2010 SKODA OCTAVIA TOUR ECU

Breakdown assistance175
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Driving style
Towing another vehicle requires a certain am
ount of practice. Both drivers should be
familiar with the particular points about to wing a vehicle. Unskilled drivers should not
attempt to tow in another vehicle or to be towed in.
One should be constantly vigi lant not to allow impermissibly high towing forces or
jerky loadings. There is always a risk of excessive stresses and damage resulting at the
points to which you attach the tow rope or tow bar when you attempt to tow a vehicle
which is not standing on a paved road.
Caution
If the gearbox of your vehicle no longer contains any oil because of a defect, your
vehicle must only be towed in with the driven wheels raised clear of the ground, or on
a special vehicle transporter or trailer.
Note
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Please comply with any national legal provisions particularly regarding the
switched on signal systems, when towi ng in or tow-starting another vehicle.
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The tow rope must not be twisted as it ma y in certain circumstances result in the
front towing eye being unscrewed out of your vehicle.
Front towing eye
The front towing eye is welded on behind the bumper on the right fig. 167 . The tow
rope or the tow bar must only be attached to this eye. The grille is secured with plastic
lugs at the points of the arrows. Remove the grille as follows:
– Grasp the grille on the ribs in the upper area. Press it in the direction of arrow and take it out in the direction or arrow fig. 167 .
– Install again by positioning first of all the lugs of the grille in the guides on the vehicle and press in the grille. The protective grille must engage firmly.Rear towing eyeThe rear towing eye is located below the rear bumper on the right fig. 168 .Tow-starting a vehicleIf the engine does not start, we generally do not recommend to tow-start your vehicle.
One should attempt to start the engine using jump start cables page 173 or call on
the services of the SERVICE mobile.If your vehicle has to be towed:– Engage 2nd or 3rd gear with the vehicle stationary.
– Depress the clutch pedal fu lly and keep it depressed.
– Switch on the ignition.
– Wait until both vehicles are moving then release the clutch pedal slowly.
Fig. 167 Front bumper: protec-
tive grille of towing eye
A1
A2
Fig. 168 Rear towing eye
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Index
202
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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