Installing towing eye bolt – Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual
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Practical hints
Towing the vehicle
Installing towing eye bolt
The towing eye bolt is supplied with the ve-
hicle tool kit, located in the compartment
underneath the trunk floor (
The towing eyes are located on the passen-
ger side in the front and rear bumper.
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Take vehicle tool kit out of trunk
(
Front cover
1 Cover in front bumper
Removing
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Press mark on cover
1.
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Cover
1 springs open at the top right
corner.
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Pull at the protruding part of cover
1
and fold cover down to reveal the
threaded hole for the towing eye bolt.
Do not disconnect cover
1 from its
check strap.
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Screw towing eye bolt in to its end stop
and tighten with lug wrench.
Installing
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Unscrew the towing eye bolt using the
lug wrench.
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To reinstall cover
1, tilt the marked
lower left corner towards the opening.
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Maintaining its tilted position, insert
cover
1 by applying the latches at the
top left and lower right corner into the
opening.
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To close cover
1, press on the diago-
nal opposite side of the marked corner
until it fully engages.
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The gear selector lever* will remain
locked in position P (vehicles with au-
tomatic transmission*) and the
SmartKey will not turn in the starter
switch if the battery is disconnected or
discharged. See notes on the battery
(
page 421) or on jump starting
Vehicles with automatic transmission*:
For information on manual unlocking of
gear selector lever, see (
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Make sure the cover’s check strap
does not get caught when closing.