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Fitting/removing the towing eye
Fitting the towing eye
G
WARNING
The exhaust tail pipe may be extremely hot.
There is a risk of burning when removing the
rear cover.
Do not touch the exhaust tail pipe. Use
extreme caution when removing the rear
cover.
Towing eye covers (example: Saloon)
Vehicles with a trailer tow hitch: if you intend
to use the vehicle for towing, fold out the ball
coupling and connect the towbar to it
(
page 268).
Y
The mountings for the removable towing eyes
are located in the bumpers. They are under
the covers at the front and at the rear on
vehicles without a trailer coupling. On vehi-
cles with a trailer coupling, the mounting is at
the front under the cover.
Remove the towing eye from the vehicle
X
tool kit (
page 395).
Y
Press the mark on cover : inwards in the
X
direction of the arrow.
Towing away and tow-starting
Remove cover : from the opening.
X
Screw in the towing eye clockwise as far as
X
it will go and tighten it.
Removing the towing eye
Loosen the towing eye and unscrew it.
X
Attach cover : to the bumper and press
X
until it engages.
Place the towing eye in the vehicle tool kit.
X
Towing the vehicle away with both
axles on the ground
It is important that you observe the safety
instructions when towing away your vehicle
(
page 407).
Y
The automatic transmission automatically
shifts to position P when you open the driver's
or front-passenger door or when you remove
the key from the ignition lock. In order to
ensure that the automatic transmission stays
in position N when towing away the vehicle,
you must observe the following points:
Make sure that the vehicle is stationary and
X
that the key is in position 0 in the ignition
lock.
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition
X
lock.
On vehicles with KEYLESS-GO, use the key
instead of the Start/Stop button
(
page 181).
Y
Depress the brake pedal and keep it
X
depressed.
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
X
shift the transmission to position N.
Vehicles with manual transmission:
X
depress the clutch pedal fully and engage
neutral.
Release the brake pedal.
X
Release the parking brake.
X
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