2011 SKODA OCTAVIA driver seat adjustment

Important safety information on the head airbag
Correct use of the airbag system considerably reduces the risk of
injury! WARNING
● It is essential to always switch off ⇒ page 145 , Deactivating an airbag the
front passenger airbag when attaching a child safety seat on the front pas-
senger seat where the child is seated with its back facing in direction of travel
(in some countries also when the child is facing the direction of travel). If this
is not done, there is a risk of the child suffering severe or even fatal injuries if
the front passenger airbag is deployed. When transporting a child on the front
passenger seat, please comply with the appropriate national regulations re-
garding the use of child safety seats.
● There must not be any objects in the deployment area of the head airbags
which might prevent the airbags from inflating properly.
● Only hang light items of clothing on the clothes hooks to the vehicle. Nev-
er leave any heavy or sharp-edged objects in the pockets of the items of cloth-
ing. In addition, it is not permitted to use clothes hangers for hanging up
items of clothing.
● The airbag control unit operates together with the sensors, which are at-
tached in the front doors. For this reason no adjustments must be carried out
at the doors as well as at the door panels (for example additional installation
of loudspeakers). Resulting damages can have a negative affect on the opera-
tion of the airbag system. All work on the front doors and their panels must
only be carried out by a specialist garage.
● There must not be any other persons (e.g. children) or animals between
the car occupant and the deployment area of the head airbag. In addition,
none of the occupants should lean their head out of the window when driving,
or extend their arms and hands out of the window.
● The sun visors must not be swivelled to the side windows into the deploy-
ment area of the head airbags if any objects, such as ball-point pens etc. are
attached to them. This might result in injuries to the occupants if the head air-
bag is deployed.
● Installing impermissible accessories in the area of the head airbags may
considerably impair the protection offered by the head airbag in the event of it
being deployed. When the deployed head airbag is inflated, parts of the acces- WARNING (Continued)
sories fitted may in certain circumstances be thrown into the interior of the
car and cause injuries to the occupants ⇒

 page 197, Accessories, changes and
replacement of parts.
● Any work on the head airbag system including installing and removing sys-
tem components because of other repair work (e.g. removing headliner) must
only be carried out by a specialist garage. 
Deactivating an airbag Deactivating airbags If any airbags have been deactivated, switch them on again as
soon as possible so that they are able to again provide their proper
protection.
There is the technical means installed within your vehicle to switch off the front,
side or head airbag (take out of commission).
This is why you should have the deactivation of the airbags carried out by a spe-
cialist garage.
On vehicles equipped with the switch for deactivation of the airbags, you can de-
activate the front passenger airbag by means of this switch ⇒

 page 146.
Deactivation of airbags is envisaged only for particular instances, such as if:
● You must in exceptional cases use a child seat on the front passenger seat
where the child is seated with its back to the direction of travel (in some countries
this must be in the direction of travel due to other legal regulations applying)
⇒  page 147,

Important safety information regarding the use of child safety seats ;
● you are not able to maintain the distance of at least 25 cm between middle of
steering wheel and chest, despite the driver seat being correctly adjusted;
● special attachments are required in the area of the steering wheel because of
a physical disability;
● you have installed other seats (e.g. orthopaedic seats without side airbags).
Monitoring the airbag system
The functionality of the airbag system is also monitored electronically when one
airbag has been switched off. £ 145
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Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . . 156
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 132 electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Alternator Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Antilock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Assigning the remote control key to the memory buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Automatic driving lamp control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . 113
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Automatic wiper/washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
B Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 187 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Operation in winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Belt Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Bulbs Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Button for the central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Button in the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 203
Car state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Child safety seat on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Climatronic Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . . . . 91
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cockpit General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 239
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