2010 SKODA FABIA turn signal

Fuses and light bulbs
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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
WARNING

Bulbs H7 and H4 are pressurised and
may burst when changing the bulb -
risk of injury!
It is recommended to wear gloves and
safety glasses when changing a bulb.
Note
This Owner's Manual only describes the replacement of bulbs where it is assumed that no major complications will
arise. Other light bulbs should be replaced by your
specialist garage.Front headlightFig. 167 Fitting position of the bulbs: Halo
gen headlights / halogen projector headlights
Positions of the light bulbs in the halogen headlights
fig. 167
on the left and in the
halogen projector headlights
fig. 167
on the right.
- low beam, main beam and side lights - front turn signal light - low beam light - main beam and side lights - front turn signal light
Low beam and main beam (halogen headlights)– Open the bonnet.– Remove the protective cap
fig. 167
.
– Pull off the connector from the lamp, rele
ase the sprung wire clamp and pull out
the lamp towards the rear
fig. 168
.
– Replace the lamp H4, insert into the opening in the reflector (with the fixing lugs in
the recesses), secure with the sprung wi
re clamp, mount the connector and posi-
tion the protective cap.
– We recommend that you have the headli
ght setting checked by a Skoda Service
Partner after replacing the light bulb.
Low beam (halogen projector headlights)– Open the bonnet.
AAABA1A2A3
Fig. 168 Removing the light bulb for the low beam and main beam light
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Fig. 169 Removing the light bulb for the low beam light
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– Remove the protective cap
page 201, fig. 167
on the right.
– Turn the connector with the light bulb up to the stop towards the left
page 201,
fig. 169
and remove.
– Replace the halogen lamp H7, insert the connector with the new halogen lamp and
turn to the right up to the stop.
– Insert the protective cap.– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a Skoda Service
Partner after replacing the light bulb.
Main beam (halogen projector headlights)– Open the bonnet. – Remove the protective cap
page 201, fig. 167
on the right.
– Turn the connector with the light bulb
up to the stop towards the left
fig. 170
and
remove.
– Replace the halogen lamp H7, insert the connector with the new halogen lamp and
turn to the right up to the stop.
– Insert the protective cap.– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a Skoda Service
Partner after replacing the light bulb.
Turn signal light (at the front)– Open the bonnet. – Turn the socket (halogen headlight)
page 201, fig. 167
or the socket
(halogen projector headlight) to the left an
d take it out together with the light bulb
for the turn signal light.
– Replace the defective light bulb.– Insert the lamp holder with light bulb into
the headlight. Secure the lamp holder by
turning it to the right until it locks in place.
Parking light at the front– Open the bonnet. – Remove the protective cap (halogen headlight) or (halogen projector head-
light)
page 201, fig. 167
.
– Grasp the light bulb holder and pull it out of the headlight.– Replace the light bulb in the light bulb
holder and re-insert into the headlight.
Daylight driving lights and fog lightsFig. 171 Front bumper: Protective
grille / removing the fog light
– Switch the ignition and all lights off. – Grasp the grille at the points marked with the arrows
fig. 171
- left and take it out.
A1
Fig. 170 Removing the light bulb for the main beam light
A2
AB
A3
AA
A2
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Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
– To replace a light bulb, turn the bulb connector of the light bulb to the left (in the
direction of the arrows on the hous
ing) and take it out of the housing.
– Replace the light bulb, put the bulb connect
or back into the housing and turn it to
the right up to the stop (in the opposite
direction of the arrows on the housing).
Fitting position of the light
bulbs in the rear light unit
page 204, fig. 176
.
- Rear fog light / Reversing light - Turn signal lights - Brake lights - Parking lightsLuggage compartment light– Open the boot lid.– Insert a screwdriver into the slot below the light
fig. 177
. Lever out the light care-
fully.
– Disconnect the plug connector. – Replace the defective light bulb.– Recreate the plug connection.– Position the light first of all on the side
of the plug connection and then press it in
on the other side up to the stop.
A1A2A3A4
Fig. 177 Remove the luggage compart- ment light
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Index239
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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