Raising The Vehicle - Audi A3 2016 Owner's Manual

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Loading the vehicle onto a flat bed truck
Fig.
234
Vehicle on flat bed truck (example)
Front hook up
Align the vehicle with the centerline of the car
carrier ramp
.
Attach the winch hook to the front towline eye
prev iously installed.
Rear hook up
Align the vehicle with the centerline of the car
carrier ramp
.
Attach the winch hook to the rear towline eye
previously installed.
@
Tips
Check carefully to make sure the hook-up is
secure before moving the car
up
the flatbed
truck ramp.
Raising
the vehicle
Lifting with workshop hoist and with floor
jack
The vehicle may only be lifted at the lifting
points illustrated.
Fig.
235 Front lifting
poi nt
Emergency
situations
Fig.
236
Rear
lifting point
Read and
heed
WARNING
c:>
.&_
.
Locate lifting points
c:>
fig.
235
and
c:>
fig. 236.
Adjust lift ing arms of workshop hoist
or floor
jack
to
match vehicle lifting points.
Insert
a
rubber pad between
the floor
jack/
workshop
hoist
and the lifting points.
If
you
must lift
your vehicle
with
a floor
jack to
work
underneath, be
sure
the
vehicle
is
safely
supported
on stands intended for this purpose
.
Front lifting point
The
lifting point is located on
the
floor pan
rein-
forcement about
at
the same
level
as the jack
mounting
point
c:>
fig.
235.
Do not lift
the vehi-
cle
at
the vertical
sill
reinforcement
.
Rear lifting point
The lifting point is located on the vertical
rein-
forcement
of the lower sill
for the
on-boa rd jack
c:>
fig
.
236.
Lifting with
vehicle
jack
Refer to
c:>
page 286
.
A
WARNING
-
To reduce the
risk
of se rious injury
and
veh i-
cle
damage.
-
Always lift the
vehicle on ly at the special
workshop
hoist
and f loor jack
lift
points
il-
lustrated
c:>
fig. 235
and
c:>
fig. 236.
-
Failure to lift the ve hicle at these points
could cause the vehicle to
tilt
or
fall
from
a lift if there is a change
in
vehicle weight
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