2010 SKODA OCTAVIA TOUR gearbox

Breakdown assistance
176
– Depress the clutch pedal fully when the engine fires and take the vehicle out of
gear.
WARNING
There is high risk of having an accident when tow-starting a vehicle, when for
example the towed vehicle ru ns into the towing vehicle.
Caution
Vehicles which are fitted with a catalytic converter should not be tow-started over a
distance of more than 50 metres. Unburnt fu el may get into the catalytic converter and
damage it.Towing in a vehicle fitted with a manual gearboxPlease refer to the additional instructions page 174.
The vehicle can be towed in with a tow bar or a tow rope or with the front or rear
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Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Te c h n i c a l D a t aTechnical DataGeneral informationThe details given in the official vehicle regi stration documents always take precedence
over the details in the Owner's Manual. Please refer to the official vehicle registration
documents or consult a specialist garage concerning the engine with which your
vehicle is equipped.Used abbreviationsPerformancesThe listed performance values were determined without performance-reducing
equipment, e.g. air conditioning system.
WeightThe loading capacity is reduced in line with the range of the special equipment. The
unloaden weight contains a fuel tank topped up to 90%. A driver with a weight of 75
kg is also includ ed in the value.Identification detailsVehicle data sticker
The vehicle data sticker fig. 182 is located on the floor of the luggage compartment
and is also stated in the Service schedule.
The vehicle data sticker co ntains the following data:
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
Vehicle type
Abbreviation
Importance
kW
Kilowatt, measuring unit for the engine output
rpm
Engine revolutions per minute
Nm
Newton meter, measuring unit for the engine torque
CO2 in g/km
discharged quantity of carbon dioxide in grams per driven kilom-
eter
M5
5-speed manual gearbox
PD
Unit injector engine
Fig. 182 Vehicle data sticker
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188Gearbox code, paint number, interior eq uipment number, engine output, engine
code
Partial description of the vehicle
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
The vehicle identification number - VIN (veh icle body number) is stamped into the
engine compartment on the right hand sh ock absorber dome. This number is also
located on a sign on the lowe r left hand edge below the windscreen (together with a
VIN bar code).
Engine number
The engine number is stam ped into the engine block.
Type plate (production plate)
The type plate is located in the engine compartment at the front on the left hand shock
absorber dome.
Homologation sign
The homologation sign is located on the lock carrier. Vehicles for certain countries do
not have an homologation sign.
Sticker on inside of fuel filler flap
The sticker is affixed to the inside of the fuel filler flap. They contain the following data:

the prescribed type of fuel;

tyre size;

Tyre pressure.
Fuel consumption according to the ECE standards and EU guidelinesDepending on the range of the special equipment, style of driving, traffic situation,
weather influences and vehicl e condition, the consumption values which in practice
result when using the vehicle can deviate from the indicated values. Urban traffic
The consumption measurement in urban traffic
begins with starting of the cold engine.
Afterwards the normal urban traffic is simulated.
Non-urban traffic
For the consumption measurement in non-ur ban traffic the vehicle, as in daily
motoring, is accelerated and braked severa l times in all gears. The vehicle speed
changes within the range from 0 to 120 km/h.
Combined traffic
The consumption value in the combined traffic consists of 37% from the value for the
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Index201
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
GGearbox mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
General view Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Headlamp range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Headlights
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IIgnition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Interior light Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior lighting front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121JJacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
KKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33LLashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167, 172
Light Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lights converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Liquid in reservoir for windshield washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
lock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 35 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lugagge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 63 Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Luggage compartment door
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70MMain beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 49 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19NNote holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71OOil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Open door Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Operation in winter Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . 149
PPaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Parking aid
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Petrol engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Button in the front passenger door and in the rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Buttons on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
with central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Rear-view mirror
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Synchronisation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Safety information Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 106 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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