2005 SKODA OCTAVIA service

General303
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Technical Data
General
Identification data
Vehicle data sticker
The vehicle data sticker ⇒fig. 234 is located on the floor of the luggage
compartment and is also stated in the Service schedule.
The vehicle data sticker contains the following data:
Vehicle identification number
Vehicle type
Gearbox code, paint number, interior equipment number, engine
output, engine code
Partial description of the vehicleFig. 234 Vehicle data
sticker
Fig. 235 Windscreen:
The last 11 digits of the
vehicle identification
number
A1
A2
A3
A4
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Index309
Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power windows Buttons on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operational problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switches in front passenger door and in rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
R
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rear window Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear-view mirror Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Safety instructions Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 188 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
fasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 157
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 157
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . 154
Selector lever-emergency unlocking (DSG) 162
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting temperature Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Starting engine
after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . 141
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Steering Driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . 216
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
T
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Temperature Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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