Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 236

Towing the vehicle
To open the cover concealing the towing
eye socket at the front right of the vehicle:
disengage the cover a t the bottom by
pressing and pull it off downwards.
The towing eye is located in the
compartment containing the jack and
vehic le tools underneath the spare wheel in
the lugga ge c om partment. Vehicle jack
and tools – see page 238.
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Screw in the towing eye anti-c lock wise as
fa r as it will go and use the wheel bolt
wrench to tighten it until it is fully
horizontal. Vehicle tools – see page 238.
Attac h the tow rope 3 – or better still a tow
rod 3 – to the eye.
Switch on ignition to release steering
colum n lock and to permit opera tion of
brake lamps, horn and windscreen wiper.
Manua l transmission in Neutral, a utomatic
tra nsmission 3 or CVTronic 3 in N.
Drive slowly . Do not drive jerkily . Excessive
tractive force c an damage the vehicle.
More pressure is necessary to depress
the brake pedal since the brake servo
unit is only operativ e when the engine is
running.
Considerably greater steering force is
necessary since this unit is opera tiv e only
when the engine is running.
To prevent the entry of exhaust fum es from
the tow ing vehicle, switch on the air
recirc ulation 3 and close the wind ow s.
Vehicles with automatic tra nsmission 3
should b e towed facing forw ards only and
must not be tow ed faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h) or further tha n 60 miles (100 km)
If the transmission is defective, or if the
abov e speed or distance is to be exceeded,
the front ax le m ust be raised off the
ground.
Vehicles with C VTronic 3, always tow
forward, no faster than 15 mph (25 km/h)
and no further than 50 miles (80 k m). If
transmission is d amaged or driving a t
faster speeds or longer distances, lift
vehicle a t front ax le.
C onsult a workshop . We recommend a
Vauxhall Authorised Repairer, who will
serve you b est to get your vehicle back on
the roa d.