OK.....I have just received my tow bar in the post and have a couple of questions:

1/ How does the red blanking plate on the car come out of the female fitting?

2/ I can't turn the green locking lever on the tow bar even when it is in the unlocked position?

Advice anyone????

Jim

red socket just tug it HARD

you have to pull the rotating green knob out from the towbar before it will rotate anti-clockwise to release.

You may find the "trigger pin" on the towbar has been sprung in transit... in that cvase you need to re-prime the towbar before it will locate into the socket.. RRS gone
Audi SQ5...Gone Audi Q7 S-Line 240 3.0TDI Gone
Audi A6 Allroad Sport 270 3.0TDI

1. Just tease the red cover plate out, mine was in fairly tight first of all, a good yank (maybe with some long nose pliers) should sort that.

2. I can't remember the exact procedure, but if you look in the manual or on the Topix website there is a section called towing that shows you how to fit/remove the tow bar  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
MERCEDES GL350 - Metallic Navy Blue w/Grey interior

GOING: BMW F31 335D MSport+ xDrive Touring
GONE: Land Rover Discovery 4 HSE - Stornaway Grey w/Black Interior (wish we'd kept it )
GONE: BMW F10 520D MSport - Carbon Black
GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

Also, they can be a bit of a swine to get fitted properly the first few times.
If your key won't come out after you've fitted the towbar don't try and force
it. It's just that the locating mechanisim is not quite seated properly and therefore
the towbar isn't 100% secure. I had to give mine a "friendly" tap with a
rubber mallet to get it to click in correctly the first couple of times.  2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
2013 Evoque 5 Door Pure Tech SD4 - Orkney Grey with Panoramic Roof (Mrs E's new baby)

GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

Thanks guys!

All fitted with no problems

Jim

Mine was a swine to fit the first time too. Ended up spending a few minutes fitting and removing it before it slotted nicely each time.

Had toyed with idea of using a little copper slip on it but decided I'd rather it was tight and secure than easy to fit and possibly loose. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed