
To close cover 1, press on the diago-
nal opposite side of the marked corner
until it fully engages.
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Make sure the cover's check strap
does not get caught when closing.