2005 SKODA SUPERB spare wheel

Breakdown assistance249
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
– Jack up the vehicle until the wheel to be changed is clear of
the ground ⇒page 252.
– Unscrew the wheel bolts and place them on a clean surface (cloth, paper etc.).
– Take off the wheel.
– Fit on the spare wheel and tighten the wheel bolts slightly.
– Lower the car.
– Tighten the wheel bolts firmly, alternately and diagonally using the wheel wrench ⇒page 251.
– Mount the full wheel trim/wheel trim cap or the caps.
Note
•All bolts must be clean and must turn easily.
•You must never grease or oil the wheel bolts!
•When fitting on unidirectional tyres, ensure that the tyres rotate in the
correct direction ⇒page 235.
Subsequent steps
After changing the wheel, you must perform the following steps.
– Stow and attach the replaced wheel in the spare wheel well.
– Stow the vehicle tool kit in the space provided. –
Check the tyre pressure on the spare wheel just mounted as
soon as possible.
– Have the tightening torque of the wheel bolts checked with
a torque wrench as soon as possible. The tightening torque for
steel and light alloy wheels must be 120 Nm.
– Have the defective tyre repaired as soon as possible.
WARNING
It is necessary to observe the guidelines given on ⇒ page 238,
“New tyres and wheels” if the vehicle is subsequently fitted with
tyres which are different to those it was fitted with at the works.
Note
•If you find, when changing the wheel, that the wheel bolts are corroded
and difficult to turn, the bolts must be replaced before checking the tight-
ening torque.
•Drive cautiously and only at a moderate speed to a workshop where
the tightening torque can be checked.
Full wheel trim*
Removing
– Hook the clamp (found in the vehicle toolkit) into the reinforced edge of the full wheel trim.
– Push the wheel key through the clamp, support the wheel key at the tyre and pull off the wheel trim.
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Breakdown assistance253
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
•It is important to support the vehicle with suitable supporting
blocks if you wish to work under the lifted vehicle - risk of injury!
Taking off and fitting on wheel
After you have slackened the wheel bolts and have raised the car
with the car jack, replace the wheel as follows:
Changing a wheel
– Turn the wheel bolt which is farthest to the top fully out with
the hexagon socket in the screwdriver handle (car tool kit)
and place the bolt down on a clean surface ⇒fig. 192 .
– Screw the assembly pin (car tool kit) into the vacant hole ⇒fig. 193.
– Unscrew the remaining wheel bolts as described above.
– Take off the wheel.
Fitting on wheel
– Push the spare wheel over the assembly pin.
WARNING (continued)
Fig. 192 Changing a
wheel: Remove bolts
with hexagon in screw-
driver
Fig. 193 Changing a
wheel: assembly pin
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Index
276
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Starting engine
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Steering booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Storage compartment Armrest with stowage compartment . . . 107
Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Door trim panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Drawer compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Spectacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Umbrella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storage drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Stowage compartment below steering wheel . . . 105
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Switch on the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switching the engine off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
T
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Temperature Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The air conditioning system Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . 109
The armrest at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
The automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . 66
The battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 228 changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
disconnecting and connecting . . . . . . . . 233
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . 230
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
The CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
The electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 41
The outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Thickness of brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Through-loading bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Towing a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Towing eye
at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tow-starting a vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Turn signal system for vehicles towing a trailer Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Two-way radio sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
U
Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Vehicle condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Washing Wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
with high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Window lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Windows
De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Windscreen Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Windscreen heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System . . . 233 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . 233 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Wiper blades Replacing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . 68
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
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