2011 SKODA OCTAVIA jacking points

Raise vehicle
You have to raise the vehicle with a lifting jack in order to be able
to take off the wheel.
Fig. 167 Changing a wheel: Jacking
points for positioning lifting jack
Fig. 168 Attach lifting jack
Position the lifting jack by selecting the jacking point which is closest to the wheel
to be removed
⇒ fig. 167 . The jacking point is located directly below the engraving
in the lower sill. The engraving is only visible after opening the door.
– 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. 168 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. 168 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.
● Secure the base plate of the lifting jack with suitable means to prevent
possible moving. A soft and slippery ground under the base plate may move
the lifting jack, causing the vehicle to fall down. It is therefore always neces-
sary to place the lifting jack on a solid surface or use a wide and stable base.
Use a non-slip base (e.g. a rubber foot mat) if the

surface is smooth, such as
cobbled stones, a tiled floor, etc.
● Attach the lifting jack only at the attachment points provided for this pur-
pose. 
Securing wheels against being stolen You need a special adapter for slackening the safety wheel bolts.
Fig. 169 Illustration image: Safety
wheel bolt with adapter
– Pull off the full wheel trim/cap from the wheel hub or cap from the safety
wheel bolt.
– Insert the adapter B with its toothed side fully into the inner toothing of the
safety wheel bolt A right down in such a way that only the outer hexagon is
jutting out ⇒ fig. 169 .
– Insert the wheel wrench fully onto the adapter B .
– Slacken the wheel bolt, or tighten it firmly ⇒ page 202.
– Reinstall the full wheel trim/wheel cap after removing the adapter or place the
cap onto the safety wheel bolt. £ 203
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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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