2010 SKODA SUPERB Positions selector lever

Instruments and warning lights23
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Information display*IntroductionThe information display provides you with information in a convenient way
concerning the current operating state of your vehicle . The information system also
provides you with data (depending on the equipment installed in the vehicle) relating
to the radio, mobile phone, multi-function al indicator, navigation system and auto-
matic gearbox.
Certain functions and operating conditions are always being checked on the vehicle
when the ignition is switched on and also while driving.
Functional faults, if required repair work and other information are indicated by red
symbols page 24 and yellow symbols page 25.
Lighting up of certain symbols is comb ined with an acoustic warning signal.
Information and texts giving warnings are also shown in the display page 27.
The display of text is possible in the following languages: Czech, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.
You can select the desired language in the setting menu.
The following information can be shown in the display (depending on the equipment
installed on the vehicle):
Caution
Pull out the ignition key while having contact with the display (for example when
cleaning) in order to prevent any damage.
Main menuFig. 20 Multi-functional indica tor: Controls on the windshield wiper lever / controls on the
multifunction steering wheelOperating with the buttons on the windshield wiper lever– You can activate the MAIN MENU by pressing the rocker switch fig. 20 for
more than 1 second.
– You can select indivi dual menu points by means of the rocker switch . When the
pushbutton is briefly pressed, the information you have selected is displayed.Operating with the buttons on the multifunction steering wheel– You can activate the MAIN MENU by pressing the rocker switch fig. 20 for
more than 1 second.
– You can select the individual menus by pressing the handwheel . After briefly
pressing the handwheel , th e desired menu is indicated.
– After briefly pressing the button you can achieve a higher level, by pressing the
button for longer than 1 second, you can call up the MAIN MENU.
You can select the following information (d epending on the equipment installed on
the vehicle):
MFD (Onboard computer) page 19

Audio *

Navigation *

Phone*  page 152
Main menu
page 23
Door, luggage compartment door and bonnet ajar warn-
ing
page 24
Service Interval Display
page 17
Selector lever positions fo r the automatic gearbox DSG
page 136
AAAA
AB
ACAD
AD
AC
AC
s3fg.2.book Page 23 Friday, April 30, 2010 12:17 PM

Automatic gearbox DSG*137
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Caution

The double clutch on the automatic gear box DSG is equipped with an overload
protection. If you make use of the uphill function on a vehicle which is stationary or
driving slowly uphill, it will result in an increase of thermal stress of the clutches.

In the event that they overheat, the symbol
 and a warning page 36 appear in
the information display*. In such a case bring the vehicle to a stop, switch off the
engine and wait until the warning light and the warning go out - risk of gearbox
damage! You can continue the trip as soon as the symbol and the warning go out.
Selector lever positionsFig. 137 Selector lever / information display: Selector lever positionsThe current selector lever position is indica ted in the information display of the instru-
ment cluster fig. 137 - right.
- Parklock
The driven wheels are locked me chanically in this position.
The Parklock must only be engage d when the vehicle is stationary .
If you wish to move the selector lever into or out of this position, you must press the
Shiftlock button in the handle of the select or lever and at the same time depress the
brake pedal.
If the battery is used, the selector lever cannot be moved out of the position P. - Reverse gear
Reverse gear must only be engaged when the vehicle is stationary and the engine
idling  .
The brake pedal must be depressed and at the same time the Shiftlock must be
pressed, if you wish to obtain the selector lever positions R, P or N.
When the ignition is switched on an d the selector lever is in position R, the reverse
lights will come on.
- Neutral
The transmission is in Neutral in this position.
The brake pedal must be depressed (if the le ver is in its position for longer than 2
seconds) in order to move the se lector lever out of the position N into the position D
or R, with the ignition switched on, on a vehicle travelling at less than 5 km/hour or on
a stationary vehicle.
- Position for driving forward
When the selector lever is in this position, the forward gears are shifted up and down
automatically in line with engine load, vehicle speed and the dynamic shift
programme.
You must depress the brake pedal if you wish to move into position D from N when the
vehicle is travelling at less th an 5 km/hour or is stationary .
In certain circumstances (e.g. when driving in mountainous regions or when towing a
trailer) it may be beneficial to select th e manual shift programme for a short time in
order to adapt the gearbox ratios manually to the driving situations.
- Position for sporty style of driving
Shifting up later into a higher gear makes it possible to fully exploit the power potential
of the engine. The gearbox also then shifts down at higher engine speeds as in the posi-
tion D.
The Shiftlock on the selector lever grip must be pressed when moving the selector
lever out of the position D into the position S.AP
ARANADAS
s3fg.2.book Page 137 Friday, April 30, 2010 12:17 PM

Automatic gearbox DSG*
138WARNING

Never move the selector lever into position R or P when driving - risk of an
accident!

When the engine is running and the vehicle is stationary, it is necessary to
hold the car with the brake pedal in all the positions of the selector lever (except
P and N) since the power transmission is never completely interrupted, also not
when the engine is idling - the vehicle creeps.

You must on no account unintentionally operate the throttle (e.g. by hand
from the engine compartment) if a driv e position is engaged when the car is
stationary. The vehicle would otherwise immediately start off - also when the
handbrake is firmly applied - risk of an accident!

You must move the selector lever into position P and firmly apply the hand-
brake first before you or any other person opens the bonnet and starts working
on the engine when it is running - risk of accident! It is also essential to observe
all warnings page 216.
Selector lever lockAutomatic selector lever lock

With the ignition on, the selector lever is locked when it is in the positions P and N . You
must first of all depress the brake pedal in or der to move the selector lever out of this
position. The warning light
  page 27 lights up in the instrument cluster as a
reminder for the driver when the selector lever is in the positions P and N.
A time delay element ensures that the selector lever is not blocked when rapidly
switching over the position N (e.g. from R to D). This does, for example, allow one to
seesaw out a stuck vehicle. The selector lever lo ck will click into place if the lever is in
the N position for more than 2 seconds without the brake pedal being pressed.
The selector lever lock is only active if the vehicle is stationary or moving at speed of
less than 5 km/hour. The lock is swit ched off automatically into position N when the
car is travelling at a higher speed.
Shiftlock button
The Shiftlock button in the hand le of selector lever prevents certain selector lever posi-
tions being engaged inadvertently. The select or lever lock is cancelled when you press
the Shiftlock button. Keylock - Ignition key withdrawal lock
You can only withdraw the ignition key after
switching off the ignition if the selector
lever is in position P. If the ignition key is withdrawn, the selector lever is blocked in
position P.
Kickdown function
The kickdown function provides you with maximum acceleration
power.Fully depressing the accelerato r pedal allows the kickdown function to be activated in
the desired driving program. This function has precedence over the driving
programme and serves for maximum accelerati on of the vehicle when exploiting the
maximum power potential of the engine wi thout taking into account the current
selector lever position ( D, S or Tiptronic). The gearbox shifts down to one or several
gears in line with the driving state and the vehicle accelerates. The gearbox does not
shift up into the highest gear until the en gine has reached its maximum revolutions for
this gear range.
WARNING
Please note that using the kickdown function can result in the driven wheels
spinning on a smooth or slippery road surface - risk of skidding!Dynamic shift programmeThe automatic gearbox of your vehicle is controlled electronically. Shifting up and
down through the gears is performed automati cally on the basis of pre-defined driving
programmes.
Adopting a moderate style of driving will cause the gearbox to select the most
economical driving programme. Shifting up into a higher gear as soon as possible and
shifting down as late as po ssible will have a favourable effect on your fuel consump-
tion.
Adopting a sporty style of driving with rapid movements of the accelerator pedal
combined with sharp acceleration and frequent changes in speed, exploiting the top
speed of the car or depressing the accele rator pedal (kickdown function), will cause
s3fg.2.book Page 138 Friday, April 30, 2010 12:17 PM

Index281
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Parking aid
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
parking aid Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Petrol engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Power socket in the luggage compartment . . . . . 100
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Button in the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Button in the front passenger door and in the rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
with central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
RRadiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 104
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear light unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Rear light unit (Combi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear window
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear-view mirror Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Recommendation for changing gears . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Synchronisation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Replacing the wiper blade fo r rear window (Combi) 76
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Safety information Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 168 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Selector lever lock Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Selector lever-emergency unl ocking (DSG) . . . . 140
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the top position of the lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steering active driver-steering recommendation . . . 189
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Umbrella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
s3fg.2.book Page 281 Friday, April 30, 2010 12:17 PM