2010 SKODA FABIA remote control

Unlocking and locking
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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data

After switching the ignition off, it is still possible to open or close the windows for a
further 10 minutes. The power windows are
switched off completely once you open
the driver or front passenger door.
When driving always use the existing he
ating, air conditioning and ventilation
system for ventilating the interior of the vehicle. If the windows are opened, dust as well as other dirt can get into the vehicle
and in addition the wind noise is more at
certain speeds.Force limiter of the power windowsThe electrically operated power windows are fitted with a force limiter. It reduces the risk of bruises or injuries when closing the windows. If there is an obstacle, the closing process is stopped and the window goes down by several centimeters. If the obstacle prevents the window from being closed during the next 10 seconds, the closing process is interrupted once agai
n and the window goes down by several
centimeters. You must try to close the window once agai
n within 10 seconds after the window has
gone down twice, even if the obstacle was not yet removed, the closing process is stopped. During this time it is not poss
ible to automatically
close the window. The
force limiter is still switched on. The force limiter is only switched off, if yo
u attempt to close the window within the next
10 seconds -
the window closes now with full strength!
If you wait longer than 10 seconds, the force limiter is switched on again.
WARNING
You should take particular care when closing the windows! You may otherwise suffer severe injuries as a result of getting an arm, for example, jammed in the window!Window convenience operationYou can open and close the electrically po
wered windows as follows when unlocking
and locking the vehicle (only close the sliding/tilting roof):
Opening a window– Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the
driver's door in the
unlock position or
press the unlock button of the radio re
mote control until all the windows are
opened.
Closing a window– Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the driver's door in the lock position or press
the lock button of the radio remote co
ntrol until all the windows are closed.
You can interrupt the opening or closing
operation of the windows immediately by
releasing the key or the lock button.
WARNING
The system is fitted with a force limiter
page 45. If there is an obstacle, the
closing process is stopped and the window goes down by several centimeters. You should then take particular care when closing the windows! You may otherwise suffer severe injuries as a re
sult of getting an arm, for example,
jammed in the window!Operational faultsElectrically operated powe
r windows do not operate
If the battery of the car has been disconnect
ed and then reconnected, the electrically
operated power windows do not operate. Th
e system must be activated. Proceed as
follows in order to re-establish the function:
Switch on the ignition,

slightly pull on the upper edge of the rele
vant button and hold it until the window
is closed,
release the switch,

you must pull the respective switch again in upward direction for approx. 3
seconds.
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Unlocking and locking
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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
ClosingSliding closed/closing the sliding/tilting roof– Turn the switch to position
page 46, fig. 34
.
Safety closing The sliding/tilting roof is fitted with a force limiter. The sliding/tilting roof stops and moves back several centimetres when it ca
nnot be closed because there is something
in the way (e.g. ice). You can close the sliding/tilting roof completely without force limiter by pressing the sw
itch to the position
page 46, fig. 34
at the front for as
long as it takes for the sliding/
tilting roof to close completely

.
WARNING
Close the sliding/tilting roof carefully - risk of injury!Convenience operationYou can also close an open sliding/tilting roof from the outside. – Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the dr
iver's door in the lo
ck position or press
the lock button of the remote control unt
il the sliding/tilting roof is closed.
The closing operation stops when one re
leases the key or the lock button.
Note
The force limiter also operates for convenience closing.
Emergency operationFig. 35 Detail of the headliner: Points for
positioning screwdriver / opening for positioning
the keyYou can close and/or open the sliding/tiltin
g roof by hand if the system is defect.
– Position the flat blade of a screwdriver carefully against the rear edge of the cover
for the electrical drive at the points of the arrows
fig. 35
on the left.
–Pull the cover down.– Insert an Allen key, Group 4, up to the stop into the opening at the point of the
arrow and close and/or open
the sliding/tilting roof
fig. 35
on the right.
– Press on the cover again by first of all in
serting the plastic lugs and then pushing the
cover up.
– Have the malfunction rectified by a specialist garage.
Note
It is necessary after each emergency op
eration (using Allen key) to move the
sliding/tilting roof into the basic position
. Here you have to tu
rn the control dial
forward to the switch position
page 46, fig. 34
and press for about 10 seconds.
AA
AA
A1
A2
AA
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Index 238
Lights
converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
lock
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 37
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Locking of the door
in an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 201
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Luggage compartment - variable loading floor . . . 67
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 66
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 52, 201
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Connection with the hands-free system . . . . 106
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NNew tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145OOil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Opening the door
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operation in winter
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 167
PPaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Parking ticket holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Petrol engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data Recommendation for changing gears . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Synchronisation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Setting temperature
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stability programme (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Start-stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stowage compartment
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Systems
Start-stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
TTaking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Temperature
outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tourist light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Towing eye
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tyre inflation pressure
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
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Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 37
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Uphill Start Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141VVanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Wheel
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 188
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows
de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Wiper blades
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56s3j8.a.book Page 240 Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:10 PM