2009 SKODA FABIA ignition

Breakdown assistance 214
Installing the towing eye
– Grasp the grille at the points marked with the arrows and take it out
⇒page 213, fig. 201.
– Screw in the towing eye by hand to the left up to the stop ⇒fig. 202.
– Tighten up the towing eye using the wheel wrench (push the wheel
wrench through eye).
Removal of the towing eye
– Unscrew the towing eye.
– Put the grille in place on the side opposite the marking.
– Press into place the protective grille onto the side facing the marking.
– The protective grille must engage firmly.
Rear towing eyeThe rear towing eye is located below the rear bumper on the right ⇒fig. 203.Tow-starting a vehicleIf the engine does not start, we generally do not recommend to tow-start
your vehicle. One should attempt to start the engine using jump start
cables ⇒page 211 or call on the services of the SERVICE mobile.
If your vehicle has to be towed:
– Engage 2nd or 3rd gear with the vehicle stationary.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully and keep it depressed.
– Switch on the ignition.
– Wait until both vehicles are moving then release the clutch pedal
slowly.
– Depress the clutch pedal fully when the engine fires and take the
vehicle out of gear.
Fig. 202 Front bumper:
Installing the towing eye
Fig. 203 Rear towing eye
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Fuses and light bulbs 216Fuses and light bulbsElectric fusesReplacing fuses in the dash panel
Defect fuses must be replaced.Individual electrical circuits are protected by fuses. The fuses are located
on the left side of the dash panel behind the safety cover.
– Switch the ignition off and also the electrical component affected.
– Carefully swivel the cover in the direction of arrow and pull it out
⇒fig. 204.
– Find out which fuse belongs to the component which is not operating
⇒page 217, “Fuse assignment in the dash panel”.
– Take the plastic clip out of its fixture in the fuse cover, insert it onto the
respective fuse and pull out this fuse.
– Defect fuses can be detected by their melted metal strips. Replace the
defect fuse by a new fuse of the same ampere number.– Insert the fuse cover into the dash panel in such a way that the guide
lugs are guided into the openings of the dash panel and then lock
them by pressing.
We recommend that you always have the small box of replacement fuses in your
vehicle. You can obtain replacement fuses from Škoda original accessories or from
a specialist garage
10).
Colour coding of fuses
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.
Fig. 204 Bottom side of the
dash panel: fuse cover
10)The small box with replacement fuses is part of the basic equipping of the vehicle in some
countries.
Colour
Maximum amperage
light brown
5
brown
7,5
red
10
blue
15
yellow
20
white
25
green
30
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Index249
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
FFastening elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fixing net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 224
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fog lights with the function Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Foldable luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Force limiter of the power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Front headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 164
Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fuel reserve
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fuse
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
GGauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Gearbox
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
General view
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Headlights
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Heating the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8IIgnition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Interior light
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Interior lighting
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
JJacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211, 212KKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36LLashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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