2009 SKODA FABIA Electric windows

Unlocking and locking 48You must try to close the window again within 10 seconds, even if the obstacle was
not yet removed, the closing process is stopped. During this time it is not possible
to automatically close the window. The force limiter is still switched on.
The force limiter is only switched off, if you attempt to close the window within the
next 10 seconds - the window closes now with full strength!
If you wait longer than 10 seconds, the force limiter is switched on again.
WARNING
You should take particular care when closing the windows! You may other-
wis e su ffe r s ev e re inj uri e s a s a re sul t o f g e t tin g an a rm , fo r e xa m pl e, j am m e d
in the window!Window convenience operationYou can open and close the window with power windows as follows
when unlocking and locking the vehicle.
Opening windows with the key
– Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the driver's door in the unlock
position until all the windows are opened.
Closing windows with the key
– Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the driver's door in the lock
position until all the windows are closed.You can interrupt the opening or closing operation of the windows immediately by
releasing the key.
WARNING
•
Obstruction protection is not active during the convenience operating
feature ⇒ in “Buttons for electrical power windows” on page 46.
•
You should take particular care when closing the windows! You may
otherwise suffer severe injuries as a result of getting an arm, for example,
jammed in the window!
Operational faultsElectrically operated power windows do not operate
If the battery of the car has been disconnected and then reconnected, the electri-
cally operated power windows do not operate. The system must be activated.
Proceed as follows in order to re-establish the function:•
Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the driver's door in the lock position until
all the windows are closed;
•
release the key;
•
Hold the key again in the locking position for about 3 seconds.
Operation in winter
Ice accumulating on the surface of the windows during the winter may result in a
greater resistance when closing the windows and the window may stop and go
down several centimetres
Proceed as follows to close the window fully:
•
Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the driver's door in the lock position until
all the windows are closed;
•
Repeat this operatiive cycle when the window stops.
WARNING
•
Obstruction protection is not active during the closing of the windows
⇒ in “Buttons for electrical power windows” on page 46.
•
You should take particular care when closing the windows! You may
otherwise suffer severe injuries as a result of getting an arm, for example,
jammed in the window!WARNING (continued)
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Starting-off and Driving 100Ignition lockPetrol engines
- ignition switched off, engine off, the steering can be locked.
- ignition switched on
- start engine
Diesel engines
- interruption of fuel supply, ignition switched off, engine off, the steering can
be locked.
- heating glow plugs on, ignition switched on•
You should not switch on any major electrical components during the heating
period otherwise the vehicle battery will be drained unnecessarily.
- start engine
Applies to all models:
Position
To lock the steering, with the ignition key withdrawn, turn the steering wheel until
the steering locking pin is heard to engage. You should always lock the steering as
a general rule if you leave your vehicle. This acts as a deterrent against possible theft
of your vehicle ⇒.
Position Move the steering wheel back and forward a little if the ignition key cannot, or
cannot easily be turned into this position, in order to release the steering lock.
Position
The engine is started in this position. At the same time switched on low beam or
main beam or other electrical components with major power consumption are
briefly switched off. The ignition key moves back into position when one
releases the key.
The ignition key must be turned back into position each time before starting the
engine again. The starter repeat lock in the ignition lock prevents the starter being
engaged when the engine is running and thus getting damaged.
WARNING
•
When driving, the ignition key must always be in the position (igni-
tion switched on) without the engine running. This position is indicated by
the warning lights coming on. If this is not the case, it could result in unex-
pected locking of the steering wheel - risk of accident!
•
Do not withdraw the ignition key from the lock until the vehicle has come
to a stop. The steering lock can engage immediately - risk of accident!
•
Always withdraw the ignition key if you are going to leave the vehicle,
even for a short time. This is particularly important if children are left in the
vehicle. The children might otherwise start the engine or operate electrical
equipment (e.g. power windows) - risk of injury!
Starting the engineGeneral
You can only start the engine only using an original ignition key.•
Place the gearshift lever into neutral (or place the selector lever to the position
P or N in the case of an automatic gearbox) and put on the handbrake firmly before
starting the engine.
Fig. 124 Ignition lock posi-
tions
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Fuses and light bulbs217
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Note
We recommend that you have these fuses replaced by a specialist garage.Fuse assignment in the dash panelCertain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model versions
or only suppliable as optional equipment for certain models.
Fig. 205 Schematic repre-
sentation of the fuse box for
vehicles with left-hand
steering.Fig. 206 Schematic repre-
sentation of the fuse box for
vehicles with right-hand
steering.
No.
Power consumer
Amperes
1
Not assigned
2
Not assigned
3
Instrument cluster, headlight range adjustment
5
4
ABS control unit
5
5
Petrol engine: Brake light switch, cruise control system
5
6
Not assigned
7
Engine control unit 1.2 ltr.
15
8
Injection valves - 1.4 ltr.; 1.6 ltr.
10
9
Operating controls for the heating, control unit for air condi-
tioning system, parking aid, control unit for cornering lights
5
10
Not assigned
11
Electrically adjustable rear mirror, power windows
7,5
12
Reversing light
7,5
13
Engine control unit (for vehicles with automatic gearbox)
10
14
Motor for cornering lights
10
15
Navigation PDA
5
16
Electrohydraulic power steering, engine control unit - petrol
engine
5
17
Left parking light, licence plate light
5
18
Right parking light
5
19
Radio, central control unit
5
20
Engine control unit 1.4 ltr.; 1.9 ltr. - diesel engine
5
21
Brake lights
10
22
Operating controls for the heating, control unit for air condi-
tioning system, parking aid, mobile phone, instrument clus-
ter, steering angle sender, ESP, vehicle voltage control unit
7,5
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Index247
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 128
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Antilock brake system - ABS
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 192
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Bicycle carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 184
Boot lid
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Brake system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Button on the driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Electrical power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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Index 248Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Climatronic
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cockpit
General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 168
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Coolant temperature/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Cup holder
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
DDeactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Door
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Door, luggage compartment door and bonnet ajar
warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Electric power-operated window
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Electrical power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Electrically adjustable rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 37
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Electronic stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . 155
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency locking of the door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Engine
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Engine compartment
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine electronics
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164, 167
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Exhaust gas
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Exhaust gas inspection
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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