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take account of the ABS fault in the meantime since you will not know the
extent of the fault and in how far
the braking efficiency is affected.
Note
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A warning light comes on if a fault occurs in the ABS system
  page 26.
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Changes to vehicle (e.g. on engine, on the brakes, on chassis or another combi-
nation of tyres and wheels) can influence the function of the ABS page 146,
“Accessories, changing and replacing parts”.
Brake Assist*During a severe brake application (e.g. if a hazard exists), the Brake Assist increases
the braking force and thus makes it possible to rapidly produce the pressure
required in the brake system.
The majority of drivers do apply the brakes in good time in dangerous situations, but
do not depress the brake pedal with sufficient pressure. Consequently, it is not
possible for the vehicle to achieve its maximum deceleration and the vehicle covers
a greater distance than necessary.
The Brake Assist is activated by the very quick operation of the brake pedal. In such
cases, a much greater braking pressure exists than during a normal brake applica-
tion. This makes it possible, even with a relatively low resistance of the brake pedal,
to produce an adequate pressure in the brake system in the shortest possible time,
which is required for maximum deceleration of the car. You must apply the brake
pedal firmly and hold it in this position in order to achieve the shortest possible
braking distance.
The Brake Assist is able to help you achi eve a shorter braking distance in emergency
situations by rapidly producing the pressure required in the brake system. It fully
exploits the attributes of the ABS. After you release the brake pedal, the function
of the Brake Assist is automatically swit ched off and the brakes operate in the
normal way.
The Brake Assist is part of the ESP system. If a fault occurs in the ESP, the Brake
Assist function is also not availa ble. Further information on the ESP page 105.
WARNING
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The Brake Assist is also not able to overcome the physical limits of your
vehicle in terms of the braking distance required.
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Adapt your speed to the conditions of th e road surface and to the traffic situ-
ation.
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The increased safety offered by the Brake Assist must not tempt you to take
a greater safety risk than otherwise.
Electromechanical power steeringThe power steering enables you to steer the vehicle with less physical force.
With the electromechanical power steering, the steering assist is automatically
adapted to the speed and to the steering angle.
It is still possible to fully steer the vehicle if the power steering fails or if the engine
is not running (vehicle being towed in). The only difference is that greater physical
effort is required.
If there is a fault in the power steering, the warning light
 or  lights up in the
instrument cluster page 24.
WARNING
Contact your specialist garage if the power steering is defective.Tyre inflation pressure-control system*The tyre inflation pressure-control system compares with the aid of the ABS
sensors the speed and also the rolling circumference of the individual wheels. If the
rolling circumference of a wheel is changed, the warning light
 lights up in the
WARNING (continued)
WARNING (continued)
Fig. 113 Button for setting the tyre infla-
tion pressure control value
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Driving and the Environment
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Regular servicing
A poorly tuned engine consumes an unnecessarily high amount of
fuel.Having your vehicle serviced regularly at a specialist garge enables you to satisfy
one of the requirements for economical motoring even before you set off on your
journey. Keeping your vehicle properly serviced not only has a positive effect on the
safety of your vehicle and maintaining its value, but also saves on fuel.
A poorly tuned engine can result in a fuel consumption which is 10 % higher than
normal.
The foreseen maintenance work should be undertaken exactly according to the
Service schedule by a specialist garage.
Also check the oil level after refuelling. Oil consumption is dependent to a consid-
erable extent on the load and speed of the engine. Oil consumption could be as high
as 0.5 litres/1 000 km depending on your style of driving.
It is quite normal that a new engine has a higher oil consumption at first, and
reaches its lowest level only after a cert ain running in time. It is therefore not
possible to correctly assess the oil cons umption of a new vehicle until after you
have driven about 5 000 km.
For the sake of the environment
•
You can achieve additional improvements in your fuel economy by using high-
lubricity oils.
•
Check the ground below your vehicle at re gular intervals to detect any leakages
in good time. Please have your vehicle inspected by a specialist garge if you find any
stains caused by oil or other fluids on the floor.
Avoid driving short distances
Short distances result in an abov e-average high fuel consumption.– Avoid driving a distance of no more than 4 km if the engine is cold.
The engine and catalytic converter mu st first have reached their optimal operating
temperature in order to effectively reduce fuel consumption and pollutant emis-
sions.
The cold engine vehicle consumes approx. 15 - 20 litres/100 km of fuel immediately
after starting. Fuel consumption drops to 10 litres/100 km after just 1 kilometre. The
engine reaches its operating temperature (outside temperature and engine
dependent) only after about 4 to 10 kilometres and the fuel consumption then
stabilizes. You should therefore avoid driving short distances whenever possible.
An important factor in this connection is also the ambient temperature. The
 fig. 116 shows the different fuel consumptions for the same distance, on the one
hand at +20 °C and on the other hand at -10 °C. Your vehicle has a higher fuel
consumption in winter than in summer.Checking tyre in flation pressures
Tyres which are correctl y inflated save fuel.Always ensure that your tyres are inflated to the correct pressure at all times. The
rolling resistance will be increased if the inflation pressure is too low. This will not
only increase fuel consumption but also tyre wear and the driving behaviour will
worsen.
Always check the inflation pressure of the tyres when cold.
Do not drive with winter tyres all year round for this co sts about 10 % more fuel.
Winter tyres are also louder.
Fig. 116 Fuel consumption in litres/100
km at different temperatures
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Wheels and Tyres141
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Wheels and TyresWheelsGeneral information•
New tyres do not offer optimal grip at fi rst and should therefore be run in for
about 500 km at a moderate speed and an appropriately cautious style of driving.
You will also profit from longer tyre life.
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The tread depth of new tyres may differ because of design features and the
configuration of the tread (depending on the type of tyre and the manufacturer).
•
Drive over curbs on the side of the road and other such obstacles slowly and,
where possible, at a right angle in order to avoid damage to tyres and wheel trims.
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Inspect your tyres from ti me to time for damage (punctures, cuts, splits and
bulges). Remove foreign bodies from the tyre profile.
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Damage to tyres and wheels is frequently not visible. Unusual vibrations or
pulling of the vehicle to one side could be a sign of tyre damage. Please reduce your
speed immediately and stop if you suspect that a wheel is damaged. Inspect the
tyres for signs of damage (bulges, splits, etc.) If no visible damage is present, please
drive at an appropriately slow speed and ca refully to the nearest specialist garage
in order to have your vehicle inspected.
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Also protect your tyres from contact with oil, grease and fuel.
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Immediately replace any dust caps of the valves which have got lost.
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Mark wheels before removing them so that their previous direction of running
can be maintained when mounted them again.
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Always store wheels or tyres which been removed in a cool, dry and, where
possible, dark place. Tyres which are not fixed to a wheel trim should be stored
upright.
Unidirectional tyres*
The direction of rotation of the tyres is marked by arrows on the wall of the tyre.
This indicates the direction of rotation of the tyre, and it is essential that the tyres
are fitted on to run in this direction. Only then are the tyres able to provide the
optimal properties in terms of grip, lo w noise, wear-and-tear and aquaplaning.
Further information concerning the use of unidirectional tyres page 145.
WARNING
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New tyres during the first 500 km do not offer optimal grip and should there-
fore be run appropriatel y - risk of accident!
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Never drive with damaged tyres - risk of accident!Note
Please observe the various differing legal requirements regarding tyres.Tyre lifeThe life of your tyres very much depends on the following points:
Tyre pressure
The working life of tyres will be shortened considerably if the tyres are insufficiently
or over-inflated and this will have an adverse effect on the handling of your vehicle.
Correctly inflated tyres are of partic ular importance when travelling at high speeds.
It is therefore good to check the pressure at least once a month and also before
setting off on a long trip. Please do not forget the spare wheel when checking the
tyres.
The tyre inflation pressures for summer tyres are indicated on the inside of the fuel
filler flap fig. 129 . The inflation pressures for winter tyres are 20 kPa (0.2 bar)
higher than those for summer tyres page 144.
Fig. 129 An opened fuel filler flap with a
tyre size and tyre inflation pressure table
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Breakdown assistance153
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Note
The set of safety wheel bolts can be obta ined from an authorised Škoda Service
Partner.Jump-startingInitial stepsYou can use the battery of another vehicl e for jump-starting yours if the engine
does not start because the battery on your ve hicle is flat. You will require jump-start
cables for this purpose.
Both batteries must have a rated voltage of 12 V. The capacity (Ah) of the battery
supplying the power must not be signific antly less than the capacity of the
discharged battery in your vehicle.
Jump-start cables
Only use jump-start cables which have an adequately large cross-section and insu-
lated terminal clamps. Please pay attent ion to the manufacturer's instructions.
Positive cable - colour coding in the majority of cases red.
Negative cable - colour coding in the majority of cases black.
WARNING
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A discharged battery may already freeze at temperatures just below 0 °C. In
case of frozen battery carry out no jump-starting - risk of explosion!
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Please pay attention to the warning instructions relating to working in the
engine compartment page 131, “Working in the engine compartment”.Note
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There must not be any contact between the two vehicles otherwise current may
flow as soon as the negati ve terminals are connected.
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The discharged battery must be properly connected to the system of the
vehicle.
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Switch off any mobile phone, pay attention to the instructions for use of the
mobile phone in such a situation.
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We recommend you buy jump-start cables from a car battery specialist.
Start engineIt is important to connect the jump -start cables in the correct order.Connecting positive terminals– Attach one end to the positive terminal fig. 140 of the discharged battery
.
– Attach the other end to the positive terminal of the battery supplying the
power .Connecting negative terminal and engine block– Attach one end to the negative termin al of the battery supplying the power
.
– Attach the other end to a solid metal part which is connected firmly to the engine block, or to the engine block itself.Starting the engine– Start the engine of the vehicle providing current and run the engine at idling
speed.
– Now start the engine of the vehicle with the discharged battery.
– Interrupt the attempt at starting an engine after 10 seconds if it does not start right away and wait for about 30 seconds before repeating the attempt.
– Disconnect the cables on the engine in exactly the reverse order they were
connected up.
Fig. 140 Jump-starting using the battery
from another vehicle: A - flat vehicle
battery, B - battery providing current
1
A
2
B
3
B
4
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Index
178
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111SSafe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Safety information
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 88 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting temperature Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Steering
active driver-steering recommendation . . . 107
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
TTaking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
TCS Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
The roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Thickness of brake pads Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Traction control system (TCS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Tyre inflation pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35VVehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141, 150
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Windows de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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