Towing The Vehicle - Skoda 2014 Fabia Owner's Manual

Negative cable - colour coding in the majority of cases is black.
Jump-starting in vehicles with the START-STOP system
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Read and observe and
On vehicles with the START-STOP system, the jump-start cable of the charger
must never be connected directly to the negative pole of the vehicle battery,
but only to the engine earth » Fig.

Towing the vehicle

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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Front towing eye
Rear towing eye
Vehicles with a tow hitch
Vehicles with manual transmission may be towed in with a tow bar or a tow
rope or with the front or rear wheels raised.
Vehicles with automatic transmission may be towed in with a tow bar or a tow
rope or with the front wheels raised. If the vehicle is raised at rear, the auto-
matic gearbox is damaged!
A tow bar is the safest way of towing a vehicle and also minimises any shocks.
Only use a tow rope if a suitable tow bar is not available.
The following guidelines must be observed when towing.
Driver of the tow vehicle
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Release the clutch particularly gently when starting off or depress the accel-
erator particularly gently if the vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox.
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Do-it-yourself
Fig. 147
Engine earth: START-STOP sys-
tem
on page 165 first.
147.
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On vehicles with a manual transmission, only push down on the accelerator
pedal once the rope is taught.
The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
Driver of the towed vehicle
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Switch on the ignition so that the steering wheel is not locked and so that
the turn signal lights, horn, windscreen wipers and windscreen washer sys-
tem can be used.
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Take the vehicle out of gear or move the selector lever into position N if the
vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox.
Please note that the brake servo unit and power steering only operate if the
engine is running. If the engine is not running, significantly more physical force
is required to depress the brake pedal and steer the vehicle.
If using a tow rope, ensure that it is always kept taught.
CAUTION
Do not tow start the engine – there is a risk of damaging the engine and the
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catalytic converter. The battery from another vehicle can be used as a jump-
start aid » page 164, Jump-starting.
If the gearbox no longer contains any oil because of a defect, your vehicle
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must only be towed with the driven wheels raised clear of the ground or on a
special breakdown vehicle or trailer.
The vehicle must be transported on a special breakdown vehicle or trailer if it
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is not possible to tow in the vehicle in the way described or if the towing dis-
tance is greater than 50 km.
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To protect both vehicles when tow-starting or towing, the tow rope should
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be elastic. Thus one should only use plastic fibre rope or a rope made out of a
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similarly elastic material.
While towing, take care to avoid impermissibly high tensile forces or jerky
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loads. There is always a risk of excessive stresses and damage resulting at the
points to which you attach the tow rope or tow bar when you attempt to tow a
vehicle which is not standing on a paved road.
Attach the tow rope or the tow bar to the towing eyes
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towing eye or » page 167, Rear towing eye to the detachable ball head of the
towing equipment » page
» page
120.
167, Front
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