Owner’s Manual

Practical information
178
Towing a trailer
Drivin
g
advice
Side wind

T
a
k
e
i
nto account t
h
e
i
ncrease
d
sens
i
t
i
v
i
t
y
t
o
s
i
de
win
d
.
T
o
w
ba
r
su
it
ab
l
e
f
o
r th
e
a
tt
ac
hm
e
nt
o
f
a
trailer or installation of a bic
y
cle carrier, with
a
dditional li
g
htin
g
and si
g
nallin
g
.
Distribution of loads

Di
s
tri
bu
t
e
th
e
l
oad
in th
e
tr
a
il
e
r
so
th
a
t th
e
h
eaviest items are as close as possible to
the axle and the nose wei
g
ht approaches the
m
ax
i
mum perm
i
tte
d
w
i
t
h
out excee
di
n
g
i
t.
Ai
r
d
ens
i
t
y
d
ecreases w
i
t
h
a
l
t
i
tu
d
e, t
h
us
reducin
g
en
g
ine per
f
ormance. Above
1 000 metres, the maximum towed load must
be reduced b
y
10
%
f
or ever
y
1 000 metres o
f
a
ltit
ude
.
We recommend the use o
f
g
enuine
CITROËN towbars and their harnesses
that have been tested and approved
from the desi
g
n sta
g
e of
y
our vehicle,
a
nd that the fittin
g
of the towbar is
entrusted to a
C
ITR
O
ËN dealer or a
q
ualified workshop.
If the towbar is not fitted b
y
a CITRO
Ë
N
d
ea
l
er,
i
t
i
s
i
mperat
i
ve t
h
at
i
t
i
s
f
itt
ed
in
acco
r
da
n
ce
with th
e
v
e
hi
c
l
e
m
a
n
ufac
t
u
r
e
r'
s
in
s
tr
uc
ti
o
n
s
.
Drivin
g
with a trailer places
g
reater demands
on the towin
g
vehicle and the driver must take
particular care.
Your vehicle is primaril
y
desi
g
ned
f
or
transportin
g
people and lu
gg
a
g
e, but it ma
y
a
lso be used for towin
g
a trailer.
R
e
f
e
r t
o
th
e
"T
ec
hni
ca
l
da
t
a
"
sec
ti
o
n f
o
r
de
t
a
il
s
of the wei
g
hts and towed loads which appl
y
to
y
our vehicle.