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Inspecting and Replenishing204
Inspecting the coolant level
The coolant expansion bottle is located in the engine compartment on
the right.
– Switch the engine off.
– Open the bonnet ⇒ in “Working in the engine compartment”
on page 198.
– Check the level of coolant in the coolant expansion bottle
⇒ fig. 146. The coolant level when the engine is cold must lie
between the “MIN” and “MAX” markings. The level may also
rise slightly above the “MAX” ma rking when the engine is warm.
If the coolant level in the reservoir is too low, this is indicated by the warning light in the instrument cluster  ⇒page 30. We nevertheless recommend inspecting the coolant level directly at the reservoir from time to time.
Loss of coolant
A loss of coolant is first and foremost an indication of a leak in the system. You should not merely top up the coolant in the reservoir. It is also important to have the cooling system inspected without delay by a specialist garage.
Losses can only occur through the pressure relief in the cap of the coolant expansion bottle which is completely free of leaks if the coolant boils as a result of overheating and is forced out of the cooling system.
WARNING
Read and observe the warning notes ⇒page 198, “Working in the engine compartment” before working in the engine compartment.
Caution
One should contact a specialist garage as soon as possible if the source of over- heating itself cannot be determined an d removed, since there may be grave damage to the engine.
Replenishing the coolant
– Switch the engine off.
– Allow the engine to cool down.
– Place a cloth over the cap of the coolant expansion reservoir
⇒ fig. 146 and unscrew the cap carefully by turning it to the left
⇒ .
– Top up the coolant.
– Screw the cap tight until it is heard to lock.
Fig. 146 Engine compartment: Coolant expansion bottle
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Brake fluid
Inspecting the brake fluid level
The brake fluid reservoir is located on the left of the engine compart-
ment. The brake fluid reservoir on right-hand steering models is posi-
tioned on the other side of the engine compartment.
– Switch the engine off.
– Open the bonnet ⇒ in “Working in the engine compartment”
on page 198.
– Inspect the brake fluid level in the reservoir ⇒fig. 147. The level
must be between the “MIN” and “MAX” markings.
A slight drop in the fluid level results when driving due to normal wear-and-tear and automatic adjustment of the br ake pads, and is perfectly normal.
There may be an indication of a leak in the brake system, however, if the fluid level drops significantly within a short time or if it drops below the “MIN” marking. A situation where the brake flui d level is too low is indicated by the warning light  lighting up in th e instrument cluster ⇒page 34. In this case stop the car immediately and do not drive any further! Contact a Škoda Dealer to obtain professional assistance.
WARNING
•Read and observe the warning notes ⇒page 198, “Working in the engine compartment” before work ing in the engine compartment.
•If the fluid level has dropped below the MIN marking, do not drive any further - risk of accident! Contact a Škoda dealer to obtain profes- sional assistance.
Replacing brake fluid
Brake fluid absorbs moisture. This causes the fluid to absorb moisture from the surrounding air over a period of time. Excessive water in the brake fluid may be the cause of corrosion in the brake syst em. The water content also lowers the boiling point of the brake fluid. This is why brake fluid must be replaced every two years.
One may only use new genuine brake fluid from Škoda Auto a.s. The specifica- tion for the brake fluid is “FMVSS 116 DOT 4”.
We recommend that you have th e brake fluid replaced by a Škoda Service Par tner as part of an Inspection Service.
Fig. 147 Engine compartment: Brake fluid reservoir
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Fuses and light bulbs241
Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
Front headlight
– Open the bonnet.
– For a vehicle with petrol engine remove the activated charcoal
filter system before replacing the bulb in the right front headlight
⇒ fig. 172.
Positions of the light bulbs in the front headlight ⇒fig. 171.
- low beam and main beam
- parking lights
- Turn signal light (at the front)
Switching on the low beam and main beam
– Open the bonnet.
– Remove the protective cap ⇒fig. 171.
Fig. 171 Front headlight: Installing the light bulbs
Fig. 172 Removing the activated charcoal filter system
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Fig. 173 Removing the light bulb for the low beam and main beam light
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Fuses and light bulbs242
– For headlights with module (halogen lamp H7) ⇒page 241,
fig. 173 turn the connector with the halogen lamp to the left up to
the stop and remove.
– For headlights with reflector (halogen lamp H4) pull off the
connector from the lamp, release the sprung wire clamp and pull
out the halogen lamp towards the rear.
– Replace the halogen lamp H7, insert the connector with the new
halogen lamp and turn to the right up to the stop.
– Replace the halogen lamp H4, insert into the opening in the
reflector (with the fixing lugs in the recesses), secure with the
sprung wire clamp, position the protective cap and mount the
connector.
– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a
Skoda Service Partner after replacing the light bulb.
Turn signal light (at the front)
– Open the bonnet.
– Turn the lamp holder to the left ⇒page 241, fig. 171 and
remove the lamp holder with the light bulb.
– Replace the defective light bulb.
– Insert the lamp holder with light bulb into the headlight. Secure the
lamp holder by turning it to th e right until it locks in place.
Parking light at the front
– Open the bonnet.
– Remove the protective cap ⇒page 241, fig. 171.
– Grasp the light bulb holder an d pull it out of the headlight.
– Replace the light bulb in the light bulb holder and re-insert into the
headlight.
Fog lights
– Remove the grille next to the fog light (for turning light) or the grille
around the round fog light (for fog light) ⇒page 232.
– Release the screws ⇒fig. 174 and remove the fog light.
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Fig. 174 Structure of the light bulb of the fog light
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Index249
Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 135
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Antilock brake system - ABS
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
B
B rake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 207
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Bluetooth™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Button on the driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Index250
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Climatronic
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Cockpit
General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 180
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Coolant temperature/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cup holder
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
D
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 96
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Diesel particle filter
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Door
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door, tailgate and bonnet ajar warning . . . . . . . . . . 23
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Electric power-operated window
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Electrically adjustable rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 40
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emergency locking of the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Engine
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Engine compartment
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Engine electronics
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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