
Fuses and light bulbs241
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assist-
anceTechnical DataFabia Praktik
– Pull the lamp holder with light bulb for the parking light out of
the headlight ⇒page 240, fig. 176.
– Pull the defect light bulb out of the lamp holder.
– Insert the new light bulb.
– Insert the lamp holder with new light bulb into of the headlight.
Low beam
– Open the bonnet.
– Remove the protective cover at the rear of the headlight ⇒page 239, fig. 173 .
– Unplug plug . – Unlock the sprung wire clamp downwards by pressing in
direction of the light bulb and swing.
– Remove the light bulb and insert the new light bulb in such a way that the fixing lug on the reflector lies in the corre-
sponding recess in the lamp plate.
– Close the sprung wire clamp over the plate and engage it again.
– Plug in plug ⇒fig. 177.
– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a Skoda dealer after replacing the light bulb.
Turn signal light (at the front)
– Open the bonnet.
Fig. 177 Removing the
light bulb for the low
beam light
AA
AB
A1
AA
Fig. 178 Removing the
light bulb for the turn
signal light
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– Screw out the lamp holder and light bulb by turning it anti-clockwise ⇒page 241, fig. 178 .
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Insert the new light bulb and turn it fully to the right.
– Insert the lamp holder with new light bulb into the headlight. Secure the lamp holder by turning it to the right.
Lighting in storage compar tment on front passenger
side*
We recommend having the light bulb replaced by a Škoda dealer. – Push in a knife or similar from the side between the light and
the glove compartment ⇒fig. 179. Lever out the light care-
fully.
– Disconnect the plug by pressing the catch from the side.
– Replace the defect light bulb.
– Recreate the plug connection.
– Press the light into the glove compartment from below.
Interior light and the reading light*
– Pull the diffusion disk (see arrow) downwards from the
housing ⇒fig. 180.
Fig. 179 Remove
lighting in storage
compartment on front
passenger side
Fig. 180 Remove inte-
rior light
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Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assist-
anceTechnical DataFabia Praktik
– Take the faulty light bulb out of the interior light and insert a
new one.
– Pull the light bulb out of its holder and insert the new one.
– Press the diffusion disk back into the housing until it clicks into place (ensure that it is in the right position).
Licence plate light
– Open the tailgate and screw off the light glass.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture and insert a new one.
– Re-insert the light glass. Press the light glass in up to the stop - check for correct seating of the sealing rubber.
– Screw on the light glass but not too tightly.
Front door warning light*
We recommend having the light bulb replaced by a Škoda dealer.
– Push in a knife or similar from the side between the light and the door panel ⇒fig. 182. Lever out the light carefully.
– Disconnect the plug connector.
– Replace the defect light bulb.
– Recreate the plug connection.
– Insert the door warning light into the door panel from the plug side and press in.
Fig. 181 Remove the
licence plate light
Fig. 182 Remove the
front door warning light
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Rear light unit
– Open the boot lid/luggage compartment door.
– Push the cover to the side carefully.
– Press the fixing straps in the upper part of the light bulb holder
in the direction of the arrow and remove the light bulb holder
⇒fig. 183.
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Insert the new light bulb and turn it fully to the right.
– Insert the light bulb holder into the opening of the rear light from below and interlock the fixing straps into the upper part.
– Push the cover back into place.
Rear light unit (estate car, sedan)
– Open the boot lid/luggage compartment door.
– Remove the cover in the boot.
– Press the catch in direction of arrow and pull out the light bulb
holder.
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Insert the new light bulb and turn it fully to the right.
– Insert the light bulb holder again, the plastic tongue must lock in place.
– Install the cover in the boot.
Fig. 183 Remove light
bulb holderFig. 184 Remove the
light bulb holder
(estate car, sedan)
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Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assist-
anceTechnical DataFabia Praktik
Luggage compartment light
– Open the tailgate and remove the luggage compartment
cover.
– Insert a screwdriver into the slot next to the light ⇒fig. 185 .
Lever out the light carefully.
– Disconnect the plug connector.
– Replace the defect light bulb.
– Recreate the plug connection.
– Insert the light from the rear and press it forwards up to the stop.
Boot light (sedan)
– Insert a screwdriver into the slot under the light ⇒fig. 186.
Lever out the light carefully.
– Unlock the lug then pull out the plug.
– Push away the spring clip on the cover and remove the cover.
– Replace the defect light bulb.
– Insert the cover again and secure it by locking it in place.
– Recreate the plug connection.
– Insert the light from the rear and press it forwards up to the stop.
Fig. 185 Remove the
luggage compartment
lightFig. 186 Remove the
boot light (sedan)
A1
A2
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Index251
Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 125
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
An overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Antilock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Antilock brake system - ABS Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . 178
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 171
B
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Brake system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Button on the driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child safety seats ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Locking of the door
in an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 58 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . 18
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 118
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
N
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Note holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
O
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operation in winter De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
The battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . 193
P
Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Petrol engines Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Operational problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
R
Radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear drinks can holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Recirculated air mode Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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