Vehicle recovery -> Towing the vehicle on four wheels for Your Ford Fiesta 4 Door Fifth Generation (2003-2008)

Vehicle recovery  
TOWING POINTS  
Front towing eye  
TOWING THE VEHICLE  
ON FOUR WHEELS  
All vehicles  
WARNINGS  
Switch the ignition on when your  
vehicle is being towed. The  
steering lock will engage and the  
direction indicators and brake lamps  
will not work if you do not.  
The brake servo and the power  
steering pump do not operate  
unless the engine is running. Press  
the brake pedal harder and allow for  
increased stopping distances and  
heavier steering.  
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The screw-in towing eye is attached  
to the vehicle jack in the luggage  
compartment. Keep the towing eye  
with the vehicle at all times.  
CAUTIONS  
Too much tension in the tow  
rope could cause damage to  
your vehicle or the vehicle that is  
towing.  
CAUTION  
The screw-in towing eye has a  
left-hand thread. Turn it  
anticlockwise to install it.  
Do not use a rigid tow bar on the  
front towing eye.  
Drive off slowly and smoothly without  
jerking the vehicle that is towing.  
Prise off the cover and install the  
towing eye.  
Vehicles with a Durashift  
EST  
CAUTION  
Select neutral when your vehicle  
is being towed.  
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Vehicle recovery  
Vehicles with an automatic  
transmission  
CAUTIONS  
Do not tow your vehicle faster  
than 50 km/h (30 mph) or further  
than 50 kilometres (30 miles).  
If a speed of 50 km/h (30 mph)  
and a distance of 50 kilometres  
(30 miles) is to be exceeded the drive  
wheels must be lifted clear of the  
ground.  
In the event of a mechanical  
failure of the transmission the  
drive wheels must be lifted clear of  
the ground.  
Do not tow your vehicle  
backwards.  
Select neutral when your vehicle  
is being towed.  
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