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Breakdown assistance
Rear towing eye
– Take the cover out of the bumper
Fig. 215 Rear bumper:
Removing cover
Fig. 216 Rear bumper:
Installing the towing
eye
⇒ fig.
215.
– Screw in the towing eye anticlockwise down to the stop
⇒ fig. 216
and tighten up using the wheel wrench (push the
wheel wrench through eye).
– Put the cover in place after screwing out the towing eye again
and press into place. The cover must engage firmly.
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 jump start cables ⇒ page 281 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.
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