Trailer; Mount Accessories - Skoda Fabia Owner's Manual

CAUTION
If the operating lever is held firm and not pushed downwards as far as it
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can go, it will go back up after the ball head is removed and will not latch into
the ready position. The ball head then needs to be brought into this position
before the next time it is fitted » page
Place the tow bar in the standby position, with the key upwards, and store in
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the box - otherwise there is a risk of damage to the key!
Do not use excessive force when handling the operating lever (e.g. do not
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step on it).
Note
Clean any dirt from the ball head before stowing it away in the box with the
vehicle tool kit.

Mount accessories

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Read and observe and
An accessory can be mounted on the ball head of the towing device (such as a
bike carrier).
If this accessory is used, the maximum permissible protrusion of the towing
device ball head and the permissible gross vehicle weight of the accessory in-
cluding load is to be observed.
The maximum permissible protrusion for the ball head of the towing device is
70 cm » Fig. 161.
The total allowable weight of the accessory including load, changes with in-
creasing distance of the centre of gravity of the load from the ball head of the
towing device.
132
Driving
128, Adjusting the ready position.
Fig. 161
Depiction of the maximum per-
missible protrusion of the ball
head of the towing hitch and of
the permissible total weight of
the accessory including the load,
depending on the load centre of
gravity
on page 127 first.
Distance of the load centre of gravity
from the ball head
0 cm
30 cm
60 cm
70 cm
WARNING
Never exceed the permissible gross weight of the accessory including
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load - there is a risk of damaging the towing device.
Never exceed the permissible protrusion of the ball head including towing
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device - there is a risk of damaging the towing device.
Note
We recommend that you use the accessories from ŠKODA Original Accessories.

Trailer

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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Trailer, connect and disconnect
Loading a trailer
Trailer
Towing a trailer
Anti-theft alarm system
The trailer can be hitched to the ball head of the towing device.
Permissible total weight of the ac-
cessories, including load
50 kg
50 kg
25 kg
0 kg
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134
135
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