Transporting children safely
182
– Insert the tongue of the lock into the seat belt buckle belonging to the seat until it is heard to lock in place.
– Reel up the belt webbing until it is fitted snugly against the child seat. When the belt is reeled up, this can be detected by
a “clicking” noise.
– Pull on the belt in order to check that it is no longer possible to pull out the webbing. The child seat protection is now switched
on.
Deactivating child seat protection
– Press the red button on the seat belt buckle. The tongue of the lock jumps out of the buckle as a result of the spring force
when this is done.
– Guide the belt back with your hand to enable the inertia reel to wind up the belt webbing more easily. The child safety lock is
deactivated after the full reeling up of the belt.
WARNING
It is essential to always switch off ⇒page 171 the airbag (airbags)
when attaching a child safety seat on the front passenger seat
where the child is seated with its back facing in direction of travel
(in some countries also when the child is facing the direction of
travel). If this is not done, there is a risk of the child suffering severe
or even fatal injuries if the front passenger airbag is deployed. In
certain countries national legal provisions also require that the
side or head passenger airbags be deactivated. When transporting
a child on the front passenger seat, please comply with the appro-
priate national regulations re garding the use of child safety
seats.
Attaching child seat using the “ISOFIX” system
There are two fixing eyes between the backrest and the seat itself
on both of the outer rear seats for fixing the “ISOFIX” system child
seat in place.
Fig. 158 Locking eyes
(ISOFIX system)
Fig. 159 The ISOFIX
child seat is pushed
into the mounting
funnels
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Transporting children safely 183
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
– Insert the mounting funnels onto the locking eyes
between the backrest and seat cushion ⇒page 182, fig. 158 .
– Push the notched arms of the child seat over the mounting funnels into the locking eyes, until it is heard to lock
⇒page 182, fig. 159 .
– Pull on both sid es of the child seat!
One can mount a child safety seat using the “ISOFIX” system quickly,
easily and reliably. Please pay close attention to instructions from the
manufacturer of the child safety seat when installing and removing the
seat.
Child seats fitted with the “ISOFIX” clamping system can only be mounted
and fixed in a vehicle fitted with an “ISOFIX system” when these child
seats have been released for your type of vehicle according to the ECE-
R 44 standard.
You can obtain child seats with the “ISOFIX” attachment system from
Škoda dealers who will also installed it as well.
Complete installation instructions are enclosed with the child safety seat.
WARNING
•The locking eyes have just be en developed for child safety
seats which use the “ISOFIX” system. You should therefore never
attach other child safety seats, seat belts or objects to the locking
eyes - hazard!
•Ask a Škoda dealer whether a child seat which you bought for
another vehicle is recommended for use in a Škoda before using an
“ISOFIX” system.
•Certain child seats which use the “ISOFIX” system can be
attached with standard three-point seat belts. Please pay close attention to instructions from the manufacturer of the child safety
seat when installing and removing the seat.
Note
Child seats which use the “ISOFIX” system are currently available for chil-
dren weighing from 9 up to 18 kg. This corresponds to an age range of
from approx. 9 months to 4 years.
AAABWARNING (continued)
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Taking care of your vehicle and cleaning the vehicle 211
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Caution
•Engine cleaning may be only be undertaken when the ignition is off.
•It is recommended to cover the generator before washing the engine
compartment.
For the sake of the environment
The dirty water produced by washing the engine has washed away petrol,
and residues of grease and oil and should therefore be cleaned by an oil
separator. This is why engine washing should only be undertaken in a
garage or at a fueling station (when these are fitted with the required
equipment).
Care of the interior of vehicle
Plastic parts, artificial leather and cloths
You can clean plastic parts and artificial leather with a moist cloth. You
should only treat such parts with special solvent-free plastic cleaning
and care products it does prove to be adequate.
Upholstery cloth and cloth trim on the doors, luggage compartment cover,
headliner etc. are best treated with special cleaning products, using if
necessary a dry foam and a soft sponge or brush.
We recommend using a cleaning product from Škoda genuine accesso-
ries offered by your Škoda dealer.
Caution
Solvent-free cleaners attack the material and can damage it.
Fabric covers of electrically heated seats
Do not clean the seat covers moist as this may result in damage to the
seat heating system.
Clean such covers using special agents, for example dry foam.
Natural leather
Natural leather requires quite particular care and attention.
Leather should be treated from time to time according the
following guidelines depending on how much it is used.
Normal cleaning
– Clean soiled areas of the leather with slightly moistened cotton or woollen cloth.
Severe soiling
– Clean severely soiled areas with a cloth dipped in a mild soapy solution (2 spoonfuls of natural soap to 1 litre of water).
– Ensure that the leather is not soaked through at any point and that no water gets into the stitching of the seams.
– Dry off the leather with a soft, dry cloth.
Removing stains
– Remove fresh stains which are water-based (e.g. coffee, tea,
juices, blood etc.) with an absorbent cloth or household paper
or use the cleaner from the care set for a stain which has
already dried in.
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246
Fire extinguisher*
The fire extinguisher is located in the sheath below the driver's seat
⇒ fig. 185 (the installation position of the fire extinguisher differs on vehi-
cles fitted with electrically adjustable seats).
Please read carefully the instructions which are attached to the fire
extinguisher.
The fire extinguisher must be checked by an authorised person or
company annually (please observe the differing legal requirements).
WARNING
If the fire extinguisher is not correctly attached, in case of sudden
manoeuvres or an accident it can be “thrown” through the interior
compartment and cause injuries.
Note
•The fire extinguisher must comply with the relevant and valid legal
requirements.
•Pay attention to the expiration date of the fire extinguisher. If the fire
extinguisher is used after the expiration date, its proper function is no
longer assured.
•The fire extinguisher is only supplied in certain countries within the
scope of delivery.
Vehicle tool kit
The car tool kit and the car jack are stowed in the left of the luggage
compartment ⇒ fig. 186 below the floor covering.
The vehicle tool kit contains the following parts (depending on equipment
fitted):
Fig. 185 Front seat:
Fire extinguisher
Fig. 186 Luggage
compartment:
Compartment for
stowing the tool kit
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Fuses and light bulbs261
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Caution
•Never attempt to “repair” fuses and also do not replace them with a
fuse of a higher amperage - risk of fire! This may also cause damage at
another part of the electrical system.
•Have the electrical system checked as quickly as possible by a
specialist garage if a newly inserted fuse blows again after a short time.
Note
We recommend that you have these fuses replaced by a specialist
garage.
Fuse assignment
Certain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model
versions or only suppliable as optional equipment for certain models.
Fig. 198 Schematic
representation of fuse
carrier
No.Ampere s
1Heatable windscreen washing nozzles5
2Turn signals10
3Not assigned
4Licence plate light5
5
Instrument cluster - warning lights, seat heaters, cruise
control system, exterior mirror adjustment, lighting of
controls and switches, outside temperature display, air
conditioning, audible parking aid, navigation system,
multifunction steering wheel
10
6Heating of the external mirror5
7ABS, EDS, ASR, ESP, cruise control system, engine
electronics10
8Automatic headlight beam adjustment5
9Parking aid5
10CD changer, mobile phone, multifunction steering
wheel5
11Electrically adjustable seatsa)5
12Power supply for diagnostic socket10
13Brake lights10
14Central locking control unit, interior lighting10
15Instrument cluster, air conditioning, automatic gearbox,
exterior mirror adjustment memory and navigation sys-
tem10
16ESP5
17Two-way radio system, special vehicles (police etc.)10
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262
The power windows and the power seats are protected by automatic
circuit breakers which switch on again automatically after a few seconds
after the overload has been eliminated - e.g. frozen windows.
Bulbs
Changing bulbs
The relevant lamp must always be switched off before a light bulb is
replaced.
Do not take hold of the glass bulb with naked fingers (even the smallest
amount of dirt reduces the working life of the light bulb). Use a clean cloth,
serviette or something similar.
Defect light bulbs should only be replaced with light bulbs of the same
type. The designation is located on the light socket or the glass bulb.
Changing certain bulbs is not something which you can do yourself, but
requires to be done by a specialist. Other parts of the vehicle must be
18Right main beam10
19Left main beam10
20Low beam on the right15
21Low beam on the left15
22Parking light on the right5
23Parking light on the left5
24Windscreen washer system, windscreen wiper pump
and intermittent switch25
25Fan for fresh air, the air conditioning unit, Climatronic30
26Rear window heating, recirculated air mode30
27Not assigned
28Fuel pump, diesel additional pump20
29Engine control20
30Electric sliding/tilting roof20
31Reversing lights, cruise control system, automatic
gearbox, automatic dimming interior mirror15
32Engine control, cruise control system20
33Cigarette lighter15
34Engine control15
35Trailer socket30
36Fog lights15
37Radio, navigation20
38Central locking system15
No.Ampere
s
39Hazard warning light system15
40Horn25
41Not assigned a)
42ESP25
43Engine control15
44Seat heaters30
a)since 09/2005 not assigned
No.Amperes
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Index271
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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272
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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