Skoda Fabia 2003 Owner's Manual page 209

208 Breakdown assistance
The car can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope or with the front or
rear wheels raised. The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
Towing of a vehicle with an automatic gearbox
Please refer to the notes ⇒ page 205.
The car can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope. Refer at the same
time to the following guidelines:
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Move selector lever into N.
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The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
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The maximum permissible towing distance is 50 km. The gear oil
pump does not operate when the engine is not running and the gear would
not be adequately lubricated at higher speeds and over longer towing
distance.
If the vehicle is towed in by a recovery vehicle, the vehicle should only be
towed in with the front wheels raised. The drive shafts drive the front
wheels. The drive shafts will rotate backwards when the vehicle is raised
at the rear - that is it runs backwards. Here the planetary gears in the auto-
matic gearbox will rotate at such a high speed that the gearbox will suffer
severe damage within a short time.
Note
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.