Seat Arona 2018, Owner'S Manual

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Towing bracket device
Driving with a trailer
Fig. 275
Turn the 13-pin connector.
Before driving
●
Grip the 13-pin connector at area
A
and
remove it in the direction of the arrow
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Fig. 275 .
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Remove the protective cover
5
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Fig. 263
upwards.
After driving
●
Grip the 13-pin connector at area
A
and
insert it in the opposite direction to the arrow
›››
Fig. 275 .
●
Fit the protective cover
5
›››
Fig. 263 on
the ball coupling.
Safety lug
The safety lug
B
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Fig. 275 is used to hook
up the trailer's retainer cable.
On hooking it up to the safety lug, the retainer
cable should
have slack in all the trailer po-
sitions with respect to the vehicle (sharp
bends, reverse gear, etc.).
Headlights
The front part of the vehicle may be raised
when the trailer is connected and the light
may dazzle the rest of the traffic.
Adapt the height of the headlights using the
headlight range adjuster
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page 143 1) .
WARNING
●
Never use the safety lug to tow!
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Adjust your speed to suit the road and
traffic conditions.
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All work on the electrical system must be
carried out only by specialised workshops.
●
Never connect the trailer's electric sys-
tem to the electrical connections of the
rear lights or any other power sources.
●
After hooking up the trailer and connect-
ing the socket, check that all the trailer's
rear lights are working properly.
Note
●
If there is any fault in the trailer's lighting,
check the fuses in the instrument panel
fuse box
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 page 50 .
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The contact between the retainer cable
and the safety lug may give rise to me-
chanical wear in the lug's surface protec-
tion. This wear will not prevent the safety
lug from operating properly or cause any
fault and is excluded from the warranty.
●
When connecting and disconnecting the
trailer, the towing vehicle's handbrake
should be applied.
Anti-theft alarm
When the vehicle is locked, the alarm is trig-
gered when the electrical connection be-
tween vehicle and trailer is interrupted.
Always turn off the anti-theft alarm system
before connecting or disconnecting a trailer
›››
page 133 .
Conditions for the integration of a trailer in
the anti-theft alarm system.
●
The vehicle is factory-equipped with an an-
ti-theft alarm system and a towing bracket
device.
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1) This does not apply for vehicles with Full LED
xenon headlights.
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