Wheels and Tyres
238
The date of manufacture
is a lso s tated on the tyre wal l (poss ibly o nl y on the
inside
of wheel):
DOT ... 20 09...
means, for example, that the tyre was manufactured in the 20th week of the year 2009. Any
spare wheel
which differs from the tyres fitted to the vehicle (e.g. winter tyres
or low-profile tyres) should only be used
only for a short time in the event of a
puncture and when adopting an appropriately
cautious style of driving. It should be
replaced as quickly as po
ssible by a normal wheel.
WARNING
•
Only use those tyres or wheel rims
which have been approved for your
model of Škoda Auto vehicle. Failure to observe this instruction will adversely affect the road safety of your vehicle - risk of accident! Approval and licencing of your vehicle on public roads may also become void as a result.•
You must on no account drive at a higher speed than is permissible for
y our t yre s - ris k of a n ac cid e n t re su lti ng fro m ty re d a m ag e a nd lo ss o f c ont rol over your vehicle.•
Tyres which are 6 years old or more should only be fitted in exceptional
cases and when adopting an appropriately cautious style of driving.•
Never fit tyres which have already been used without having adequate
knowledge of their previous history. Ty
res age even if they have not been
used at all or only very little. A spare tyre must only be used in exceptional cases and only then when adopting an appropriately cautious style of driving.•
Do not, where possible, replace indivi
dual tyres but at least replace them
on both wheels of a given axle at the same time. Always fit the tyres with the deeper tread depth to the front wheels.
For the sake of the environment
Old tyres must be disposed
of in conformity with the appropriate regulations.
Note
It is not normally possible to fit wheels
from other models of cars for technical
reasons. This may also apply in certain
circumstances to the wheels of the same
type of vehicle.Wheel boltsWheels and
wheel bolts
are matched to each other in
terms of design. Each time
you fit other wheels - e.g. light alloy wheels
or wheels with winter tyres - you must
therefore also use the matching wheel bolts of the correct length and shape of spherical cap. This is essent
ial to ensure that the wheels are tightly fitted and that
the brake system operates properly. If you retrofit
wheel trims
(or have this done), please also ensure that an adequate
flow of air remains assured for cooling the brake system. The authorised Škoda Service Partners are instructed in the technical possibilities which exist regarding converting or retrofitting tyres, wheels and wheel trims.
WARNING
•
In case of incorrect treatment of th
e wheel bolts, the
wheel can loosen
when the car is moving - risk of accident!•
The wheel bolts must be clean and must
turn easily. However, they must
never be treated with grease or oil.•
If the wheel bolts are tightened to a too low tightening torque, the rim
can lossen when the car is moving - risk of accident! A tightening torque which is too high can damage the bolts and threads and this can result in permanent deformation of the contact surfaces on the rims.
Caution
The prescribed tightening torque of the wh
eel bolts for steel and light alloy wheels
is 120 Nm.
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Technical Data
270
Engine oil specificationsThe engine of your vehicle has been fact
ory-filled with a high-grade oil which you
can use throughout the year - exce
pt in extreme climatic regions.
You can mix various oils together with each other when refilling with oil. This does not, however, apply for models with
flexible service intervals (QG1).
Engine oils are, of course, undergoing co
ntinuous further deve
lopment. Thus the
information stated in this Owner's Manual is only correct at the time of publication. Authorised Škoda Service Partners are informed by Škoda Auto about current changes. This why you should always have
engine oil changed by an authorised
Škoda Service Partner. The specifications (VW standards) stated in the following must be indicated sepa- rately or together with other specifications on the bottle. Engine oil specifications for models with flexible service intervals (QG1)
Engine oil specifications for vehicles with fixed service intervals (QG2) If the oils specified above are not available,
oils according to ACEA A2 or ACEA A3
can be used once for refilling. If the oils specified above are not available,
oils according to ACEA B3 or ACEA B4
can be used once for refilling.
Caution
Only the above-mentioned oils may be used on vehicles with flexible service inter-vals (QG1). We recommend always refilling with oil of the same specification since this will maintain the properties of the oi
l. In exceptional cases, you must top up
only once engine oil complying with Specification VW 502 00 (only for petrol engines) or Specification VW 505 01 (only for diesel engines) to maximum 0.5 litres. You must not use other engine oi
ls - risk of engine damage!
Note
•
Before a long drive we recommend th
at you purchase and carry with you
engine oil which complies with the specif
ication for your vehi
cle. Consequently,
you will always have the corr
ect engine oil for refilling.
Petrol engines
Engine oil specifications
1.4 ltr./92 kW TSI - EU5
VW 503 00, VW 504 00
1.8 ltr./118 kW TSI - EU5
VW 504 00
3.6 ltr./191 kW FSI - EU5
VW 504 00
Diesel engines
Engine oil specifications
1.9 ltr./77 kW TDI PD - EU4
VW 506 01, VW 507 00
1.9 ltr./77 kW TDI PD DPF - EU4
VW 507 00
2.0 ltr./103 kW TDI PD - EU4
VW 506 01, VW 507 00
2.0 ltr./103 kW TDI PD DPF - EU4
VW 507 00
2.0 ltr./125 kW TDI CR - EU5
VW 507 00
Petrol engines
Engine oil specifications
1.4 ltr./92 kW TSI - EU5
VW 501 01, VW 502 00
1.8 ltr./118 kW TSI - EU5
VW 502 00
3.6 ltr./191 kW FSI - EU5
VW 504 00
Diesel engines
Engine oil specifications
1.9 ltr./77 kW TDI PD - EU4
VW 505 01
1.9 ltr./77 kW TDI PD DPF - EU4
VW 507 00
2.0 ltr./103 kW TDI PD - EU4
VW 505 01
2.0 ltr./103 kW TDI PD DPF - EU4
VW 507 00
2.0 ltr./125 kW TDI CR - EU5
VW 507 00
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Index285
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . 195
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 164
electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
AHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Alternator
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Antilock brake system (ABS)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Automatic gearbox
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . 136
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Automatic light control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 229
change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164Belt
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 152
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 222
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 49
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Brake
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Button for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Button in the driver's door
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CCar jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244, 249
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Index 286Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Use of child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Climatic
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Climatronic
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . 109
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cockpit
General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Coolant quantity
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Coolant temperature/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cup holder
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
DDaylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deactivating
an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Defrosting windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
De-icing rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214De-icing windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Door
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Electric power-operated window
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electrically adjustable exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Electronic stability programme (ESP)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Engine
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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