Fuel
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Technical Data
It is therefore the case that EN 590 prescribes diesel fuel class for certain periods of the year which can also be purchased at the co
rresponding time during the year. “Winter-
grade diesel fuel” will still operate properly even at a temperature of -20°C. It is often the case in countries with different climatic conditions that diesel fuels avail- able have a different temperature characte
ristic. The authorised Škoda Service Part-
ners and filling stations in the country concer
ned will be able to provide you with infor-
mation regarding the diesel fuels available. Prewarming fuel The vehicle is fitted with a fuel filter prewarming system. This secures operation of a vehicle using diesel fuel down to an environmental temperature of -25°C.
Caution
It is not permitted to add the various fuel
additives on the market, including petrol, to
diesel fuel in order to im
prove its flow properties.
RefuellingFig. 168 Right rear side of the vehicle: Fuel fi
ller flap / fuel filler
flap with cap unscrewed
The filler flap is automatically unlocke
d or locked* with the central locking.
Opening the fuel filler cap– Press in the middle of the left area of
the fuel filler flap in direction of arrow
⇒ fig. 168
.
– The fuel filler cap on the fuel filler tube
must be unlocked to the left using the
vehicle key (only valid for vehicles which
do not have automatic unlocking of the
fuel filler flap).
– Unscrew the fuel filler ca
p anti-clockwise and place the fuel filler cap from above
on the fuel filler flap
⇒fig. 168
on the right.
Closing fuel filler cap– Screw on the cap by turning it to the right until it is heard to lock. – The fuel filler cap on the fuel filler tube
must be locked to the right using the vehicle
key (only valid for vehicles which do not
have automatic locking of the fuel filler
flap).
– Close the fuel filler flap until it locks. The correct grade of fuel for your vehicle as well as the tyre size and inflation pressures are stated on a sticker affixed to the inside of the fuel filler flap. Further information on fuel
⇒page 200.
The fuel tank has a capacity of about 60 litres.
WARNING
Pay attention to any legal requirements if
you do carry a spare canister in the
vehicle. We do not recommend carrying any fuel canisters in your vehicle for safety reasons. The canister can be damaged
in the event of an accident and fuel
may leak out.
Caution
•
Before refuelling it is necessary to switch off the auxiliary heating system (auxiliary
heating and ventilation) *.•
Remove any fuel which has spilled onto th
e paintwork of your vehicle immediately
- risk of paint damage!•
On vehicles fitted with a ca
talytic converter, never let the fuel tank run completely
empty. An irregular supply of fuel to the engine can result in misfiring and unburnt fuel may get into the exhaust system, which may result in overheating and damage to the catalytic converter.
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Breakdown assistance
231
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General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Front towing eye The towing eye is stored in the box for the vehicle tool kit.Fig. 190 Front bumper: Removing the cover / installing the towing eye– Press on the upper half of the cover in direction of arrow
⇒fig. 190
.
– Pull the cover out of the front bumper. – Screw in the towing eye anticlockwise down to the stop
⇒fig. 190
and tighten up
using the wheel wrench (push the wheel wrench through eye).
– In order to reinstall the cover after screwing out the towing eye, first of all insert the
upper part of the cover and then press in the lower part. The cover must engage firmly.
Rear towing eyeFig. 191 Rear bumper: Removing the
cover / installing the towing eye
– Press on the upper half of the cover in direction of arrow
⇒fig. 191
.
– Take the cover out of the rear bumper
⇒fig. 191
.
– Screw in the towing eye anti
clockwise down to the stop
⇒fig. 191
and tighten up
using the wheel wrench (push the wheel wrench through eye).
– In order to reinstall the cover after screwing
out the towing eye, first of all insert the
upper part of the cover and then press in
the lower part. The cover must engage
firmly.
Towing in a vehicle fitted with a manual gearboxPlease refer to the notes
⇒page 230.
The vehicle can be towed in with a tow bar
or a tow rope or with the front or rear
wheels raised. The maximum towing speed is
50 km/h
.
Towing of a vehicle with an automatic gearboxPlease refer to the notes
⇒page 230.
The car can be towed in with a tow bar or
a tow rope. Refer at the same time to the
following guidelines:•
Move
selector lever into N
.
•
The maximum towing speed is
50 km/h
.
•
The maximum permissible towing distance is
50 km
. The gear oil pump does not
operate when the engine is not running; th
e gearbox would not be adequately lubri-
cated at higher speeds and over longer towing distance.
Note
The vehicle must be transported on a special vehicle or trailer if it is not possible to tow in the vehicle in the way described or if th
e towing distance is greater than 50 km.
Towing a vehicle with four-wheel drivePlease refer to the notes
⇒page 230.
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Index 260
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Use of child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Climatronic
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . 101
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cockpit
General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 179Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Coolant quantity
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Coolant temperature/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cup holder
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
DDaylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Deactivating
an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Door
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Electric power-operated window
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Electrically adjustable exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Electronic stability programme (ESP)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Emergency wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine compartment
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Engine electronics
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Index263
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RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rear window
heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear-view mirror
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Removing seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selector lever lock
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting temperature
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Steering
active driver-steering recommendation . . . 166
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
TTailgate
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Temperature
outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Thickness of brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
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