- Honda Car Owner's Manual

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TOWINGINFORMATION
To accommodate flat-bed towing equipment, the Insight is provided with a front towing hook, and
frontandreartiedownhookholes.ThetowinghookcanbeusedwithawinchtopulltheInsightontothe
truck,andthetiedownholescanbeusedtosecurethevehicletothetruck.
Toinstallthetowinghook,firstwraptheflatendofthejackhandleorscrewdriverwithasoftclothto
preventdamagetothepaintedbumpersurface,andthenprythecoveroff.Next,screwthetowinghook
(storedwiththesparetire)intotheboltholeandtightenitsecurelybyhand.
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OncetheInsightisonthetruck,secureitbyattachinghookstothefrontandreartowinghookholes.
NeverattempttopullorsecuretheInsightbyanyothermeans.Bodyorsuspensiondamagecouldresult.
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Ifthe Insightmustbe pulled backwardinorderto freeit,useonlythereartie downhookholesto
attacharopeorcable.Attachingtoanyotherpointcouldresultinbodyorsuspensiondamage.
IfitisnecessarytopulltheInsightbackwardbyattachingaropeorcabletoonlyoneside,takecare
nottodamagetherearstrake.
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Pullingthevehiclestraightbacktofreeitbyusingbothreartiedownhookholesisthebestmethod.
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