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Towing eye
The front towing eye is welded on behind the bumper on the right.
– Carefully pull the protective grille
hand area of the bumper.
Rear towing eye
The rear towing eye is welded on below the rear bumper on the right.
Tow-starting a vehicle
If the engine does not start, we generally do not recommend to
tow-start your vehicle. One should attempt to start the engine
Using the system
Safety
Fig. 181 Front
bumper: Protective
grille for the towing eye
⇒ fig. 181
off in the right-
Driving Tips
using jump start cables ⇒ page 236 or call on the services of the
SERVICE mobile.
If your vehicle has to be towed:
– Engage 2nd or 3rd gear with the vehicle stationary.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully and keep it depressed.
– Switch on the ignition.
– Wait until both vehicles are moving then release the clutch
pedal slowly.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully when the engine fires and take
the vehicle out of gear.
For technical reasons it is not possible to tow-start a car fitted with an
automatic gearbox.
WARNING
There is high risk of having an accident when tow-starting a
vehicle, when for example the towed vehicle runs into the towing
vehicle.
Caution
Vehicles which are fitted with a catalytic converter should not be tow-
started over a distance of more than 50 metres. Unburnt fuel may get into
the catalytic converter and damage it.
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Breakdown assistance
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Technical Data
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