2004 SKODA SUPERB wheel

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– Have the tightening torque checked with a torque wrench as
soon as possible. The tightening torque must be 120 Nm.
The safety wheel bolts on vehicles fitted with them (one safety wheel bolt
per wheel) can only be loosened or tighten up by using the adapter
provided.
It is meaningful to note the code number hammered into the rear side of
the adapter or the rear side of the safety wheel bolts. You can obtain a
replacement adapter from a Škoda dealer, if necessary, by quoting this
number.
We recommend that you always carry the adapter for the wheel bolts with
you in the vehicle. It should be stowed in the vehicle tool kit.
Caution
•Damage can occur to the adapter and safety wheel bolt if the safety
wheel bolt is tightened up too much.
•On steel wheels, the theft-deterrent wheel bolt must always be
installed in the hole, which is close to the valve. Otherwise the full wheel
trim cannot be mounted and the full wheel trim can be damaged during the
assembly.
Note
The set of safety wheel bolts can be obtained from your Škoda dealer.
Jump-starting
Initial steps
You can use the battery of another vehicle for jump-starting yours if the
engine does not start because the battery on your vehicle is flat. You will
require jump-start cables for this purpose.
Both batteries must have a rated voltage of 12 V. The capacity (Ah) of the
battery supplying the power must not be significantly less than the
capacity of the discharged battery in your vehicle.
Jump-start cables
Only use jump-start cables which have an adequately large cross-section
and insulated terminal clamps. Please pay attention to the manufacturer's
instructions.
Positive cable - colour coding in the majority of cases red.
Negative cable - colour coding in the majority of cases black.
WARNING
•A discharged battery may already freeze at temperatures just
below 0°C. Never perform a jump start, if one of the batteries is
frozen - risk of explosion! Also after thawing there is a risk of
caustic burns due to leaking battery acid. Replace a frozen battery.
•Please pay attention to the warning instructions relating to
working in the engine compartment ⇒page 209.
Note
•There must not be any contact between the two vehicles otherwise
current may flow as soon as the negative terminals are connected.

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out the battery being ignited by the strong spark which results from
the engine being started.
•Do not affix the cable end to parts of the fuel and brake
system.
•Run the jump-start cables so that they cannot be caught by any
rotating parts in the engine compartment.
•Do not bend over the batteries - risk of caustic burns!
•The vent screws of the battery cells must be tightened firmly.
•Keep any sources of ignition (naked flame, smouldering ciga-
rettes etc.) away from the battery - risk of an explosion!
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
General
Please pay attention to the following instructions if you are going
to use a tow rope:
Driver of the towing vehicle
– Do not drive off until the tow rope is taught.
– Release the clutch particularly gently when starting off or depress the accelerator particularly gently if your vehicle is
fitted with an automatic gearbox. Driver of the towed vehicle
– Switch the ignition on so that the steering wheel is not blocked
and you can also operate the turn signal lights, the headlight
flasher, the windscreen wipers and windscreen washer
system.
– Take the vehicle out of gear or move the selector lever into position N if your vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox.
– Note that the brake servo unit and power steering only operate if the engine is running. You will require significantly greater
physical force to depress the brake pedal and to steer the
vehicle if the engine is not running.
– Ensure that the tow rope is always kept taught.
Tow rope or tow bar
A tow bar is safest way of towing a vehicle and also minimizes any
shocks. You can use a tow rope only if a suitable tow bar is not available.
The tow rope must be elastic to protect the vehicle. Thus one should only
use plastic fibre rope or a rope made out of a similarly elastic material.
Attach the tow rope or the tow bar only to the towing eyes provided for
this purpose ⇒page 248, “Front towing eye” and ⇒page 248, “Rear
towing eye”.
Driving style
Towing another vehicle requires a certain amount of practice. Both drivers
should be familiar with the particular points about towing a vehicle.
Unskilled drivers should not attempt to tow in another vehicle or to be
towed in.
One should be constantly vigilant not to allow impermissibly high towing
forces or jerky loadings. There is always a risk of excessive stresses and
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damage resulting at the points to which you attach the tow rope or tow bar
when you attempt to tow a vehicle which is not standing on a paved road.
Caution
If the gearbox of your vehicle no longer contains any oil because of a
defect, your vehicle must only be towed in with the driven wheels raised
clear of the ground, or on a special vehicle transporter or trailer.
Note
•Please comply with any legal requirements particularly regarding the
switched on signal systems, when towing in or tow-starting another
vehicle.
•The tow rope must not be twisted as it may in certain circumstances
result in the front towing eye being unscrewed out of your vehicle.
Front towing eye
The front towing eye is welded on behind the bumper on the right.
– Carefully pull the protective grille ⇒page 248, fig. 186 off in
the right-hand area of the bumper.
Rear towing eye
The rear towing eye is welded on below the rear bumper on the right.
Tow-starting a vehicle
If the engine does not start, we generally do not recommend to
tow-start your vehicle. One should attempt to start the engine
using jump start cables ⇒page 245 or call on the services of the
SERVICE mobile.
If your vehicle has to be towed:
– Engage 2nd or 3rd gear with the vehicle stationary.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully and keep it depressed.
– Switch on the ignition.
– Wait until both vehicles are moving then release the clutch pedal slowly.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully when the engine fires and take the vehicle out of gear.
Fig. 186 Front
bumper: Protective
grille for the towing eye

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For technical reasons it is not possible to tow-start a car fitted with an
automatic gearbox
.
WARNING
There is high risk of having an accident when tow-starting a
vehicle, when for example the towe d vehicle runs into the towing
vehicle.
Caution
Vehicles which are fitted with a catalytic converter should not be tow-
started over a distance of more than 50 metres. Unburnt fuel may get into
the catalytic converter and damage it.
Towing in a vehicle fitted with a manual gearbox
Please refer to the notes ⇒page 247.
The car can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope or with the front or
rear wheels raised. The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
Towing of a vehicle with an automatic gearbox
Please refer to the notes ⇒page 247.
The car can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope. Refer at the same
time to the following guidelines:
•Move selector lever into N .
•The maximum towing speed is 50 km/h.
•The maximum permissible towing distance is 50 km. The gear oil
pump does not operate when the engine is not running and the gear would
not be adequately lubricated at higher speeds and over longer towing
distance.
Caution
If the vehicle is towed in by a recovery vehicle, it should only be towed in
with the front wheels raised. If the vehicle is raised at rear, the automatic
gearbox is damaged!
Note
The vehicle must be transported on a special vehicle or trailer if it is not
possible to tow in the vehicle in the way described or if the towing distance
is greater than 50 km.

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Caution
•Never attempt to “repair” fuses and also do not replace them with a
fuse of a higher amperage - risk of fire! This may also cause damage at
another part of the electrical system.
•Have the electrical system checked as quickly as possible by a Škoda
dealer if a newly inserted fuse blows again after a short time.
Fuse assignment
Certain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model
versions or only suppliable as optional equipment for certain models.
Fig. 188 Schematic
representation of fuse
carrier
No.Ampere s
1Heatable windscreen washing nozzles5
2Turn signals10
3Not assigned
4Licence plate light5
5
Instrument cluster - warning lights, seat heaters, cruise
control system, exterior mirror adjustment, lighting of
controls and switches, outside temperature display, air
conditioning, audible parking aid, navigation system,
multifunction steering wheel
10
6Heating of the external mirror5
7ABS, EDS, ASR, ESP, cruise control system, engine
electronics10
8Automatic headlight beam adjustment5
9Parking aid5
10CD changer, mobile phone, multifunction steering
wheel5
11Electrically adjustable seats5
12Power supply for diagnostic socket10
13Brake lights10
14Central locking control unit, interior lighting10
15Instrument cluster, air conditioning, automatic gearbox,
exterior mirror adjustment memory and navigation sys-
tem10
16ESP5
17Two-way radio system, special vehicles (police etc.)10

Index261
Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Adjusting front seats manually . . . . . . . . . 70
electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
An overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Antilock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Antilock brake system - ABS Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . 196
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 184
B
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Button on the driver's door Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
CargoFlex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CargoFlex folding box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Changing oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Index263
Emergency operation
Fuel filler flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Engine compartment Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Engine electronics EPC warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . 185, 189
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Exhaust gas inspection Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Exhaust gases Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
F
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Folding box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Folding down rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
For the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 185 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
G
GearboxAutomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hazard warning lights system . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . 64
Heating Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . 104
Heating of the external mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inspecting the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior lighting at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Index
264
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Isofix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245, 246
K
Keeping windows demisted
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . 106
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lights Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
switching them on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Locking
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . 44
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 59 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . 18
Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Storing and retrieving settings . . . . . . . . . 72
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 138
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Operating cruise control system . . . . . . 132
Operating mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Operation of radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
N
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 138
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
O
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Open door Open door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operating cruise control system Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 132
Operating mobile phone Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 134
Operating the radio Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 133