2009 SKODA OCTAVIA phone

Passive Safety
164
Before setting off The driver is always fully respon
sible for his occupants and for the
operating safety of the vehicle.For your own safety and the safety of the
people travelling with you, please pay
attention to the following points before setting off:•
Ensure that the lighting and the turn signal system are functioning properly.
•
Inspect the tyre inflation pressure.
•
Ensure that all the windows offer a good visibility to the outside.
•
Safely attach the items of luggage
⇒page 84, “Loading the luggage compart-
ment”.•
Ensure that no objects can obstruct the pedal.
•
Adjust the mirror, the front seat and the head restraint to match your body size.
•
Point out to your occupants that the head restraints must be adjusted to match
their body size.•
Protect the children in suitable child se
ats with correctly fastened seat belts
⇒ page 184, “Transporting children safely”.•
Adopt the correct seated position
⇒page 164, “Correct seated position”. Also
inform your occupants to adop
t the correct seated position.
•
Fasten the seat belt correctly. Also inform your occupants to properly fasten the
seat belts
⇒page 170, “How are seat belts correctly fastened?”.
What influences the driving safety? The driving safety is primarily dete
rmined by the style of driving and
the personal behaviour of all the occupants.The driver is fully responsible for himself and his occupants. If your driving safety is effected, you place yourself and the oncomi
ng traffic at risk. Please refer to the
following guidelines.•
Do not get distracted from concentrating on the traffic situation, e.g. by your
occupants or mobile phone calls.
•
Never drive when your driving ability is impaired, e.g. through medication,
alcohol, drugs.•
Keep to the traffic regulations and the permissible speed limit.
•
Adjust the driving speed at all times to the road condition as well as to the traffic
and weather conditions.•
Take regular breaks on long journeys - at the latest every two hours.
Correct seated positionCorrect seated position for the driver Correct seated position for the dr
iver is important for safe and
relaxed driving.
Fig. 167 The correct distance of the driver from the steering wheel
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Airbag system
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Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Important safety information regarding the front airbag system Correct use of the airbag system considerably reduces the risk of injury!
WARNING
•
Never transport children on the front seat of a vehicle without using a
proper restraint system. If airbags are
deployed in the event of an accident,
the child might suffer severe or even fatal injuries!•
For the driver and front passenger it is important to maintain a distance
of at least 25 cm from the steering wheel or dash panel
⇒fig. 179
. Not main-
taining this minimum distance will mean that the airbag system will not be able to properly protect you - hazard!
The front seats and the head restraints
must always also be correctly adjusted to match the body size of the occu-pant.•
It is essential to always switch off
⇒page 181, “Deactivating an airbag”
the front passenger airbag when attach
ing a child safety seat on the front
passenger seat where the child is seated
with its back facing in direction of
travel (in some countries also when the ch
ild is facing the direction of travel).
If this is not done, there is a risk of
the child suffering severe or even fatal
injuries if the front passenger airbag
is deployed. In certain countries
national legal provisions also requir
e that the side or head passenger
airbags be deactivated. When transporting a child on the front passenger
seat, please comply with the appropriate national regulations regarding the use of child safety seats.•
There must not by any further persons, animals or objects positioned
between the front seated occupants and the deployment area of the airbag.•
The steering wheel and the surface of
the airbag module in the dash
panel on the passenger side must not be stuck onto, covered or modified in any other way. These parts should only be cleaned with a dry cloth or a cloth moistened with water. No objects such as cup holders, mobile phone mounts, etc. may be attached to the covers of the airbag modules or be located within the immediate area.•
No modifications of any kind may be made to parts of the airbag system.
Any work on the airbag system includ
ing installing and removing system
components because of other repair
work (e.g. removing the steering
wheel) must only be carried
out by a specialist garage.
•
Never carry out changes on the front bumper or on the body.
•
Never place any objects on the surface of the front passenger airbag in
the dash panel.
Fig. 179 Safe distance to steering wheel
WARNING (continued)
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Breakdown assistance
252
– Reinstall the full wheel trim/wheel cap after removing the adapter or
place the cap onto the safety wheel bolt.
– Have the
tightening torque
checked
w i t h a t o rq u e w re n c h a s s o o n a s
possible. Steel and light alloy wheels must be tightened to a tightening torque of
120 Nm
.
The safety wheel bolts on vehicles fitted with them (one safety wheel bolt per wheel) can only be loosened or tigh
ten up by using the adapter provided.
It is meaningful to note the code numbe
r hammered into the rear side of the
adapter or the rear side of the safety wheel bolts. You can obtain a replacement adapter from an authorised Škoda Service Partner, if necessary, by quoting this number. We recommend that you always carry the
adapter for the wheel bolts with you in
the vehicle. It should be st
owed in the vehicle tool kit.
Caution
Damage can occur to the adapter and safety
wheel bolt if the safety wheel bolt is
tightened up too much.
Note
The set of safety wheel bolts can be obta
ined from an authorised Škoda Service
Par tner.Jump-startingInitial stepsYou can use the battery of another vehicl
e for jump-starting yours if the engine
does not start because the battery on your
vehicle is flat. You will require jump-start
cables for this purpose.
Both batteries must have a rated voltage of 12 V. The
capacity
(Ah) of the battery
supplying the power must not be signific
antly less than the capacity of the
discharged battery
in your vehicle.
Jump-start cables Only use jump-start cables which have an
adequately large cross-section and insu-
lated terminal clamps. Please pay attent
ion to the manufacturer's instructions.
Positive cable -
colour coding in the
majority of cases red.
Negative cable -
colour coding in the majority of cases black.
WARNING
•
A discharged battery may already freeze
at temperatures just below 0°C.
In case of frozen battery carry out no jump-starting - risk of explosion!•
Please pay attention to the warning instructions relating to working in
the engine compartment
⇒page 225, “Working in the engine compart-
ment”.
Note
•
There must not be any contact between the two vehicles otherwise current may
flow as soon as the negative terminals are connected.•
The discharged battery must be proper
ly connected to the system of the
vehicle.•
Switch off any mobile phone, pay attent
ion to the instructions for use of the
mobile phone in such a situation.•
We recommend purchasing jump-start cabl
es from Škoda Service Partners as a
Škoda original accessory or from retailers who sell branded batteries.
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Fuses and light bulbs
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Technical Data
Fuse cover in engine compartment The fuse box in the engine comp
artment exists in two different
versions. You can determine which version your vehicle is fitted with after removing the fuse cover at the location of the fuses.On some vehicles, the battery cover
must be removed before removing
the fuse cover
⇒
page 232.
Removing fuse cover – Move the circlips
⇒
fig. 238
as far as the stop, the symbol

appears behind the circlip and remove the cover.
Installing fuse cover – Position the fuse cover on the fuse box and push the circlips as far
as the stop - the symbol
 is visible behind the circlip.
Caution
•
When unlocking and locking the fuse cover,
it must be pressed on the sides to
the box, otherwise damage can
occur to the locking mechanism.
•
Carefully position the fuse cover in th
e engine compartment. If the cover was
not correctly positioned, water can get into
the fuses and this results in a damage
to the vehicle!
Fuse assignment in engine compartmentCertain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model versions or only suppliable as optional
equipment for certain models.
Fig. 238 Fuse cover in engine compartment
AA
AA
No.
Power consumer
Amperes
F1
Not assigned
F2
Control unit for automatic gearbox DQ 200
30
F3
Measuring circuit
5
F4
Valves for ABS
30/20
F5
Control unit for automatic gearbox
15
F6
Instrument cluster, windshield
wiper lever and turn sig-
nal light lever
5
F7
Power suppy terminal 15, Starter
40
F8
Radio
15
F9
Phone
5
F10
Engine control unit, Main relay
5/10
F11
Control unit for auxiliary heating
20
F12
Control unit for CAN databus
5
Fig. 239 Schematic repre- sentation of fuse carrier in engine compartment
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Index 298Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252, 253KKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42LLashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 251
Light
automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Light bulbs
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lights
converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Liquid in reservoir for windshield washer system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lugagge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 84
Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Luggage compartment door
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 64
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143, 152
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21NNote holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96OOil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Open door
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Opening for skis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Operation in winter
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 226
PPaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Parking aid
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
parking aid
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Petrol engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Index299
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Technical Data Power window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power windows
Button in front passenger door and in rear doors
53
Buttons on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 104
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear window
heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear-view mirror
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168, 172
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Selector lever lock
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting temperature
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Steering
active driver-steering recommendation . . . . 195
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Storage compartment
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
TTaking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 152
Temperature
outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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