Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 61

Rear towline anchorage
On the right side of the rear bumper:
Fig. 53
remove the cover.
On the right side of the rear bumper:
Fig. 54
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. 53.
Vehicles equipped as standard with a towing
bracket do not have any housing for the
Self-help
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 56.
Assemble the rear towing eye (cars with-
out a factory-equipped towing bracket)
Remove the towing eye from the vehicle
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tool kit in the luggage compartment
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page 44.
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. 54 . 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.
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 com-
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pletely and firmly tightened. Otherwise, it
could be released while towing and tow-
starting.
If the vehicle is factory-equipped with a
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towing bracket, it is only allowed to tow
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292, .
with a tow bar if this has been specially de-
signed to be installed with a tow hitch. If an
unsuitable tow bar is used, both the tow
hitch and the vehicle may be damaged. In-
stead, a tow rope should be used.
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Fig. 53 to
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