2009 SKODA FABIA battery

Fuses and light bulbs219
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Replace fuses at the battery (manual gearbox)– Press together ⇒fig. 207 the interlocks of the fuse cover simultane-
ously in direction of arrow and push out the cover in direction of
arrow .
– Find out which fuse belongs to the component which is not operating.
– Defect fuses can be detected by their melted metal strips. Replace the
defect fuse by a new fuse of the same ampere number.
Caution•
Never attempt to “repair” fuses and also do not replace them with a fuse of a
higher amperage - risk of fire! This may also cause damage at another part of the
electrical system.
•
Have the electrical system checked as quickly as possible by a specialist garage
if a newly inserted fuse blows again after a short time.Note
We recommend that you have these fuses replaced by a specialist garage.
Fuse assignment at the battery (manual gearbox)Certain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model versions
or only suppliable as optional equipment for certain models.
Fig. 207 The battery: fuse
cover
AA
AB
No.
Power consumer
Amperes
1
Dynamo
175
2
Not assigned
3
Interior
80
4
Electrical auxiliary heating system
60
5
Interior
40
6
Glow plugs, coolant fan
50
7
Electrohydraulic power steering
50
8
ABS or TCS or ESP
25
9
The radiator fan
30
10
The radiator fan
5
Fig. 208 Schematic repre-
sentation of fuse assignment
at battery
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CautionObserve the following guidelines ⇒ in “Replace fuses at the battery (manual
gearbox)”.
Note
The fuses 1 - 7 can be replaced by a specialist garage.Replace fuses at the battery (automatic gearbox)
– Open the positive terminal cover (+) ⇒fig. 209.
– Press onto the interlocks of the fuse covers ⇒fig. 210 and open
the covers.
– Press together the interlocks of the fuse cover simultaneously and
push out the cover in the direction of the arrow.
– Find out which fuse belongs to the component which is not operating
⇒page 221, “Fuse assignment at the battery (automatic gearbox)”.
– Defect fuses can be detected by their melted metal strips. Replace the
defect fuse by a new fuse of the same ampere number.
Caution•
Never attempt to “repair” fuses and also do not replace them with a fuse of a
higher amperage - risk of fire! This may also cause damage at another part of the
electrical system.
•
Have the electrical system checked as quickly as possible by a specialist garage
if a newly inserted fuse blows again after a short time.Note
•
We recommend that you have these fuses replaced by a specialist garage.
•
Some vehicles are only fitted with the cover ⇒fig. 210.
11
ABS or TCS or ESP
40
12
Central control unit
5
13
Automatic gearbox
electrical auxiliary heating system
5
30
No.
Power consumer
Amperes
Fig. 209 The battery:
Opening of the positive
terminal cover.
Fig. 210 The battery: fuse
coverAAAB
AB
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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Fuse assignment at the battery (automatic gearbox)Certain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model versions
or only suppliable as optional equipment for certain models.
Caution
Observe the following guidelines ⇒ in “Replace fuses at the battery (automatic
gearbox)” on page 220.BulbsReplacing bulbsThe relevant lamp must always be switched off before a light bulb is replaced.
Do not take hold of the glass bulb with naked fingers (even the smallest amount of
dirt reduces the working life of the light bulb). Use a clean cloth, serviette or some-
thing similar.
Defect light bulbs should only be replaced with light bulbs of the same type. The
designation is located on the light socket or the glass bulb.
Changing certain bulbs is not something which you can do yourself, but requires to
be done by a specialist. Other parts of the vehicle must be removed in order to
change the light bulbs. This applies, in particular, to bulbs which can only be
reached from the engine compartment.
We therefore recommend that you have any bulbs changed by a specialist garage
or, in exceptional cases, by calling on other professional assistance.
Please note that the engine compartment is a hazardous area ⇒page 185,
“Working in the engine compartment”.
We recommend that you always have a small box of replacement bulbs in your
vehicle. You can obtain replacement bulbs from Škoda original accessories or from
a specialist garage
11).
The set of light bulbs can be stowed in the locable box in the spare wheel.
Bulb - Overview
No.
Power consumer
Amperes
1
Dynamo
175
2
Interior
80
3
Electrical auxiliary heating system
60
4
ABS or TCS or ESP
40
5
Electrohydraulic power steering
50
6
Glow plugs
50
7
ABS or TCS or ESP
25
8
The radiator fan
30
9
Air conditioning system
5
10
The radiator fan
40
11
Central control unit
5
12
Automatic gearbox
electrical auxiliary heating system
5
30
Fig. 211 Schematic repre-
sentation of fuse assignment
at battery
11)The small box with replacement bulbs is part of the basic equipping of the vehicle in some
countries.
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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 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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