2006 SKODA ROOMSTER wiper fluid

Inspecting and Replenishing
210
Opening the bonnet
– Unlock the bonnet ⇒page 209, fig. 153 .
– Ensure that the arms of the windscreen wipers are correctly in place against the windscreen before opening the bonnet
otherwise damage could occur to the paintwork.
– Press the locking button ⇒page 209, fig. 154 , the bonnet
unlocks itself.
– Grip the bonnet and lift it up.
– Take the bonnet support out of its holder and set it in the opening designed for it ⇒page 209, fig. 155 .
Closing the bonnet
– Lift the bonnet slightly and unhook the bonnet support. Press the bonnet support into the holder designed to hold it.
– Allow the bonnet to drop from a height of about 30 cm into the lock - bonnet do not press down on it!
WARNING
•Never open the bonnet if you see that steam or coolant is
flowing out of the engine compartm ent - 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 wh ile driving if you notice that
the lock is not properly engaged and close the bonnet properly -
risk of an accident!
Caution
•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 engine 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!
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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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Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Towing eye front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Towing protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tow-starting and towing vehicle Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . 178 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Turn signal system for vehicles towing a trailer Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tyre inflation pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
U
Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . 199
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 239
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Windows de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . 224 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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