Vauxhall Vectra, Руководство пользователя

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232 Self-help, vehicle care
Towing
Towing your own vehicle
To open the cover concealing the towing
eye socket at the front right of the vehicle:
disengage the cover at the bottom and pull
it off downwards.
The front towing eye is located in the
compartment containing the jack and
vehic le tools underneath the spare wheel in
the lugga ge c om partment. Jack and
vehic le tools – see page 238.
Screw in the front towing eye anticlockwise
as fa r as it will go until it stops in a
horizontal position.
Attac h a tow rope
3
– or better still a tow
rod 3 – to the eye.
The front towing eye may b e used only for
tow ing the vehic le, not for rescuing it.
Switch on ignition to release steering
colum n lock and to permit opera tion of
brake lights, horn and windscreen wiper.
Manua l transmission or Easytronic
3 in
neutra l, automatic transmission 3 in N .
Drive slowly. Do not drive jerkily. Excessive
tractive force c an damage the vehicle.
To prevent the entry of exhaust fum es from
the tow ing vehicle, switch on the air
recirc ulation
3 and close the wind ow s.
Vehicles with automatic tra nsmission 3
should b e towed facing forw ards only and
must not be tow ed faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h) or further than 60 m iles (100 km).
If the transmission is defective, or if the
abov e speed or distance is to be exceeded,
the front axle m ust be raised off the
ground.
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Warning
For brak ing and steering, significantly
hig her forces are required: brake
assista nce and steering assistance are
effectiv e only w ith the engine running.