
Fuses and light bulbs
250No.
Power consumer
Amperes
1
Diagnostic socket, engine control unit, fuel pump relay,
fuel pump control unit
7,5
2
Control unit for ABS, ESP, switch for tyre air pressure con-
trol, brake sensor
5
3
Switch and control unit for airbag
5
4
WIV, parking light, dimming mirrors, pressure sensor, tele-
phone preinstallation
5
5
Control unit for headlamp beam adjustment and head-
light swivel, control unit for parking aid, control unit for
park assist
5
6
Instrument cluster, control unit for electromechanical
power steering, Haldex, selector lever lock, power supply
for data bus
5
7
Valve heating, air mass meter
10
8
Control unit for trailer detection
5
9
Relay for auxiliary heating
5
10
Adaptive left main headlight
10
11
Adaptive right main headlight
10
12
Not assigned
13
Diagnostic socket, light switch, rain sensor, clock
7,5
14
Central locking system and bonnet lid
15
15
Central control unit - interior lights
7,5
16
Air conditioning system
7,5
17
Not assigned
18
Not assigned
19
Not assigned
20
KESSY
5
21
KESSY ELV
7,5
22
Air blower for Climatronic
40
23
Front power window, central locking of the front doors
30
24
Selector lever lock
5
25
Rear window heater, relay for auxiliary heating and venti-
lation
30
26
Power socket in the luggage compartment
25
27
Fuel pump relay,
Fuel pump relay, control unit for fuel pump, injection
valves
15
20
28
Electric boot lid
30
29
Preparation for the aftermarket radio
5
30
Not assigned
31
Not assigned
32
Front power window, central locking system of the rear
doors
30
33
Electric sliding/tilting roof
25
34
Alarm, spare horn
5
35
front and rear lighter
25
36
Headlight cleaning system
20
37
Front seat heating
20
38
Heated rear seats
20
39
Not assigned
40
Fan air-conditioning system, re lay for auxiliary heating and
ventilation
40
41
Rear window wiper
10
42
Light switch
5
No.
Power consumer
Amperes
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Technical Data257
Using the system
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 an authorised Škoda Service Partner concerning the engine with
which your vehicle is equipped.Used abbreviations
PerformancesThe listed performance values were de termined 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. 219 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
FSI
Petrol engine with a direct fuel injection system
TSI
Petrol engine with a turbocharger and a direct fuel injection system
TDI PD
Diesel engine with turbocharger and injection system unit injector
TDI CR
Diesel engine with turbocharger and injection system Common Rail
DPF
Diesel particle filter
M5 / M6
5-speed/6-speed manual gearbox
DQ6/DQ7
6 speed-/7 speed automatic gearbox DSG
Fig. 219 Vehicle data sticker
A1A2
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Index277
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Index
AAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . 189
Adaptive headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 162 electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
AHL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Knee airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Assigning the remote control key to the memory buttons
82
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Automatic driving lamp control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Automatic gearbox Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . 140
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Automatic rear window wiper (Combi) . . . . . . . . . . 75
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 222 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Inspecting the electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Belt Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 215
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Bulbs Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Button for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Button in the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CCar state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Child safety seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Use of child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Climatic Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Climatronic Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Climatronic (automat ic air conditioning) . . . . . . 114
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cockpit General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connection to the internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant quantity Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Coolant temperature/coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cup holder front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Ddaylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deactivatingan airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Defrosting windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
De-icing rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
De-icing windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Description of the operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Door Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electric boot lid (Combi) - Description . . . . . . . . . . 45
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Electrically adjustable exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electronic stability programme (ESP) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emergency wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine compartment Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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