2011 SKODA ROOMSTER spare wheel

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First-aid kit and warning triangle Fig. 132 Placing of the warning triangle
The first-aid kit must be stored in such a way that it is immediately ready to hand.
A warning triangle with the maximum dimensions 39 x 68 x 450 mm can be at-
tached to the trim panel of the rear wall with rubber straps ⇒ fig. 132 WARNING
The first-aid kit must be stored in such a way that the occupants do no suffer
any injuries in the event of an emergency braking or a collision of the vehicle. Note
Pay attention to the use-by-date of the contents of the first-aid kit.
● We recommend a first-aid kit from the range of ŠKODA Original Accessories
that you can purchase from an authorised
ŠKODA Service Partner.
● If you also want to equip your vehicle with a warning triangle, we recommend
a warning triangle from the range of
ŠKODA Original Accessories that you can pur-
chase from authorised ŠKODA Service Partners. 
Fire extinguisher The fire extinguisher is attached with straps under the driver seat. Please read carefully the instructions which are attached to the fire extinguish-
er.
The fire extinguisher must be checked by an authorised person or company annu-
ally (please observe the various differing national legal requirements). WARNING
If the fire extinguisher is not correctly attached, in case of sudden manoeu-
vres or an accident it can be
“thrown” through the interior compartment and
cause injuries. Note
● The fire extinguisher must comply with the relevant and valid legal require-
ments.
● Pay attention to the expiration date of the fire extinguisher. If the fire extin-
guisher is used after the expiration date, its proper function is no longer assured.
● The fire extinguisher is part of the scope of delivery in certain countries only. 
Vehicle tool kit Fig. 133 Luggage compartment: Storage
compartment for vehicle too kit
The vehicle tool kit and the lifting jack with sticker are housed in a plastic box in
the spare wheel ⇒ fig. 133 or in the compartment for the spare wheel. There is al-
so space here for the removable ball for the trailer towing device. £ 167
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The vehicle tool kit contains the following parts (depending on equipment fitted):
●
Wheel wrench,
● Wire clamps for removing the full wheel trims,
● Towing eye,
● Adapter for the wheel bolts lock,
● Extraction pliers for wheel bolt caps,
● Replacement lamp,
● Screwdriver.
Before placing the lifting jack back in its storage area, screw in the arm of the lift-
ing jack fully. WARNING
● The factory-supplied lifting jack is only intended for your model of vehicle.
On no account attempt to lift a heavier vehicle or other loads - risk of injury!
● Ensure that the vehicle tool kit is safely attached in the luggage compart-
ment. 
Spare wheel The spare wheel is stowed in the spare wheel well in the luggage
compartment below the floor covering.
Fig. 134 Luggage compartment: Spare
wheel
The spare wheel lies in a well under the floor covering of the luggage compart-
ment and is fixed in place along with a vehicle tool kit box using a special screw
⇒  fig. 134. 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 148
) to
ensure that the spare wheel is always ready to use.
Unidirectional tyres
If you have such tyres on your vehicle, please refer to the notes below:
● The spare wheel provided with a car fitted with unidirectional tyres has differ-
ent dimensions. The wheel is provided with a warning sticker.
● 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.
● Use this spare wheel only to reach the nearest specialist garage as it is not in-
tended for continuous use. 
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, for example).
– 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 and the spare wheel ⇒
 page 167 out of the luggage
compartment. £168
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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 170 or the caps ⇒ page 170.
– Slacken the wheel bolts ⇒ page 170.
– Jack up the vehicle until the wheel to be changed is clear of the ground
⇒ page 171.
– 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 wrench
(crosswise) ⇒ page 170.
– Mount the full wheel trim/wheel trim cap or the caps. Note
● All bolts must be clean and must turn easily.
● You must never grease or oil the wheel bolts!
● When fitting on unidirectional tyres, ensure that the tyres rotate in the correct
direction ⇒ page 161
. 
Subsequent steps After changing the wheel, you must perform the following steps.
–
Stow the vehicle tool kit in the space provided.
– Stow the replaced wheel in the luggage compartment.
– Check the tyre pressure on the spare wheel just mounted as soon as possible.
– Have the tightening torque of the wheel bolts checked with a torque wrench
as soon as possible. Steel and light alloy wheels must be tightened to a tight-
ening torque of 120

Nm.
– Change the damaged wheel or consult a specialist garage about possibilities
for getting repairs done. WARNING
It is necessary to observe the guidelines given on ⇒
 page 163, New tyres and
wheels if the vehicle is subsequently fitted with tyres which are different to
those it was fitted with at the works. Note
● If you find, when changing the wheel, that the wheel bolts are corroded and
difficult to turn, the bolts must be replaced before checking the tightening torque.
● Drive cautiously and only at a moderate speed to a workshop where the tight-
ening torque can be checked.  169
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Note
● We recommend that you have these fuses replaced by a specialist garage.
● Some vehicles are only fitted with the cover B ⇒ fig. 150
on the right. 
Fuse assignment at the battery (automatic gearbox) Fig. 151 Schematic representation of
fuse assignment at battery
Certain electrical components are only standard on certain vehicle model versions
or only available as optional equipment for certain models. No. Power consumer
1 Generator
2 Interior
3 Electrical auxiliary heating system
4 ESP
5 Electrohydraulic power steering
6 Glow plugs
7 ESP
8 The radiator fan
9 The air conditioning system
10 ABS
11 Central control unit
12 Automatic gearbox
electrical auxiliary heating system CAUTION
Please refer to the following guidelines ⇒   in Replace fuses at the battery (auto-
matic gearbox)
on page 182. 
Bulbs Replacing bulbs The relevant lamp must always be switched off before a light bulb is replaced.
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.
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 a specialist garage
or, in exceptional cases, by calling on other professional assistance.
Please note that the engine compartment is a hazardous area ⇒ page 150

, 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 spare bulbs is located in the box in the spare wheel.
Vehicles with LED separate daytime running lights
In vehicles with LED separate daytime running lights, the bulbs are replaced by a
specialist garage.
Bulb - Overview Front headlight Halogen headlight Halogen projector head-
lights Low beam H4 LL H7 LL
Main beam H4 LL H7 LL
£ 183
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Praktik Rear interior lighting Switching the interior light on
–
Position the cover glass into position .
Switching the interior light off
– Position the cover glass into position O.
Door contact setting
– Position the cover glass into middle position .Note
We recommend having the bulb replaced by a specialist garage. 
Lashing eyes Fig. 162 Loading area: Lashing eyes
Eyes are located on the sides of the loading area for lashing the load to be loaded
⇒  fig. 162 . WARNING
The load to be transported must be fixed in place in such a way that it cannot
move during the journey and when braking. Adjustable safety partition behind the front seats
Fig. 163 Adjustable safety partition
The adjustable safety partition behind the front seats can be adjusted up to 100
mm (only valid for certain countries) for improving the comfort for the driver and
the front passenger. 
Fixing of the loading floor Fig. 164 Loop for raising the loading floor/Fixing the loading floor with a plastic hook
You can fix the loading floor with a hook on the top edge of the boot lid cutout, in
order to e. g. reach the spare wheel. £ 189
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Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking ticket holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 81
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Petrol engines Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rear-view mirror Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Recommendation for changing gears . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Replacing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Roof aerial
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Roof luggage rack system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Running in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety information Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Selector lever lock Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Service reminder indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting temperature Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Start-stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Starting the engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Static separation net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switch off Anti-spin regulation (ASR) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Systems Start-stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
T Tailgate Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Temperature outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Top Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tourist light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Towing eye front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Towing protection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25206
Index

Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Turn signal light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Tyre pressure Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tyre pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tyres Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
U Underbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
unlock Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Uphill Start Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Vehicle interior lighting Version 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Version 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Wheel bolts lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161, 170
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Windshield washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Wiper blades Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 207
Index Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assis-
tance Praktik Technical data