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Permitted towing methods
Vehicle equipment/towing
method
Vehicles with automatic transmis‐
sion
4MATIC vehicles
Towing with a raised axle: towing should be
performed by a towing company.
Towing the vehicle with both axles on the
ground
Observe the notes on the permitted towing
#
methods (
page 446).
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Make sure that the battery is connected and
#
charged.
Both axles on the ground
Yes, maximum 50 km at 50 km/h
Yes, maximum 50 km at 50 km/h
Observe the following points when the battery is
discharged:
the engine cannot be started
R
the electric parking brake cannot be released
R
or applied
vehicles with automatic transmission: the
R
automatic transmission cannot be shifted to
position i or j.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission: if
the automatic transmission cannot be shif‐
Front axle raised
No
No
ted to position i, or the multifunction dis‐
play in the instrument cluster does not show
anything, have the vehicle transported away
(
/
ing equipment is required for vehicle trans‐
portation.
Breakdown assistance 447
Rear axle raised
Yes, if the steering wheel is fixed in
the centre position with a steering
wheel lock.
No
page 449). A towing vehicle with lift‐
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