It is winter. My 2014 car is stuck in a ditch in the middle of my road. I have a tractor that I can hopefully use to pull it out, but I need to know how and where to connect the strap to the car.

Please help me.

Karen

The Vehicle handbook should tell you.

I'm not familiar with anyting as new as 2014, but there may be a towing eye at the underside rear of the car, and they may be a towing eye in the boot somehere which can be screwed into the front of the car behind a removable plastic cover.

Removable towing eye for the front will probably have a left hand thread

Thank you. There is no way I can get under the front of the car. I called Ford and they told me I could connect to the axle. That sounded odd to me.  They said there was a hole in front of the back tires which I can't find.  I am 71and a female if that makes any difference. Can someone email a photo of what a towing eye looks like ? And maybe what the holes look like that Ford was talking about? [email protected]

thank you again.

karen

The front towing eye is stowed with the spare wheel, or where the spare whell would be fitted.  On the front bumper, adjacent to the right hand headlamp, is a removable cover, and the eye screws into the cross member at this point.  You can then use a towrope throught the eye.

The Owner's Manual shows this under "Towing Points"

OK. The front towing eye fits into the front crash panel which is behind the bumper. On your car there is a smallish square on the front side which you are meant to prise out to allow you to fit the towing eye from the back kit under the panel in your boot. I'd call it the tool kit but that's laughable. There is a fixed towing eye on the lower left rear. behind a section of the rear bumper infill; that actually if you are careful pops out. 

Failing that, if you can get someone to run a rope under the car just warp it around the main rear beam and that will do, it shouldn't do any damage unless the towing tractor doesn't have anywhere really low down to tie it to. Paul just beat me to it.

 

Mark - "Left side" as you look at the front of the car ?

The rear one, yes. It's part of the infill section on the bumper. To be fair 'i'd just run a rope under the axle at the back and drag it out that way.

 

Thank you all very much. My car is now out of the holes I made. I think I could plant a tree in them.  I did find that a kabota tractor also does not like ice.  I really hate winter. But tomorrow I will venture out because I have to. I will not try backing into the spot I was in...learned a good lesson today.

Godd to hear OK, keep the shiny side up !

Glad you got it out OK. Drive safe.