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Note
This Owner's Manual only describes the replacement of bulbs where it is
assumed that no major complications will arise. Other light bulbs should
be changed by your specialist garage.
Rear light unit
– Open the boot lid/luggage compartment door.
– Raise the floor covering.
– Press the catch in direction of arrow and pull out the light fixture.
– 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.
Licence plate light
– Open the boot lid/luggage compartment door.
– Unscrew the glass cover of the light ⇒fig. 200.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture and insert a new one.
– Replace the the glass cover of the light and press it down to the stop - ensure that the glass cover is correctly installed.
– Screw the glass cover tight.
Fig. 199 Luggage
compartment: Remove
light bulb holderFig. 200 Luggage
compartment door
Licence plate light
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Luggage compartment light
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light
⇒fig. 201 and carefully press out the light.
– Unplug the connector.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture and insert a new one.
– Plug in plug.
– Insert the light first of all on the side opposite the arrow and press it in carefully - until it locks in place.
Interior lights at the front
Fig. 201 Luggage
compartment: Lighting
Fig. 202 Interior lights
at the front for vehicles
without an electric
sliding/tilting roof
Fig. 203 Interior lights
at the front for vehicles
with an electric
sliding/tilting roof
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Changing the bulb for interior light of vehicles without an
electric sliding/tilting roof
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light ⇒page 265, fig. 202 .
– Carefully press out the light and remove it from the headliner.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– First of all place the lights in the mounts at the rear and press them into the headliner, until they lock into place.
Changing the bulb for interior light of vehicles with an
electric sliding/tilting roof
– Position a small screwdriver carefully against the rear edge of the cover of the power roof drive - arrows 1- ⇒page 265,
fig. 203.
– Lever off the cover down carefully.
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light - arrow 2-.
– Carefully press out the light and remove it from the headliner.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– First of all place the lights in the side plastic mounts and press them upwards, until they lock into place.
– Press on the cover again by first of all inserting the plastic lugs and then pushing the cover up.
Interior lights at the rear
Changing the bulb for lights without interior monitoring
sensors
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light cover ⇒fig. 204 and carefully lever the cover off.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– Insert the cover and press it in fully until it locks in place.
Changing the bulb for lights with interior monitoring
sensors
– We recommend having these bulbs replaced by a Škoda dealer.
Fig. 204 The interior
light at the rear without
interior monitoring
sensors
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Lighting in storage compartment on front passenger
side
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light
⇒fig. 205 and carefully lever out the light in the direction of
the arrow .
– Unplug the connector.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– Plug in plug.
– Insert the light and press it into the wall of the storage compartment.
Entry lighting
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light ⇒fig. 206 and carefully lever out the light.
– Unplug plug .
– Push away the spring clip on the cover and remove the cover.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– Insert the cover again and secure it by locking it in place.
– Plug in plug.
– Insert the light from the rear and press it forwards up to the stop.
Fig. 205 Storage
compartment: Lighting
A1
Fig. 206 Inner part of
the door: Entry light
A1
A2
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Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Adjusting front seats manually . . . . . . . . . 73
electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 deactivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
An overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Antilock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Antilock brake system - ABS Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . 206
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 199
B
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Biofuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Button on the driver's door Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
CargoFlex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
CargoFlex folding box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Changing oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Child safety seats
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 attach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Child seat protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . 178
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . 176
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Climatronic Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
economic use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Keeping windows demisted . . . . . . . . . . 116
Operational problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . 114
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cockpit An overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . 199
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant quantity Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Coolant temperature/coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cooling Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . 109
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
D
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Defrosting windows The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . 111
Defrosting windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Diesel engines
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 21
Door Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drinks can holder at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dynamo Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Electrically adjustable rear mirror . . . . . . . . . 70
Electrically adjustable seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Electronic Differential LockWarning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 187
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Electronic immobiliser
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . . 185 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Emergency operation Fuel filler flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Engine compartment Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine electronics EPC warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . 194, 198
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exhaust gas inspection Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exhaust gases Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70F
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
folding box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Folding down rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
For the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 194 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
G
GearboxAutomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hazard warning lights system . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . 66
Heating Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . 109
Heating of the external mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inspecting the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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