Roof Racks 3; Towing Equipment 3; Towing - Vauxhall Vivaro Owner's Manual

118 Drivin g and operatio n
O nly fine-mesh chains - not protruding
more tha n 15 mm on the tyre trea d and
inboard sides (including chain lock).
Wheel covers on steel wheels m ay com e
into conta ct with parts of the chains. In
suc h cases, rem ov e the wheel covers.
Tyre chains m ay only be used at speed s up
1)
to 30 mph (50 k m/h) a nd, w hen trav elling
on roads tha t are free of snow, they may
only b e used for b rief periods since they are
sub ject to rapid wear on a hard road and
may snap .
1)
Va ries fro m country to country o n account of
nationa l regula tions .

Roof racks 3

9
Warning
Disregard of the instructions may lead to
injuries or endanger life. Vehicle
passengers must be informed
accordingly.
For reasons of safety and to avoid
damaging the roof, we recommend that
you use the Vauxhall roof rack system
relea sed for your vehic le.
Note: The front roof rack fixing points
loca ted a bove the cab area a re for
installation of the full roof rack system only
and must not be used to attach roof bars.
Driv ing hints - see page 97.

Towing equipment 3

If the v ehicle is not equip ped with a trailer
hitch, we recommend having this retro-
fitted by a workshop , who will ad vise you
on a ny possible towed load increases. The
work shop has instructions on how to install
the trailer hitch and making any chang es
to the vehicle that are needed that affect
the cooling sy stem or other equipment.
Mounting dimensions of towing equipment
- see page 173.
Towi ng eq uipment aud ible wa rning 3
For vehicles fitted with towing equipment 3
when connected to a caravan or trailer the
pitch of the audible wa rning changes upon
operating the turn signal lights. The pitch
of the aud ible wa rning w ill cha nge if the
carav an / tra iler or towing vehic le turn
signal light fails.

Towing

2)
C arava n / trailer loa ds
The permissib le carav an / tra iler loads are
vehicle-dependent and engine-dependent
ma ximum v alues which must not be
exceeded. The actua l carav an / trailer load
is the d ifference between the actual gross
weight of the carav an / tra iler and the
actual c oupling socket load with the
carav an / tra iler coupled.
When the caravan / trailer load is being
checked , therefore, only the caravan /
trailer wheels - and not the jockey wheel -
must be sta nding on the weig hing
app aratus.
2)
Ob serve n atio nal regula tions.