Mercedes-Benz GLC : Tow starting or towing away / Installing the towing eye

Press the mark on cover
inwards and
remove.
Screw in the towing eye
clockwise as far as it
will go and tighten.
Vehicles with a trailer hitch: vehicles with a
trailer hitch do not have a rear bracket for the towing eye. Fasten the tow bar
to the trailer
hitch.
Make sure that cover
engages in the
bumper when you remove the towing eye.
NOTE Damage to the vehicle due to
incorrect use of the towing eye
When a towing eye is used to recover a vehicle,
the vehicle may be damaged in the process.
Only use the towing eye
to tow away or
tow start the vehicle.
Vehicles with automatic transmission
NOTE Damage to the automatic transmission
due to tow starting
The automatic transmission may be damaged
in the process of tow starting vehicles with
automatic transmission...
Other information:
If the front passenger seat is occupied, ensure,
both before and during the journey, that the status
of the front passenger airbag is correct for
the current situation.
After installing a rearward-facing child restraint system on the front
passenger
seat: PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF must be lit continuously...
If the left-hand rear seat backrest is folded down
and back up again, it may not be possible to pull
out the rear passenger compartment center seat
belt. The seat belt must be released.
Pull the seat belt out approximately 1 in (25 mm) at the seat belt outlet on the seat backrest and then release it again...