SI31.10-P-0001A | Service Information: Retrofit installation of trailer hitch (AHV) | 2.12.10 |
MODEL 163, 164, 168, 169, 202, 203, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 215, 220, 245, 414, 461, 463 (except , 245.286)
Within the context of the liberalization of EU regulations, the legislator waives the inspection of a retrofitted trailer hitch (AHV) at an authorized test point (e.g. a TÜV facility).
This presupposes:
that the supplementary text "If mounted at the factory" has been entered in the registration papers (in section 33 to section 27: E1 00...).
that an E1 test symbol has been attached to the trailer hitch.
For older vehicles or trailer hitches with a national test symbol (i.e. no E1 test symbol), retrofitted trailer hitches still must be inspected and approved at an authorized test point (e.g. a TÜV facility).