Towing The Vehicle - Skoda citigo Owner's Manual

Jump-starting using the battery from another vehicle
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Read and observe and
The starting process using the battery of another vehicle requires the use of
jumper cables.
The jump-start cables must be attached in the following sequence.
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Attach clamp to the positive terminal of the discharged battery
1
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A
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Attach clamp to the positive terminal of the battery supplying power
2
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Attach clamp to the negative terminal of the battery supplying power
3
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Attach the clamp to a solid metal component firmly connected to the en-
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gine block or to the engine block itself.
Starting engine
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Start the engine on the vehicle providing the power and allow it to idle.
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Start the engine of the vehicle with the discharged battery.
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If the engine does not start, halt the attempt to start the engine after 10 sec-
onds and wait for 30 seconds before repeating the process.
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Disconnect the cables in exactly the reverse order to the one described
above.
Both batteries must have a rated voltage of 12 V. The capacity (Ah) of the bat-
tery supplying the power must not be significantly less than the capacity of
the discharged battery in your vehicle.
Jump-start cables
Only use jump-start cables which have an adequately large cross-section and
insulated terminal clamps. Observe the instructions of the jumper lead manu-
facturer.
Positive cable – colour coding in the majority of cases is red.
Fig. 113
Jump-starting: A – flat battery, B
– battery providing current
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Negative cable – colour coding in the majority of cases is black.
Jump-starting in vehicles with the START-STOP system
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Read and observe
On vehicles with the START-STOP system, the jump-start cable of the charger
must never be connected directly to the negative pole of the vehicle battery,
but only to the engine earth
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B

Towing the vehicle

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B
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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Front towing eye
Vehicles with manual transmission may be towed in with a tow bar or a tow
rope or with the front or rear wheels raised.
Vehicles with automatic transmission may 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 auto-
matic gearbox is damaged!
When towing, the following guidelines must be observed.
Driver of the tow vehicle
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Engage the clutch gently when starting off or depress the accelerator partic-
ularly gently if the vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox.
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Only then approach correctly when the rope is taut.
The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
Fig. 114
Engine earth: START-STOP sys-
tem
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» Fig. 114.
Emergency equipment and self-help
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