2006 SKODA ROOMSTER bonnet

Inspecting and Replenishing
218
Caution
Do not continue your journey if for some reason it is not possible
under the conditions prevailing to top up with coolant. Switch the
engine off and obtain professional assistance from a specialist garage,
otherwise it could lead to severe engine damage.
For the sake of the environment
Do not re-use coolant if it is necessary to drain the coolant in the system.
It should be collected and disposed of in compliance with environmental
protection regulations.
Radiator fan
The radiator fan may switch on suddenly.
The radiator fan is driven by an electric motor and controlled by a thermo-
stat according to the coolant temperature.
The radiator fan may continue running for up to 10 minutes after the
engine has been switched off - even if the ignition is also off. It may also
switch on suddenly after a certain time, if
•the coolant temperature has risen because of an accumulation of heat
or
•the warm engine compartment is heated up additionally by strong
sunlight.
WARNING
You must therefore be aware when working in the engine compart-
ment that the fan may switch on suddenly - risk of injury!
Brake fluid
Inspecting the brake fluid level
The brake fluid reservoir is located on the left of the engine
compartment. The brake fluid reservoir on right-hand steering
models is positioned on the other side of the engine compart-
ment.
– Switch the engine off.
– Open the bonnet ⇒ in “Working in the engine compart-
ment” on page 210.
– Inspect the brake fluid level in the reservoir ⇒fig. 159 . The
level must be between the “MIN” and “MAX” markings.
Fig. 159 Engine
compartment: Brake
fluid reservoir
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Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
WARNING
•Bulbs H7 and H4 are pressurised and may burst when changing
the bulb - risk of injury!
•It is recommended to wear gloves and eye protection when
changing a light bulb.
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.
Front headlight
– Open the bonnet.
OthersBulb
Side turn signal lightsWY5W
Licence plate lightC5W
3rd brake lightLED
Interior lighting front / rearC10W
Reading lightsW5W
Luggage compartment lightW5W
Storage compartment light - front pas-
senger sideW5W
Fig. 183 Front head-
light: Installing the light
bulbs
Fig. 184 Removing the
activated charcoal filter
system
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– For vehicles with petrol engines remove the activated char-coal filter system before replacing the bulb in the right front
headlight ⇒page 255, fig. 184 .
Positions of the light bulbs in the front headlight ⇒page 255, fig. 183 .
- 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 ⇒page 255, fig. 183 .– For headlights with module (halogen lamp H7),
⇒fig. 185 turn
the connector with the halogen lamp to the left up to the stop
and remove.
– For headlights with reflector (halogen lamp H47) 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 255, fig. 183 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 the right until it locks in place.
AA
AB
AC
Fig. 185 Removing the
light bulb for the low
beam and main beam
light
AA
AC
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Parking light at the front
– Open the bonnet.
– Remove the protective cap ⇒page 255, fig. 183 .
– Grasp the light bulb holder and 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 246.
– Release the screws ⇒fig. 186 and remove the fog light. – Turn the connector with the light bulb up to the stop towards
the left and remove.
– Change the light bulb, put the connector back into the head- light and secure by turning to the right.
– Put the fog light in place with the catch on the side opposite the grille and then press in the opposite part. Applies to turning
light, for round fog light screw in the 3 screws.
– Screw in the screws ⇒fig. 186 and re-insert the grille
⇒ page 246.
– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a Skoda Service Partner after replacing the light bulb.
Storage compartment lighting*
AB
Fig. 186 Structure of
the light bulb of the fog
light
Fig. 187 Remove
lighting in storage
compartment on front
passenger side
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Index265
Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 75, 143
Adjusting the seat backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Antilock brake system - ABS Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . 124
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . 198
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . 63
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 192
B
B rake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 220 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . 222
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Bluetooth™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Brake system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Button on the driver's door Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
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266
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . 168
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . 170
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Climatronic Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cockpit General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . 192
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Coolant temperature/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Cup holder front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
D
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 101
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Diesel enginesStarting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Diesel particle filter Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Door Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Door, tailgate and bonnet ajar warning . . . . . 24 Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Electric power-operated window
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Electrically adjustable rear mirror . . . . . . . . . 66
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 179
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 41 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . . 177 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Emergency locking of the door . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Engine starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Engine compartment Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Engine electronics Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
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