2008 SKODA ROOMSTER wiper blades

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Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistancePraktikTechnical Data
Fast wipe
– Position the lever up into position .
Automatic wipe/wash for windscreen
– Pull the lever towards the steering wheel into position and the
widescreen wiper and wash system wi ll operate - in the sprung posi-
tion.
– Release the lever. The windscreen wash system stops and the wiper
continues for another 1 - 3 wiper stro kes (depending on the period of
spraying of the windscreen).
Wiping the rear window pane*
– Push the lever away from the steering wheel into position
⇒ page 50, fig. 41, the widescreen wiper will operate every 6 seconds.
Automatic wipe/wash for the rear window pane*
– Push the lever away from the steering wheel into position - the
widescreen wiper and wash system wi ll operate - in the sprung posi-
tion.
– Letting go of the lever will cause the windscreen wash system to stop
and the wiper to continue for another 1 - 3 wiper strokes (depending
on the period of spraying of the windscreen). The lever will stay in
position after releasing it .
Switching windscreen wipers off
– Move the lever back into its home position .
The windscreen wipers and the windscreen washer system only operate if the igni- tion is switched on.
The rear window will be wiped again if the front window wipers are on when reverse gear is selected.
The windscreen washer nozzles are heated* when the ignition is switched on.
Top up with wash liquid ⇒page 186.
WARNING
•Properly maintained windscreen wiper blades are essential for clear visi- bility and safe driving ⇒page 52.
•Do not use the windscreen washer system at low temperatures, without heating the windscreen beforehand. Otherwise the window cleaner could freeze on the windscreen and restrict the view to the front.
•In the event of a freezing up of the wi ndscreen, first of all eliminate the ice ⇒ page 166 and then operate the windscreen wiper otherwise the wind- screen wiper blades could be damaged.
Caution
In frosty weather, please first of all check whether the windscreen wiper blades are not frozen to the windscreen before switching them on. Switching on windscreen wipers when the blades are frozen to the windscreen may result in damage both to the blades and the motor of the windscreen wipers!
Headlight cleaning system*
The headlights are being cleaned after the windscreen washer system has been operated for the fifth time, the low beam or main beam are switched on as well as the windscreen wiper lever is held in the position ⇒page 50, fig. 41 for about 1 second.
You should remove stubborn dirt (such as insect residues) from the headlight lenses at regular intervals, for example when refuelling. Please refer to the following guidelines ⇒page 166, “The headlight lenses”.
You should remove any snow from the fixtures of the washer nozzles and clear ice in winter with a de-icing spray in order to ensure proper operation of the cleaning system.
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Replacing wiper blades for the windscreen wipers
Taking off the wiper blade
– Fold windscreen wiper arm away from the windscreen.
– Press the locking button, in order to unlock the wiper blade and pull
off in the direction of arrow.
Attaching a wiper blade
– Push the wiper blade until it locks up to the stop.
– Check whether the wiper bl ade is correctly attached.
– Fold the windscreen wiper arm back onto the windscreen.
Wiper blades in proper condition are esse ntial to obtain good visibility. Wiper blades should not be allowed to become dirtied by dust, insect remains and preserving wax.
Juddering or smearing of the wiper blades could then be due to wax residues left on the windscreen by vehicle washing in automatic vehicle wash systems. It is therefore important to degrease the lips of the wiper blades after every pass through an automatic vehicle wash system.
WARNING
•If the windscreen wipers are handled carelessly, there is a risk of damage to the windscreen.
•You should clean the wiper blades regu larly with a windscreen cleaner in order to avoid any smears. Clean a wiper blade with a sponge or cloth if it is very dirty, for example from insect residues.
•Replace the wiper blades once or twice a year for safety reasons. The wiper blades are available from Škoda Service Partners.
Replacing the wiper blade on the rear window wiper
Taking off the wiper blade
– Fold windscreen wiper arm out from the windscreen and position the
wiper blade at right angles to the wiper arm ⇒fig. 43.
– Hold the window wiper arm at the top end with one hand.
– With the other hand unlock the locking button in the direction of
arrow and remove the wiper blade.
Fig. 42 Wiper blade for the windscreen wiper
Fig. 43 Wiper blade for rear window
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Index243
Radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Recirculated air mode
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting temperature
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Storage compartment
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switch in the driver door
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tailgate
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Temperature
outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Towing eye
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Towing protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Turn signal system for ve hicles towing a trailer
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Tyre inflation pressure
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
U
Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Wheel
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 198
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windows
de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Wiper blades
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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