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Tow-starting
Tow-starting
Guidelines for Breakdown Services (Subject to technical modifications)
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왘 Swing cover of coupling jaw down.
왘 Disengage coupling pin 1, swing forward
about
90° and pull out upwards.
왘 Insert tow bar into coupling jaw.
왘 Engage coupling pin 1 in the catch with an audi-
ble click.
Tow-starting vehicles with manual transmission
왘 Fully depress clutch pedal.
• On 6-speed transmissions: Shift to 4th or 5th
gear.
• On 9-speed transmissions: Shift to 5th or 6th
gear.
왘 Tow-start vehicle.
Do not exceed a towing speed of 20 km/h.
왘 Slowly release clutch pedal and slowly depress
accelerator pedal.
왘 Immediately after the engine starts:
Fully depress clutch pedal and shift transmission
to neutral.