2009 SKODA FABIA Unlocking and locking

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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Unlocking and locking49
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Electric sliding/tilting roof*DescriptionThe sliding/tilting roof is operated by means of the control dial ⇒fig. 45 and only
functions when the ignition is switched on. The control dial has a number of posi-
tions.
After switching the ignition off, it is still possible to open, close and tilt the
sliding/tilting roof for approx. 10 minutes. It is no longer possible to operate the
sliding/tilting roof after opening one of the front doors, however.
Note
If the battery has been disconnected and reconnected, it is possible that the
sliding/tilting roof does not close fully. Here you have to set the control dial to the
switch position and press it forward for about 10 seconds.Opening and tiltingComfort position
– Turn the switch to position ⇒fig. 45.Opening fully
– Turn the switch to position and hold it in this position (spring-
tensioned position).
Tilting roof
– Turn the switch to position .
The wind noise in the comfort position is less than when the roof is fully opened.
The sun screen is also opened automatically when the roof slides open. You can
slide the sun screen into the opened or closed position by hand when the
sliding/tilting roof is closed.
Caution
It may be necessary during winter to remove any ice and snow in the area of the
sliding/tilting roof before opening it in order to prevent damaging the opening
mechanism and the seal.ClosingSliding closed/closing the sliding/tilting roof
– Turn the switch to position ⇒fig. 45.Safety closing
The sliding/tilting roof is fitted with a force limiter. The sliding/tilting roof stops and
moves back several centimetres when it cannot be closed because there is some-
thing in the way (e.g. ice). You can close the sliding/tilting roof completely without
force limiter by pressing the switch to the position ⇒fig. 45 at the front or rear
for as long as it takes for the sliding/tilting roof to close completely ⇒.
WARNING
Close the sliding/tilting roof carefully - risk of injury!
Fig. 45 Control dial for the
power sliding/tilting roof
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Unlocking and locking 50Convenience operationYou can also close an open sliding/tilting roof from the outside.
– Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the driver's door in the lock
position until the sliding/tilting roof is closed ⇒.The closing process stops when one releases the key.
WARNING
Close the sliding/tilting roof carefully - risk of injury! The force limiter does
not operate with the convenience closing.Emergency operation
You can close and/or open the sliding/tilting roof by hand if the system is
defect.
– Position the flat blade of a screwdriver carefully against the rear edge
of the cover of the electrical drive ⇒fig. 46.
– Pull the cover down.
– Insert an Allen key, Group 4, up to the stop into the opening and close
and/or open the sliding/tilting roof.
– Press on the cover again by first of all inserting the plastic lugs and
then pushing the cover up.
– Have the fault rectified by a specialist workshop.
NoteIt is necessary after each emergency operation (using Allen key) to move the
sliding/tilting roof into the basic position. Here you have to turn the control dial
forward to the switch position ⇒page 49, fig. 45 and press for about 10
seconds.
Fig. 46 Detail of the head-
liner: Points for positioning
screwdriver
Fig. 47 Detail of the head-
liner: Emergency operation
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Inspecting and replenishing 184Inspecting and replenishingEngine compartmentBonnet remote releaseBonnet remote release
– Pull the unlocking lever on the left below the dash panel ⇒fig. 179.The bonnet jumps out of its lock as a result of the spring force.
Opening and closing the bonnet.Opening the bonnet
– Unlock the bonnet ⇒fig. 179.
– 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.
Fig. 179 Bonnet release
lever
Fig. 180 Radiator grille:
Locking leverFig. 181 Securing the bonnet
with the bonnet support
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Index 250Lights
converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Locking of the door
in an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 223
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Luggage compartment - variable loading floor . . 72
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Luggage compartment door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 54, 223
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 122
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NNew tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Note holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81OOil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Opening doors
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Operating the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Operation in winter
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 186
PPaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Petrol engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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Index 252Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44VVanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Wheel
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198, 208
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windows
de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Wiper blades
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