Volkswagen Tiguan Owner's Manual page 368

Bedienungsanleitung < Service & Zubehör < Volkswagen Deutschland
http://www.vw-manual.co.uk/browse?7&token=deniol2172xjKhhhjJ3Pby9gS&lang=en-GB&doc=5NA012720AB&link=3&preventShowIndivisualManualMessage=true[27/10/2016 22:58:22]
Fig. 250 In the right-hand side of the front bumper: cover for the towing eye mounting.
Fig. 251 Front bumper, right-hand side: screwing in the towing eye.
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings
The towing eye is screwed into a threaded hole behind a cover on the right of the front bumper
The towing eye must always be kept in the vehicle.
Comply with the notes on towing.
Fitting the towing eye at front
Remove the towing eye from the vehicle tool kit in the luggage compartment.
Push the area of the cover pointing towards the vehicle
Remove the cover and leave it hanging from the vehicle.
Turn the towing eye anti-clockwise into the threaded hole and tighten as far as possible
towing eye fully and securely into the mounting.
After you have finished towing, remove the towing eye by unscrewing it with a suitable object clockwise.
Insert the lug on the cover on the opening pointing towards the vehicle side in the bumper and push on the opposite area of the cover until
the lug engages in the bumper.
If necessary clean the towing eye and place them back in the vehicle tool kit in the luggage compartment.
NOTICE
The towing eye must always be screwed firmly into the mounting. Otherwise, the towing eye can be ripped out of the mounting when the
vehicle is being tow-started or towed.
→ Introduction
→ Fig. 250
→ Fig. 250
in the direction of the arrow to release the cover fastener.
→ Fig. 251
.
→ . Use a suitable object to screw the