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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.
Rear light unit
– Open the boot lid/luggage compartment door.
– Raise the floor covering.
– Press the catch in direction of arrow and pull out the light fixture.
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove. – Insert the new light bulb and turn it fully to the right.
– Insert the light bulb holder again, the plastic tongue must lock
in place.
Licence plate light
– Open the boot lid/luggage compartment door.
– Unscrew the glass cover of the light ⇒fig. 204.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture and insert a new one.
– Replace the the glass cover of the light and press it down to the stop - ensure that the glass cover is correctly installed.
– Screw the glass cover tight.
Fig. 203 Luggage
compartment: Remove
light bulb holderFig. 204 Luggage
compartment door
Licence plate light
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Luggage compartment light
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light
⇒fig. 205 and carefully press out the light.
– Unplug the connector.
– Take the faulty bulb out of the fixture and insert a new one.
– Plug in plug.
– Insert the light first of all on the side opposite the arrow and press it in carefully - until it locks in place.
Interior lights at the front
Fig. 205 Luggage
compartment: Lighting
Fig. 206 Interior lights
at the front for vehicles
without an electric
sliding/tilting roof
Fig. 207 Interior lights
at the front for vehicles
with an electric
sliding/tilting roof
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Changing the bulb for interior light of vehicles without an
electric sliding/tilting roof
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light ⇒page 265, fig. 206 .
– Carefully press out the light and remove it from the headliner.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– First of all place the lights in the mounts at the rear and press them into the headliner, until they lock into place.
Changing the bulb for interior light of vehicles with an
electric sliding/tilting roof
– Position a small screwdriver carefully against the rear edge of the cover of the power roof drive - arrows 1- ⇒page 265,
fig. 207.
– Lever off the cover down carefully.
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light - arrow 2-.
– Carefully press out the light and remove it from the headliner.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– First of all place the lights in the side plastic mounts and press them upwards, until they lock into place.
– Press on the cover again by first of all inserting the plastic lugs and then pushing the cover up.
Interior lights at the rear
Changing the bulb for lights without interior monitoring
sensors
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light cover ⇒fig. 208 and carefully lever the cover off.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– Insert the cover and press it in fully until it locks in place.
Changing the bulb for lights with interior monitoring
sensors
– We recommend having the light bulbs replaced by a Škoda Service Partner.
Fig. 208 The interior
light at the rear without
interior monitoring
sensors
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Lighting in storage compartment on front passenger
side
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light
⇒fig. 209 and carefully lever out the light in the direction of
the arrow .
– Unplug the connector.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– Plug in plug.
– Insert the light and press it into the wall of the storage compartment.
Entry lighting
– Insert a small screwdriver into the slot next to the light ⇒fig. 210 and carefully lever out the light.
– Unplug plug .
– Push away the spring clip on the cover and remove the cover.
– Take the faulty bulb out of and insert a new one.
– Insert the cover again and secure it by locking it in place.
– Plug in plug.
– Insert the light from the rear and press it forwards up to the stop.
Fig. 209 Storage
compartment: Lighting
A1
Fig. 210 Inner part of
the door: Entry light
A1
A2
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General
Identification data
Vehicle data sticker
The vehicle data sticker ⇒fig. 211 is located on the floor of the luggage
compartment and is also stated in the Service schedule.
The vehicle data sticker contains the following data:
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
Vehicle type
Gearbox code, paint number, interior equipment number, engine
output, engine code
Partial description of the vehicle Vehicle identification number (VIN)
The vehicle identification number - VIN (vehicle body number) is stamped
onto the partition between the engine compartment and the passenger
compartment and on a sign on the lower left hand edge below the wind-
screen.
Engine number
The engine number is stamped into the engine block.
Type plate (production plate)
The type plate is affixed to the rear cross panel in the engine compartment
on the right looking in the direction of travel.
Vehicles for certain export countries do not have a type plate.
Sticker on inside of fuel filler flap
The sticker is affixed to the inside of the fuel filler flap. The sticker contains
the following data:•The prescribed types of fuel,
•Tyre size,
•Tyre pressure.
Note
•You will find the technical data of your vehicle in the separate brochure
"Technical Data".
•Please note that the information stated in the official vehicle registra-
tion documents always takes priority.
Fig. 211 Vehicle data
sticker
A1
A2
A3
A4
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Index271
Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Adjusting front seats manually . . . . . . . . . 72
electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Air conditioning system Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Antilock brake system - ABS
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Attaching child safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . 206
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . 65
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 199
B
B rake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 228 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . 230
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Belt Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Biofuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Blocking
seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Brake system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Button on the driver's door Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Buttons on the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CargoFlex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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