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Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical Data

Headlights

Before starting off with a hitched trailer, also check the setting of the headlights. Alter

the setting as necessary with the aid of the headlight beam adjuster  page 65, “Head-

lamp range adjustment* ”.

Detachable ball head

The ball rod is detachable on vehicles which feature a factory-fitted towing device. It is

stowed together with separate fitting instructions in the spare wheel well in the luggage

compartment of the vehicle.

Further information on the towing device  page 204.

Note

 We recommend that you also have your vehicle inspected between service inter-

vals if you tow a trailer frequently.

 The handbrake on the towing vehicle must be put on when coupling and decou-

pling the trailer.

Driving Tips

Particular caution is required when towing a trailer.

– Do not, as far as possible, drive with your vehicle unladen and the trailer laden.

– Do not make full use of the legal maximum speeds. This applies in particular to

downhill sections.

– Apply the brakes in good time.

– Keep a check on the coolant temperature gauge if the outside temperature is high.

Distribution of weight

The distribution of the weight is very poor if your vehicle is unladen and the trailer is

laden. Maintain a particularly low speed if you cannot avoid driving with this combina-

tion.

Driving speed

Do not drive faster than 80 km/hour for safety reasons. This also applies for countries

in which higher speeds are allowed.

The fact that the driving stability of the vehicle + trailer combination reduces with

increasing speed means that the legally allowed speed should not be used when there

are unfavourable road, weather or wind conditions, particularly near accident black

spots.

You must always reduce your speed immediately as soon as you detect even just the

slightest swaying of the trailer. On no account attempt to stop the trailer from

“swaying” by accelerating.

Apply the brakes in good time! If the trailer is fitted with a trailer brake, apply the

brakes gently at first and then brake firmly. This will avoid brake jolts resulting from the

trailer wheels locking. Shift down gears in good time before negotiating a downhill

section to allow the engine to also act as a brake.

Engine overheating

Please keep a check on the coolant temperature gauge if you have to negotiate a

lengthy slope in a low gear at a high engine speed when the outside temperature is

very high  page 16, “Coolant temperature gauge”.

If the needle of the coolant temperature gauge moves into the right-hand area or even

the red area of the scale, reduce your speed immediately. Stop and switch off the

engine if the warning light  in the instrument cluster begins flashing. Wait a few

minutes and check the level of coolant in the coolant expansion bottle  page 220,

“Inspecting the coolant level”.

Please refer to the following guidelines  page 32, “Coolant temperature/ Coolant

quantity ”.

The coolant temperature can be reduced by switching on the heating.

Any increase in the cooling effect of the coolant fan through shifting down a gear and

increasing the engine speed is not possible since the fan speed is independent of the

engine speed. One should also not drop a gear for this reason when towing a trailer as

long as the engine can manage the slope without any drop in speed.

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