Towing - Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual

232 Self-help, vehicle care

Towing

Towing your own v ehi cle
To open the cover concealing the towing
eye socket at the front right of the vehicle:
disengage the cover at the bottom and pull
it off downwards.
The front towing ey e is located in the
compartment containing the jack and
vehic le tools underneath the spare wheel in
the lugga ge c om partment. Jack and
vehic le tools – see page 238.
Screw in the front towing ey e anticlockwise
as fa r as it will go until it stops in a
horizontal position.
Attac h a tow rope 3 – or better still a tow
rod 3 – to the eye.
The front towing eye may b e used only for
tow ing the vehic le, not for rescuing it.
Switch on ignition to release steering
colum n lock and to permit opera tion of
brake lights, horn and windscreen wiper.
Manua l transmission or Easy tronic 3 in
neutra l, automatic transmission 3 in N.
Drive slowly . Do not drive jerkily . Excessive
tractive force c an damage the vehicle.
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Warnin g
For brak ing and steering, significantly
hig her forces are required: brake
assista nce and steering assistance are
effectiv e only w ith the engine running.
To prevent the entry of exhaust fum es from
the tow ing vehicle, switch on the air
recirc ulation 3 and close the wind ow s.
Vehicles with automatic tra nsmission 3
should b e towed facing forw ards only and
must not be tow ed faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h) or further than 60 m iles (100 km).
If the transmission is defective, or if the
abov e speed or distance is to be exceeded,
the front ax le m ust be raised off the
ground.