2011 SKODA OCTAVIA warning lights

Before removing the spare wheel, you must take out the box with the vehicle tool
kit box ⇒ fig. 162 .
One should check the inflation pressure in the spare wheel (at best when general-
ly checking the tyre air pressures - see sign on the fuel filler flap ⇒ page 192) to
ensure that the spare wheel is always ready to use.
Temporary spare wheel
A warning label displayed on the rim of the temporary spare wheel indicates that
your vehicle is equipped with a temporary spare wheel.
Please observe the following notes when driving with a temporary spare wheel:
● The warning label must not be covered after installing the wheel.
● Do not drive faster than 80 km/h with this spare wheel and pay particular at-
tention while driving. Avoid accelerating at full throttle, sharp braking and fast
cornering.
● The inflation pressure for this spare wheel is identical to the inflation pressure
of the standard tyres. The temporary spare wheel R 18 must have an inflation
pressure of 420
kPa (4.2 bar)!
● Use this spare wheel only to reach the nearest specialist garage as it is not in-
tended for continuous use.
● No other summer or winter tyres must be mounted on the rim of the spare
wheel R 18. 
Changing a wheel Preliminary work The following steps should be carried out before actually changing the wheel.
– If it is necessary to change a wheel, park the vehicle as far away as possible
from the traffic flow. The place you choose should be level.
– Have all the occupants get out. While changing a tyre, the occupants of the
vehicle should not stand on the road (instead they should remain behind a
crash barrier).
– Apply the handbrake firmly.
– Engage 1st gear or if your vehicle is fitted with an automatic gearbox, position
the selector lever into position P .
– If a trailer is coupled, uncouple it. –
Take the vehicle tool kit ⇒ page 199
and the spare wheel ⇒ page 199 out of
the luggage compartment. WARNING
● If you find yourself in flowing traffic switch on the hazard warning lights
system and place the warning triangle on the side of the road at the prescri-
bed distance from your vehicle. Comply with the national legal regulations. In
this way you are protecting not only yourself but also other road users.
● Never start the engine with the vehicle sitting on the raised jack - danger
of suffering injury. CAUTION
If you have to change a wheel on a slope first block the opposite wheel with a
stone or similar object in order to secure the vehicle from unexpectedly rolling
away. Note
Comply with the national legal regulations. 
Changing a wheel Always change a wheel on a level surface as far as possible.
–
Take off the full wheel trim ⇒ page 201
or the caps ⇒ page 201.
– In the case of light alloy wheels remove the wheel trim cap ⇒
 page 202.
– First of all slacken the safety wheel bolt and afterwards the other wheel bolts
⇒  page 202.
– Jack up the vehicle until the wheel to be changed is clear of the ground
⇒ page 203.
– Unscrew the wheel bolts and place them on a clean surface (cloth, paper, etc.).
– Take off the wheel.
– Fit on the spare wheel and tighten the wheel bolts slightly.
– Lower the car.
– Tighten the wheel bolts firmly, alternately and diagonally using the wheel
wrench (crosswise) and lastly the wheel safety bolt ⇒

 page 202.
– Mount the full wheel trim/wheel trim cap or the caps. £200
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Have the tightening torque checked with a torque wrench as soon as possi-
ble. Steel and light alloy wheels must be tightened to a tightening torque of
120 Nm .
The safety wheel bolts on vehicles fitted with them (one safety wheel bolt per
wheel) can only be loosened or tighten up by using the adapter provided.
It is meaningful to note the code number hammered into the rear side of the
adapter or the rear side of the safety wheel bolts. You can obtain a replacement
adapter from an authorised
ŠKODA Service Partner, if necessary, by quoting this
number.
We recommend that you always carry the adapter for the wheel bolts with you in
the vehicle. It should be stowed in the vehicle tool kit. CAUTION
Damage can occur to the adapter and safety wheel bolt if the safety wheel bolt is
tightened up too much. Note
The set of safety wheel bolts can be obtained from an authorised ŠKODA Service
Partner. 
Tyre repair kit General information The tyre repair kit is located in a box under the carpet in the luggage compart-
ment.
Use the tyre repair kit to reliably repair tyre damage caused by foreign bodies or a
puncture with diameters up to 4 mm. Do not remove foreign bodies, e.g. screws or
nails, from the tyre!
The repair can be undertaken on the vehicle immediately.
The repair with the tyre repair kit is not at all intended to replace a permanent
repair on the tyre, this repair only serves to reach the next specialist garage.
Do not use the tyre repair kit:
● to repair wheel damage,
● in outside temperatures of less than -20 °C (-4 °F), ●
with tears or punctures greater than 4 mm in size,
● to repair damage to the tyre wall,
● when driving with very low tyre pressure or with a completely flat tyre,
● if the use-by-date (see inflation bottle) has passed. WARNING
● If you find yourself in flowing traffic switch on the hazard warning lights
system and place the warning triangle on the side of the road at the prescri-
bed distance from your vehicle. Comply with the national legal regulations. In
this way you are protecting not only yourself but also other road users.
● Park the vehicle as far away as possible from the traffic flow. Park on as
flat and firm a surface as possible.
● A tyre filled with sealant has the same driving characteristics as a standard
tyre.
● Do not drive faster than 80 km/h, 50 mph.
● Avoid accelerating at full throttle, sharp braking and fast cornering.
● Check the tyre inflation pressure after driving 10 minutes.
● Sealant is hazardous to heath. Remove immediately if it comes into con-
tact with the skin. For the sake of the environment
Used sealant or sealant whose expiry date has passed must be disposed of in ac-
cordance with environmental protection regulations. Note
● Observe the manufacturer's usage instructions for the tyre repair kit.
● You can purchase a new bottle of sealant from the range of the ŠKODA Origi-
nal Accessories.
● Change the wheel that was repaired using the tyre repair kit or consult a spe-
cialist garage about possibilities for getting repairs done. 204
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Electrically adjustable seats are protected by
automatic circuit breakers, which
switch on again automatically after a few seconds after the overload has been
eliminated. 
Bulbs Changing bulbs The relevant lamp must always be switched off before a light bulb is replaced.
Defect light bulbs should only be replaced with light bulbs of the same type. The
designation is located on the light socket or the glass bulb.
Changing certain bulbs is not something which you can do yourself, but requires
to be done by a specialist. Other parts of the vehicle must be removed in order to
change the light bulbs. This applies, in particular, to bulbs which can only be
reached from the engine compartment.
We therefore recommend that you have any bulbs changed by an authorised
ŠKODA
Service Partner or, in exceptional cases, by calling on other professional
assistance.
Please note that the engine compartment is a hazardous area ⇒ page 181, Work-
ing in the engine compartment.
We recommend that you always have a small box of replacement bulbs in your ve-
hicle. You can obtain replacement bulbs from ŠKODA Original Accessories or from
a specialist garage.
A stowage place for the bulbs is located in the box in the spare wheel.
Fitted with a xenon headlight
Change of bulbs on vehicles with Xenon lights (low beam lights, parking lights and
main beam lights) should be undertaken by a specialist garage.
Bulb - Overview Front headlight Halogen headlight Xenon headlight
Low beam H7 D1S
Main beam H1
Parking lights W5W/W5W BL
Daylight driving lights PY21W SLL/LED
a) Front headlight Halogen headlight Xenon headlight
Turn signals PY21W
Fog lights H8/HB4
a) a)
Octavia RS, Octavia Scout Light unit (Octavia) Bulb
Reversing light P21W
Turn signals PY21W
Twin filament light bulb for the brake lights and tail
lights
P21/4W
Twin filament bulbs for the rear fog light and rear
parking light. P21/4W
Parking lights W3W
Rear light unit (Estate car) Bulb
Reversing lights, brake lights, parking light and rear
fog light
P21W
Turn signals PY21W
Parking lights W3W
Others Bulb
Side turn signal lights LED
Licence plate light C5W
3. Brake light LED
Entry lighting W5W
front interior lighting C10W
Reading lights W5W
Rear interior lighting C10W
Luggage compartment light W5W
Door warning light C5W
Lighting in storage compartment C3W
£214
Fuses and light bulbs

WARNING
● Bulbs H7 and H1 are pressurised and may burst when changing the bulb -
risk of injury!
● It is recommended to wear gloves and safety glasses when changing a
bulb.
● Gas discharge bulbs (xenon bulbs) operate with a high voltage, professio-
nal knowledge is required - danger to life! CAUTION
Do not take hold of the glass bulb with naked fingers (even the smallest amount
of dirt reduces the working life of the light bulb). Use a clean cloth, serviette or
something similar. Note
This Owner's Manual only describes the replacement of bulbs where it is assumed
that no major complications will arise. Other light bulbs should be changed by your
specialist garage. 
Front headlight Fig. 180 Front headlight: Fitting posi-
tion of the bulbs
Positions of the light bulbs in the front headlight ⇒ fig. 180 .
A - Front turn signal light
B - parking lights and low beam
C - main beam light
Removing the headlight
Fig. 181 Front headlight: Fitting position
of the bulbs
The headlight must be removed in order to change the light bulb of the parking
lights, low beam lights and main beam lights as well as the turn signal lights.
Removing the headlight
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Open the bonnet ⇒ page 180 .
– Unscrew the plastic nut A
⇒  fig. 181 .
– Pull the fuse B in upward direction.
– Pull the locking lever of the headlight as far as the stop in the direction of ar-
row 1 .
– Unplug the plug connector and carefully take out the headlight in the direction
of arrow 2 .
Installation is carried out in the reverse order. Note
After installing the headlight, the headlight setting must be checked by a special-
ist garage.  215
Fuses and light bulbs Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical data

Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Converting/masking over headlights
. . . . . . . . . . 166
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Coolant quantity Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Coolant temperature/coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cruise control Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cup holder front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
D Dash panel insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Daylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Diesel engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Door Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
E EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electrically adjustable exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Electronic stability programme (ESP) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Emergency wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Engine compartment Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine electronics Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Engine oil level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 165
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exhaust gas Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Exhaust gas inspection Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
F
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fixing net Estate car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Octavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fog lights with the function CORNER . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Foldable luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
G
Gearbox mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
General view Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 122 240
Index

H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Auxiliary heating (parking heating) . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior light Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Internet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 207
L Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Light automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Lights converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 66 Fixing of the floor covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Luggage compartment - variable loading floor . . . . 71
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 50
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 116, 122 Connection to the hands-free system . . . . . . . . 123
Connection with the hands-free system . . . . . . 117
Voice control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
MDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
N
Net partition (Estate car) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Note holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
O Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Oil change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Open door Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Opening for skis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Operation in winter Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 241
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Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . 182
P Paint
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Parking aid Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Petrol engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Button in the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Button in the front passenger door and in the rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
with central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
R Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Rear-view mirror Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 81
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Rear window
heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Recommendation for changing gears . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Running in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety information Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Seat belt height adjuster Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selector lever lock Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Service reminder indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Setting temperature
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
START-STOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
START STOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Steering active driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . 156
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switch off Anti-spin regulation (ASR) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
T Tailgate Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 122
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Through-loading bag
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tyre inflation pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tyre repair kit Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tyres Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
unlock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Uphill Start Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Ventilation Auxiliary ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
W
Warning lights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 201
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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XDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 243
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