2005 SKODA SUPERB key

Seat belts157
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Important safety information regarding
the use of seat belts
The correct use of the seat belts considerably reduces the
risk of injury!
WARNING
•The belt webbing must not be jammed in-between at any point
or twisted, or chafe against any sharp edges.
•It is important that the belt webb ing is properly routed if the seat
belts are to offer their maximum protection ⇒page 158, “How are
seat belts correctly fastened?”.
•No two persons (also not children) should ever use a single seat
belt together.
•The maximum protection which seat belts can offer is only
achieved if you are correctly seated ⇒page 151, “Correct seated
position”.
•The belt webbing must not run across solid or fragile objects
(e.g. spectacles, ball-point pens, keys etc.) as this may be a cause
of injuries.
•Bulky, loose clothing (e.g. a winter coat over a jacket) does not
allow you to be correctly seated and impairs proper operation of
the seat belts.
•It is prohibited to use clamps or other objects to adjust seat
belts (e.g. for shortening the belts for smaller persons).
•The lock tongue should only be inserted into the lock which is
the correct one for your seat. Wrong use of the safety belt will
reduce its capacity to protect and the risk of injury increases.
•The backrests of the front seats must not be tilted too far to the
rear otherwise the seatbelts can lose their effectiveness.
•The belt webbing must always be kept clean. Soiled belt
webbing may impair proper operation of the inertia reel
⇒ page 213, “Seat belts”.
•The slot of the belt tongue must not be blocked by paper or
similar objects otherwise the belt tongue will not lock in place prop-
erly.
•Inspect the seat belts regularly to ensure they are in good condi-
tion. If you find seat belts which have damage to the seat belt
webbing, seat belt connections, to the inertia reels or to the lock,
the relevant safety belt must be replaced by a specialist garage.
•The seat belts must not be removed or changed in any way. Do
not make an attempt to repair the seat belts yourself.
•Damaged seat belts which have been subjected to stress in an
accident and were therefore stretched, must be replaced - this is
best done by a specialist garage. The anchorage points of the belts
must also be inspected. The anchorage points for the belts should
also be checked.
•In certain countries it is possible to use seat belts which differ
in terms of their operation from the seat belts which are described
on the pages which follow.
WARNING (continued)
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Airbag system173
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Deactivating airbags
– Switch off the ignition.
– Turn the slot of the airbag switch using the master key in the
direction of the arrow to the position OFF ⇒ fig. 149. The slot
of the airbag switch must be located in the vertical position.
– Check whether the airbag indicator light
  in the
middle of the dash panel lights up ⇒fig. 150 when the ignition
is turned on.
Switching on airbags
– Switch off the ignition.
– Turn the slot of the airbag switch using the master key in the direction of the arrow to the position ON ⇒ page 172, fig. 149 .
The slot of the airbag switch must be located in the horizontal
position.
– Check whether the airbag indicator light
  in the
middle of the dash panel lights up ⇒page 172, fig. 150 when
the ignition is turned on.
The airbags should only be switched off under exceptional circumstances
⇒ page 171.
Indicator light
  (airbag switched off)
The airbag indicator light is located in the middle of the dash panel
⇒ page 172, fig. 150 .
If the airbags are switched on, the airbag indicator light comes on for a
few seconds after the ignition is switched on.
When the front and side passenger airbag is switched off, the indicator
light comes on after the ignition is switched on. There is a system fault present in the airbag switch off
⇒ if the indi-
cator light flashes.
On vehicles without the function windscreen heater* the indicator light
showing a switched-off front passenger airbag* is at the position 15 wind-
screen heater* see ⇒page 10, fig. 1 .
WARNING
•The driver is responsible for whether the airbags are switched
on or switched off.
•Only switch off the airbag when the ignition is switched off!
Otherwise a fault can occur in the airbag deactivation system.
•If the warning light   (airbag switched off) flashes:
− Front passenger airbag is not deployed in the event of an
accident!
− It is also important to have the system inspected without
delay by a specialist garage.
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Inspecting and Replenishing219
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
– Allow the bonnet to drop from a height of about 30 cm into the
lock - bonnet do not press down on it!
The bonnet is held in the opened position by a pressurized gas spring.
WARNING
•Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is
flowing out of the engine compartmen t - risk of scalding! Wait long
enough until the steam or coolant has stopped escaping.
•For safety reasons, the bonnet must always be properly closed
when driving. One should therefore check that the lock has in fact
engaged properly after closing the bonnet.
•Stop your vehicle immediately while driving if you notice that
the lock is not properly engaged and close the bonnet properly -
risk of an accident!
Caution
•Never open the bonnet using the handle - danger of causing damage.
•Before opening the bonnet, ensure that the arms of the windscreen
wipers are correctly in place against the windscreen. Otherwise, there is
a risk of damage to the paintwork.
Working in the en gine compartment
Particular care is required when carrying out any work in
the engine compartment!
There is a risk of injuries, scalding , accidents and fire when working
in the engine compartment, e.g. inspecting and replenishing oil and
other fluids. For this reason, it is essential to comply with the warning instructions stated below and with the general applicable
rules of safety. The engine compartment of your car is a hazardous
area
⇒ .
WARNING
•Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is
flowing out of the engine compartment - risk of scalding! Wait long
enough until the steam or coolant has stopped escaping.
•Switch off the engine and pull out the ignition key.
•Apply the handbrake firmly.
•If your vehicle is fitted with a manual gearbox, move the gear-
shift lever into Neutral, or if it is fitted with automatic gearbox,
move the selector lever into position P.
•Allow the engine to cool down.
•Keep children clear of the engine compartment.
•Do not touch any hot engine parts - risk of burns!
•Never spill oil and other fluids over the hot engine. Such fluids
(e.g. the antifreeze contained in the coolant) may ignite!
•Avoid short circuits in the electrical system - particularly on the
battery.
•Never place your hand into the radiator fan as long as the
engine is still warm. The fan might suddenly start running!
•Never open the cap of the coolant expansion bottle as long as
the engine is still warm. The cooling system is pressurized!
•Cover over the cap of the coolant expansion reservoir with a
large cloth when opening it as protection for your face, hands and
arms from hot steam or hot coolant.
•Do not let objects, such as e.g cleaning cloth or tools lie in the
engine compartment.
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Inspecting and Replenishing
232
WARNING
Never charge a frozen or thawed battery - risk of explosion and
caustic burns. Replace a frozen battery.
Removing and installing the battery
Removing and installing the battery
– Please also refer to the notes when working on the battery
⇒page 228.
– Switched off all electrical components and remove the ignition key.
– Pull off gasket and take out the cover of the plenum chamber in the direction of the arrow ⇒fig. 176 .
– Unclamp the battery negative terminal (-).
– Unclamp the battery positive terminal (+).
– Unscrew the screw ⇒fig. 177 completely and remove the
locking plate.
– Move the battery in the direction of the arrow and pull it out in an upward direction.
Fig. 176 Engine
compartment: plenum
chamber - cover
Fig. 177 Engine
compartment: The
battery
AA
AB
AC
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Breakdown assistance249
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– 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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Index
274
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior lighting
at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 256
K
Keeping windows demisted The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . 111
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Lights Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
switching them on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
locking Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . 44
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lugagge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 82 CD-ROM player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 60 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . 18
Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Storing and retrieving settings . . . . . . . . . 75
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 146 Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Operating cruise control system . . . . . . 137
Operating mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Operation of radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
N
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 147
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
O
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Open door Open door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operating cruise control system Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 137
Operating mobile phone Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 139
Operating the radio Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 138
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Index275
Operation in winter
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
The battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . 220
P
Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Petrol engines Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Power windows Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Operational problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switch on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switches in front passenger door and in rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
R
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear window
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear-view mirror Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirculated air mode Heating and ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Emergency release of fuel filler flap . . . . 217
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Replacing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . 68
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
S
Safe distance to steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety instructions Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Seat belt
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
fasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting temperature The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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