Volvo V70 Owner's Manual page 338

07 During your journey
Towing and recovery
Jump starting
Do not tow the car to bump start the engine.
Use a donor battery if the battery is dis-
charged and the engine does not start, see
page 124.
IMPORTANT
The catalytic converter may be damaged
during attempts to tow-start the engine.
Towing eye
The towing eye is screwed into a threaded
socket behind a cover on the right-hand side
of the bumper, front or rear.
Attaching the towing eye
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Take out the towing eye that is located
under the floor hatch in the cargo area.
The cover for the towing eye's attach-
ment point is available in two variants
which must be opened in different ways:
•
Open the variant with a recess using a
coin or similar inserted in the recess,
turning it outwards. Then turn out the
cover completely and remove it.
•
The second variant has a marking
along one side or in a corner: Press the
marking with a finger and fold out the
opposite side/corner at the same time
using a coin or similar - the cover turns
around its axis and can then be
removed.
Screw the towing eye right in up to its
flange. Turn in the towing eye firmly e.g.
using the wheel wrench.
After use, unscrew the towing eye and
return it to its place.
Finish by refitting the cover onto the
bumper.
Recovery
Call a recovery service for recovery assis-
tance.
The towing eye must be used to pull the car
up onto a recovery vehicle with a flatbed plat-
form if:
•
The slope of the recovery vehicle's ramp
does not exceed 12 degrees from a hori-
zontal plane
•
The car's wheels rotate freely and roll
straight forward.
WARNING
No one/nothing is allowed to remain
behind the recovery vehicle while the car
pulled up onto the flatbed platform.
IMPORTANT
The towing eye is only designed for towing
on roads - not for pulling the car unstuck
or out of a ditch. Call a recovery service for
recovery assistance.