Seat Arona 2018 Owner's Manual page 305

Driving with a trailer
Turn the 13-pin connector.
Fig. 275
Before driving
Grip the 13-pin connector at area
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remove it in the direction of the arrow
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Fig. 275.
Remove the protective cover
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upwards.
After driving
Grip the 13-pin connector at area
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insert it in the opposite direction to the arrow
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Fig. 275.
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Fit the protective cover
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the ball coupling.
1)
This does not apply for vehicles with Full LED
xenon headlights.
Towing bracket device
Safety lug
The safety lug
up the trailer's retainer cable.
On hooking it up to the safety lug, the retainer
cable should have slack in all the trailer po-
sitions with respect to the vehicle (sharp
bends, reverse gear, etc.).
Headlights
The front part of the vehicle may be raised
when the trailer is connected and the light
may dazzle the rest of the traffic.
Adapt the height of the headlights using the
headlight range adjuster
and
A
WARNING
Never use the safety lug to tow!
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Fig. 263
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Adjust your speed to suit the road and
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traffic conditions.
All work on the electrical system must be
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carried out only by specialised workshops.
and
A
Never connect the trailer's electric sys-
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tem to the electrical connections of the
rear lights or any other power sources.
Fig. 263 on
After hooking up the trailer and connect-
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ing the socket, check that all the trailer's
rear lights are working properly.
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Fig. 275 is used to hook
B
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page 143 1) .
Note
If there is any fault in the trailer's lighting,
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check the fuses in the instrument panel
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fuse box  page 50.
The contact between the retainer cable
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and the safety lug may give rise to me-
chanical wear in the lug's surface protec-
tion. This wear will not prevent the safety
lug from operating properly or cause any
fault and is excluded from the warranty.
When connecting and disconnecting the
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trailer, the towing vehicle's handbrake
should be applied.
Anti-theft alarm
When the vehicle is locked, the alarm is trig-
gered when the electrical connection be-
tween vehicle and trailer is interrupted.
Always turn off the anti-theft alarm system
before connecting or disconnecting a trailer
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page 133.
Conditions for the integration of a trailer in
the anti-theft alarm system.
The vehicle is factory-equipped with an an-
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ti-theft alarm system and a towing bracket
device.
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