Towing The Vehicle - Skoda 2011 Yeti Owner's Manual

222 Breakdown assistance
Jump-starting on vehicles with the "START-STOP" system
One vehicles with the "START STOP" system, the negative cable of the charger must
never be connected directly to the negative pole of the vehicle battery, but only to
 fig.
the engine earth 186.

Towing the vehicle

General
Vehicles with manual transmission can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope or
with the front or rear wheels raised.
Vehicles with automatic transmission can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope
or with the front wheels raised. If the vehicle is raised at rear, the automatic gearbox
is damaged!
Vehicles with four-wheel drive can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope or with
the front wheels raised.
A tow bar is safest way of towing a vehicle and also minimizes any shocks. You can
use a tow rope only if a suitable tow bar is not available.
Refer to the following guidelines when towing:
Driver of the towing vehicle
– Release the clutch particularly gently when starting off or depress the acceler-
ator particularly gently if your vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox.
– On vehicles with manual transmission, only push down on the accelerator pedal
once the rope is taught.
Fig. 186 Jump-starting on vehicles with
the START-STOP system
The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
Driver of the towed vehicle
– Switch the ignition on so that the steering wheel is not blocked and you can also
operate the turn signal lights, the headlight flasher, the windscreen wipers and
windscreen washer system.
– Take the vehicle out of gear or move the selector lever into position N if your
vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox.
Note that the brake servo unit and power steering only operate if the engine is
running. You will require significantly greater physical force to depress the brake
pedal and to steer the vehicle if the engine is not running.
When using a tow rope, always ensure that the tow rope is always kept taught.
Caution

Do not tow start the engine - danger of damaging the engine On vehicles with
a catalytic converter, unburnt fuel may get into the catalytic converter where it may
ignite. This in turn may damage or destroy the catalytic converter. You can use the
battery of another vehicle as a jump-start aid  page 220, "Jump-starting".

If the gearbox of your vehicle no longer contains any oil because of a defect,
your vehicle must only be towed in with the driven wheels raised clear of the
ground, or on a special vehicle transporter or trailer.

The vehicle must be transported on a special vehicle or trailer if it is not possible
to tow in the vehicle in the way described or if the towing distance is greater than
50 km.

To protect both vehicles when tow-starting or towing, the tow rope should be
elastic. Thus one should only use plastic fibre rope or a rope made out of a similarly
elastic material.

One should be constantly vigilant not to allow impermissibly high towing forces
or jerky loadings. There is always a risk of excessive stresses and damage resulting
at the points to which you attach the tow rope or tow bar when you attempt to tow
a vehicle which is not standing on a paved road.

Attach the tow rope or the tow bar only to the towing eyes provided for this
purpose  page 223, "Front towing eye" and  page 223, "Rear towing eye"
Note

Towing another vehicle requires a certain amount of practice. Both drivers
should be familiar with the particular points about towing a vehicle. Unskilled
drivers should not attempt to tow in another vehicle or to be towed in.