Removing The Towing Eye - Mercedes-Benz 2013 CLA Owner's Manual

Towing and tow-starting
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Fitting/removing the towing eye
Fitting the towing eye
X
Remove the towing eye from the stowage
space.
The towing eye is located with the vehicle
tool kit under the boot floor (
Vehicles with a TIREFIT kit: the towing eye
is located under the tyre inflation compres-
sor.
X
Press the mark on cover : inwards in the
direction of the arrow.
X
Remove cover : from the opening.
X
Screw the towing eye in clockwise to the
stop and tighten it.
Vehicles with a trailer tow hitch do not have
a bracket for the screw-in towing eye at the
back. If you intend to use the vehicle for tow-
ing, fold out the ball coupling (
and secure the towbar to it.

Removing the towing eye

X
Loosen the towing eye and unscrew it.
X
Position the top of cover : in the bumper
and press it in at the bottom until it
engages.
X
Place the towing eye in the stowage well
under the boot floor (
X
Vehicles with a TIREFIT kit: replace the tyre
inflation compressor.
Towing the vehicle with the front axle
raised
!
are towing the vehicle with the front axle
raised. Intervention by ESP
wise damage the brake system.
X
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition
lock.
X
When the vehicle is stationary, depress the
brake pedal and keep it depressed.
X
Vehicles with manual transmission:
depress the clutch pedal fully and shift to
neutral.
or
X
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
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shift the automatic transmission to posi-
tion P.
X
Release the brake pedal.
X
Release the electric parking brake.
X
Deactivate automatic locking
( Y
X
Switch on the hazard warning lamps
( Y
X
Turn the key in the ignition lock to position
0 and leave the key in the ignition lock.
When towing your vehicle with the front axle
raised, it is important that you observe the
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safety instructions (
Towing the vehicle with both axles on
the ground
i
when towing with the hazard warning lamps
switched on, use the combination switch as
usual. In this case, only the turn signals for
the desired direction flash. When you reset
Y
The ignition must be switched off if you
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In order to signal a change of direction
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