2009 SKODA FABIA sport mode

Automatic gearbox 110current selector lever position (D, S or Tiptronic). The gearbox shifts down to one
or several gears in line with the driving state and the vehicle accelerates. The
gearbox does not shift up into the highest gear until the engine has reached its
maximum revolutions for this gear range.
WARNING
Please note that using the kickdown function can result in the driven wheels
spinning on a smooth or slippery road surface - risk of skidding!Dynamic shift programmeThe automatic gearbox of your vehicle is controlled electronically. Shifting up and
down through the gears is performed automatically on the basis of pre-defined
driving programmes.
Adopting a moderate style of driving will cause the gearbox to select the most
economical driving programme. Shifting up into a higher gear as soon as possible
and shifting down as late as possible will have a favourable effect on your fuel
consumption.
Adopting a sporty style of driving with rapid movements of the accelerator pedal
combined with sharp acceleration and frequent changes in speed, exploiting the
top speed of the car or depressing the accelerator pedal (kickdown function), will
cause the gearbox to switch over to this style of driving and shift down earlier with
frequent changes in gears in comparison to the moderate style of driving.
Selecting the most appropriate driving programme for the particular style of driving
is a continuous process. Irrespective of this it is, however, possible to switch or shift
down into a dynamic shift programme by depressing the accelerator rapidly. The
gearbox shifts down into a lower gear matching the speed of the car and this allows
you to accelerate rapidly (e.g. when overtaking) without having to depress the
accelerator pedal fully into the kickdown range. The original programme will be
reactivated to match your particular style of driving once the gearbox has shifted up
again.
When driving in hilly regions, the gears are selected to match uphill and downhill
sections. This avoids the gearbox frequently shifting up and down when negotiating an uphill stretch. When driving downhill, it is possible to shift down into the
Tiptronic position, in order to exploit the engine brake torque.
Tiptronic
The Tiptronic allows the driver to also shift gears manually.Switching over to manual shifting
– Push the selector lever to the right out of position D. After switching
over, 6 5 4 3 2 1 appears in the display with the currently engaged gear
being highlighted.
Fig. 131 Selector lever:
Manual shifting of gearsFig. 132 Information
display: Manual shifting of
gears
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Driving and the Environment169
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data In order to prevent the dazzling of oncoming traffic, it is necessary to stick a sticker
over a certain part of the headlights.
Headlight stickers can be obtained as a spare part from the specialist garages.
The adaptation of the headlights with module (applies to vehicles which are
designed for driving on the left and on the right) is performed by switching over a
bezel in the module for low beam by a specialist garage.
Note
You can obtain further information regarding masking over or converting the head-
lights from your specialist garage.Avoiding damage to your vehicleWhen driving on poor roads and lanes or when driving over kerbstones, steep
ramps etc., you must pay particular attention to ensuring that any low-slung parts
of the vehicle, such as spoiler and exhaust, do not touch the ground and get
damaged.
This particularly applies to models with a lowered suspension (sport suspension)
and also when your vehicle is fully laden.
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Index251
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data Recirculated air mode
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting temperature
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Stowage compartment
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
TTailgate
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Temperature
outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Towing eye
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Turn signal system for vehicles towing a trailer
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Two-way radio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tyre inflation pressure
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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