Skoda FABIA Owner's Manual page 215

214 Breakdown assistance
Installing the towing eye
– Grasp the grille at the points marked with the arrows and take it out
⇒ page 213, fig.
201.
– Screw in the towing eye by hand to the left up to the stop
– Tighten up the towing eye using the wheel wrench (push the wheel
wrench through eye).
Removal of the towing eye
– Unscrew the towing eye.
– Put the grille in place on the side opposite the marking.
– Press into place the protective grille onto the side facing the marking.
– The protective grille must engage firmly.
Rear towing eye
Fig. 202 Front bumper:
Installing the towing eye
The rear towing eye is located below the rear bumper on the right
⇒ fig.
202.
Tow-starting a vehicle
If the engine does not start, we generally do not recommend to tow-start
your vehicle. One should attempt to start the engine using jump start
cables ⇒ page 211 or call on the services of the SERVICE mobile.
If your vehicle has to be towed:
– Engage 2nd or 3rd gear with the vehicle stationary.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully and keep it depressed.
– Switch on the ignition.
– Wait until both vehicles are moving then release the clutch pedal
– Depress the clutch pedal fully when the engine fires and take the
slowly.
vehicle out of gear.
Fig. 203 Rear towing eye
⇒ fig.
203.