2011 SKODA FABIA jacking

Full wheel trim
Fig. 140 Removing the full wheel trim
Pulling off
– Hook the clamp found in the vehicle tool kit into the reinforced edge of the full
wheel trim.
– Push the wheel key through the clamp, support the wheel key on the tyre and
pull off the wheel trim ⇒ fig. 140.
Install
– First press the full wheel trim onto the wheel at the valve opening provided.
Then press the full wheel trim into the wheel in such a way that its entire cir-
cumference locks correctly in place. CAUTION
● Use the pressure of your hand, do not knock on the full wheel trim! Heavy
knocks mainly on the points where the full wheel trim has not been inserted into
the wheel, can result in damage to the guide and centering elements of the full
wheel trim.
● Check for yourself that the safety wheel bolt is located in the hole in the area
of the valve before fitting the full wheel trim onto a steel wheel which is attached
with a safety wheel bolt ⇒  
page 175, Securing wheels against being stolen. Wheel bolts with caps The caps are designed to protect the wheel bolts.
Fig. 141 Changing a wheel: Pull off cap
from the wheel bolt
Pulling off
– Insert the plastic clip (in the car tool kit) sufficiently far onto the cap until the
inner catches of the clip are positioned at the collar of the cap.
– Pull the cap off with the plastic clip ⇒ fig. 141.
Install
– Insert the caps onto the bolts. 
Slackening and tightening wheel bolts Loosen the wheel bolts before jacking up the vehicle.
Fig. 142 Changing a wheel: Loosening
the wheel bolts
£ 173
Breakdown assistance Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical data

Loosening the wheel bolts
–
Insert the wheel wrench fully onto the wheel bolt 1)
.
– Grasp the end of the wrench and turn the bolt about one turn to the left
⇒ fig. 142.
Tightening wheel bolts
– Insert the wheel wrench fully onto the wheel bolt 1
)
.
– Grasp the end of the wrench and turn the bolt to the right until it is tight. WARNING
Loosen the wheel bolts only a little (about one turn) while the vehicle has not
yet been jacked up - risk of an accident!. Note
● Apply pressure carefully with your foot to the end of the wrench if it is difficult
to loosen the bolts. Hold tight on the vehicle when doing this and ensure that you
have a steady position. 
Raise vehicle You have to raise the vehicle with a lifting jack in order to be able
to take off the wheel.
Fig. 143 Changing a wheel: Jacking
points for positioning lifting jack Fig. 144 Attach lifting jack
Position the lifting jack by selecting the jacking point which is closest to the wheel
to be removed ⇒ fig. 143
. The jacking point is located directly below the engraving
in the lower sill.
– Position the lifting jack below the jacking point and move it up until its claw is
positioned directly below the vertical web of the lower sill.
– Align the lifting jack so that its claw grasps the web ⇒ fig. 144 at the right be-
low the embossing in the side surface of the base plate.
– Make sure that the base plate of the lifting jack rests with its entire surface on
level ground and is located vertical to the point ⇒ 
fig. 144 where the claw
grasps the web.
– Turn the lifting jack up further until the wheel is just clear of the ground. WARNING
● Always raise the vehicle with the doors closed - risk of injury.
● Never position any body parts such as arms or legs under the vehicle, while
the vehicle is raised with a lifting jack. £1)
Use the appropriate adapter for loosening and tightening the safety wheel bolts ⇒ page 175.174
Breakdown assistance

Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
GSM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
H
Halogen projector headlights with cornering light function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heating the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Iinterior lighting Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interior light Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Interior lighting Version 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Version 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
JJacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Lights converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Lock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Locking of the door in an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 188 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Luggage compartment - variable loading floor . . . 60
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 59
Luggage compartment door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Luggage net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41, 45, 188
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Connection with the hands-free system . . . . . . 99
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
N New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
O Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening the door Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Operation in winter Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . 154
PPaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 210
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