2011 SKODA FABIA emergency towing

If the vehicle is locked by pressing the button
3 and some doors or the boot lid
are not closed, the turn signal lights flash only after closing. WARNING
If the vehicle is locked from the outside and the safe securing system is acti-
vated, there must not be any person in the vehicle as it is then not possible to
open either a door or a window from the inside. The locked doors make it
more difficult for rescuers to get into the vehicle in an emergency - hazard! Note
● Operate the radio remote control only when the doors and boot lid are closed
and you have visual contact with the vehicle.
● Once in the car, you must not press the lock button  of the radio remote con-
trol before inserting the key into the ignition lock in order to avoid the car being
inadvertently locked and the alarm system being switched on. Should this happen,
press the unlock button  of the radio remote control. 
Synchonisation of the remote control If the vehicle cannot be unlocked by actuating the remote control system then it
is possible that the code in the key and the control unit in the vehicle are no lon-
ger synchronised. This can occur when the buttons on the radio-operated key are
actuated a number of times outside of the operative range of the equipment or
the battery on the remote control was replaced.
This means it is necessary to synchronise the code as follows:
●
Press any button on the remote control.
● pressing of the button means that the door will unlock with the key within 1
minute. 
Anti-theft alarm system
Description The anti-theft alarm system increases the level of protection against people seek-
ing to break into the vehicle. The system triggers audible and visual warning sig-
nals if an attempt is made to break into the vehicle. How is the alarm system activated?
The anti-theft alarm system is activated automatically when the vehicle is locked
with the key on the driver's door or by using the radio remote control. It is activa-
ted 30 seconds after locking the door.
How is the alarm system deactivated?
The anti-theft alarm system is deactivated if the vehicle is unlocked by only using
the radio remote control. The anti-theft alarm system is reactivated if the vehicle
is not opened within 30 seconds after transmitting the radio signal.
Once you unlock the vehicle by inserting the key into the driver door you then
have to insert the key into the ignition lock and switch the ignition on within 15
seconds after opening the door in order to deactivate the anti-theft alarm system.
The alarm will be triggered
if you do not switch on the ignition within 15 seconds.
When is the alarm triggered?
The following security areas of the locked vehicle are monitored:
● Bonnet,
● Boot lid,
● Doors,
● Ignition lock,
● Vehicle inclination ⇒ page 36,
● Vehicle interior ⇒ page 36,
● A drop in voltage of the on-board power supply,
● Socket of the factory-fitted towing device.
An alarm is immediately triggered if either of the two battery terminals is discon-
nected while the anti-theft alarm system is activated.
How is the alarm switched off?
You switch the alarm off if you unlock the vehicle with the radio remote control or
if you switch the ignition on. Note
● The working life of the alarm siren is 5 years. More detailed information is
available by a specialist garage.
● Before leaving the car, check that all the doors, windows and the electric slid-
ing/tilting roof are properly closed in order to ensure that the anti-theft alarm sys-
tem is fully operational.
● Coding of the radio remote control and the receiver unit precludes the use of
the radio remote control from other vehicles.  35
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The warning light
 lights up in the instrument cluster when the rear fog light is
switched on ⇒
 page 20.
Only the rear fog light of the trailer lights up if the vehicle is fitted with a towing
device from ŠKODA Original Accessories and when you are towing a trailer which
is fitted with the rear fog light. CAUTION
The rear fog light should only be switched on if visibility is particularly poor (con-
form with any varying legal provisions) to avoid dazzling vehicles behind your ve-
hicle. 
Headlamp range adjustment Once the low beam is switched on you can then adapt the range of
the headlights to the load of the vehicle.
Fig. 24 Dash panel: Lights and Visibility
– Turn the control dial ⇒ 
fig. 24
until you have adjusted the low beam so that on-
coming traffic is not dazzled.
Settings
The positions correspond approximately to the following vehicle loads: Front seats occupied, luggage compartment empty.
All seats occupied, luggage compartment empty.
All seats occupied, luggage compartment laden.
Driver seat occupied, luggage compartment laden.
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2
3 CAUTION
Headlamp range adjustment should always be adjusted in a way that:
● it does not dazzle other road users, especially oncoming traffic,
● and the range is sufficient for safe driving. 
Switch for hazard warning lights  Fig. 25 Dash panel: Switch for hazard
warning lights
– Press switch  ⇒ fig. 25 to switch the hazard warning light system on or off.
All the turn signal lights on the vehicle flash at the same time when the hazard
warning light system is switched on. The indicator light for the turn signals and
the indicator light in the switch also flash at the same time. You can also switch
on the hazard warning light system if the ignition is switched off.
The hazard warning light system is switched on automatically if an airbag is de-
ployed in the event of an accident.
Please comply with any legal requirements when using the hazard warning light
system. Note
Switch on the hazard warning light system if, for example:
● you encounter traffic congestion;
● your vehicle breaks down or an emergency situation occurs. 44
Lights and Visibility

Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Parking
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Parking aid
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Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Parking ticket holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 85
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Petrol engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rear-view mirror Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Recommendation for changing gears . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing the seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Roof luggage rack system
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Running in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
S Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Safety information Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Selector lever lock Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Service reminder indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting temperature Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Start-stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Switch off Anti-spin regulation (ASR) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Systems Start-stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Tailgate Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Tourist light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Towing eye front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 211
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