Towing eye storage location
Towing eye is under the cargo compartment
floor.
Installing the towing eye
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Press the mark on cover 1 inwards and
remove.
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Screw in the towing eye clockwise as far as it
will go and tighten.
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Make sure that cover 1 engages in the
bumper when you remove the towing eye.
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NOTE Damage to the vehicle due to
incorrect use of the towing eye
When a towing eye is used to recover a vehi‐
cle, the vehicle may be damaged in the proc‐
ess.
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Only use the towing eye to tow away or
tow start the vehicle.
Tow starting the vehicle (emergency engine
start)
Vehicles with automatic transmission
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NOTE Damage to the automatic trans‐
mission due to tow starting
The automatic transmission may be damaged
in the process of tow starting vehicles with
automatic transmission.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission
must not be tow started.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission must
not be tow-started.
Electrical fuses
Notes on electrical fuses
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WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to overloaded lines
If you manipulate or bridge a faulty fuse or if
you replace it with a fuse with a higher
amperage, the electric line could be overloa‐
ded.
This could result in a fire.
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Always replace faulty fuses with speci‐
fied new fuses containing the correct
amperage.
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Breakdown assistance