Seat Tarraco 2020 Owner's Manual page 58

Bear in mind the instructions for towing
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page 54.
Fitting the towline anchorage
Remove the towing eye from the vehicle
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tool kit in the luggage compartment
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page 41.
Remove the cover by pressing down on its
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base and leave it hanging from the vehicle
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Fig. 48.
Screw the towing eye in the housing by
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turning it as far as it will go anticlock-
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wise Fig. 49 . Use a suitable object
that can completely and securely tighten the
towing eye in its housing.
After towing, unscrew the towing eye
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clockwise with a suitable object.
Insert the upper flange of the lid into the
●
opening of the bumper and press the lower
side of the lid until it is inserted into the bump-
er.
Clean the towing eye if necessary and then
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store it in the luggage compartment along
with the other vehicle tools.
CAUTION
The towing eye must always be completely
and firmly tightened. Otherwise, it could be
released while towing and tow-starting.
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Emergencies
Rear towline anchorage
On the right side of the rear bumper:
Fig. 50
remove the cover.
On the right side of the rear bumper:
Fig. 51
towline anchorage in position.
The housing of the screw towing eye is on the
right side of the rear bumper behind a lid
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Fig. 50.
Vehicles equipped as standard with a towing
bracket do not have any housing for the
screw towing eye behind the lid. In this case,
the tow hitch needs to be extracted or instal-
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led and used for towing page
Bear in mind the instructions for towing
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page 54.
Assemble the rear towing eye (cars with-
out a factory-equipped towing bracket)
Remove the towing eye from the vehicle
●
tool kit in the luggage compartment
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page 41.
Press the bottom side of the lid
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unclip it.
Remove the lid and let it hang from the ve-
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hicle.
Screw the towline anchorage into the hous-
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ing by turning it as far as it will go anticlock-
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wise Fig. 51 . Use a suitable object that
can completely and securely tighten the tow-
ing eye in its housing.
After towing, unscrew the towing eye
●
clockwise with a suitable object.
Insert the upper flange of the lid into the
●
opening of the bumper and press the lower
side of the lid until the upper flange is inserted
into the bumper.
Clean the towing eye if necessary and then
●
store it in the luggage compartment along
with the other vehicle tools.
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332, .
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Fig. 50 to