2005 SKODA FABIA trailer

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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 towing eye is stored in the box for the vehicle tool kit.
Fig. 164 Front
bumper: Protective
grille
Fig. 165 Front
bumper: Installing the
towing eye
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– 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.
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 towed 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 228.
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 228.
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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Index255
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety instructions
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
fasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting temperature Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Starting engine
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switch on the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
T
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Temperature Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
The automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . 63
The battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 201 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . 204
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 The CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
The electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 40
The outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Towing a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Towing eye at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow-starting a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Turn signal system for vehicles towing a trailer Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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