Caravan/Trailer Towing - Vauxhall Meriva Owner's Manual

160 Drivin g and operatio n
Stow age of coupl ing bal l bar
Place coupling ball bar in bag and clip onto
the tool kit below the sp are wheel 3 157,
Fig. 14195 S.
O n vehicles w ith ty re repair kit 3 , the
coupling ball ba r is stored in the left
stow age com partment b eneath the floor
cover in the luggage comp artm ent - see
Fig. abov e.

Caravan/trailer towing

1)
Cara van and trailer loa ds
The permissible caravan/trailer loads are
vehicle and eng ine-dependent m aximum
values which must not be exceed ed. The
actual carav an/trailer load is the difference
between the actual gross weight of the
caravan/trailer and the actual coupling
socket load with the caravan/trailer
coupled.
The permissible caravan/trailer loads are
specified in the vehicle documents. In
genera l, they are v alid for gradients up to
maximum 12%
1)
Obs erve na tiona l reg ula tio ns.
The permitted c aravan/trailer load a pplies
up to the sp ecified inc line and up to a n
altitude of 1000 m etres ab ov e sea lev el.
S ince engine power decreases as altitud e
increa ses b ecause of the air becoming
thinner, therefore reducing climb ing ability,
the permitted towing weight also
decreases by 10 % for every 1000 metres of
add itional altitude. The towing w eight
does not have to be reduced when driv ing
on roads with slight inclines (less tha n 8 %,
e.g. motorwa ys).
The perm issible gross train weight must not
be exceeded. This weight is specified on
the identification plate 3 213.