Skoda OCTAVIA - 05-2010 Owner's Manual page 225

224 Breakdown assistance
Front towing eye for Octavia RS and Octavia Scout
The towing eye is stored in the box for the vehicle tool kit.
Fig. 183 Front bumper Octavia RS: Protective grille / Octavia Scout: Cover
Octavia RS
– Guide one finger into the opening
– Unlock the cover by pulling it in direction
– Screw in the towing eye by hand to the left up to the stop
right and tighten it as much as possible.
– After screwing out the towing eye, reinsert the cover and lock it in place. The cover
must engage firmly.
Octavia Scout
– Press on the upper part of the cover
– Screw in the towing eye by hand to the left up to the stop
right and tighten it as much as possible. For tightening, we recommend that you
use for example the wheel wrench*, the lashing eye of another vehicle or a similar
object which you can push through the eye.
– After screwing out the towing eye, reinsert the cover and lock it in place. The cover
must engage firmly.
A  fig.
of the grille 183.
A
A
and remove it.
1
 page 223, fig. 182
A
and remove it.
B
 page 223, fig. 182
Caution
The towing eye must always be screwed in fully and firmly tightened, otherwise the
towing eye can tear when towing in or tow-starting.
Rear towing eye
Fig. 184 Rear bumper: Remove cover / rear bumper: Installing the towing eye
– Unlock the bottom part of the cover by pulling it downwards in direction of arrow
-
A  fig.
184.
1
– Unlock the upper part of the cover by pulling it in direction of arrow
remove it.
– Screw in the towing eye by hand to the left up to the stop
tighten it as much as possible. For tightening, we recommend that you use for
example the wheel wrench*, the lashing eye of another vehicle or a similar object
which you can push through the eye.
-
– In order to reinstall the cover after screwing out the towing eye, first of all insert the
upper part of the cover and then press in the lower part. The cover must engage
firmly.
Caution
The towing eye must always be screwed in fully and firmly tightened, otherwise the
towing eye can tear when towing in or tow-starting.
A
and
2
 fig. 184
- right and