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550 Breakdown assistance
Fitting and removing the towing eye
Pull out cover 1.
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Screw in the towing eye clockwise as far as it
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will go and tighten.
After removing the towing eye, engage the
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cover
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in the bumper.
* NOTE Damage to the vehicle due to incor-
rect use of the towing eye or trailer hitch
When a towing eye or trailer hitch is used to
recover a vehicle, the vehicle may be damaged
in the process.
Only use the towing eye or trailer hitch to
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tow away or tow start the vehicle.
Do not use the towing eye or trailer hitch
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to tow the vehicle during recovery.
Tow-starting the vehicle (emergency engine start)
* NOTE Damage to the automatic transmis-
sion due to tow-starting
Tow-starting the vehicle can damage the auto-
matic transmission.
Do not tow-start the vehicle.
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Do not tow-start the vehicle.
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Electrical fuses
Notes on electrical fuses
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury due
to overloaded lines
If you manipulate or bridge a faulty fuse or if
you replace it with a fuse with a higher amper-
age, the electric line could be overloaded.
This could result in a fire.
Always replace faulty fuses with speci-
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fied new fuses containing the correct
amperage.
* NOTE Damage due to incorrect fuses
Using incorrect fuses can result in damage to
electrical components or systems or their
functions being considerably restricted.
Use only fuses approved for Mercedes-
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Benz with the respective specified fuse
rating.
Blown fuses must be replaced with fuses of the
same rating, which you can recognise by the col-
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