2011 SKODA ROOMSTER tow

Rear towing eye
Fig. 145 Rear towing eye
The rear towing eye is located below the rear bumper on the right ⇒  fig. 145 . 178
Breakdown assistance

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
Fuses and light bulbs Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assis-
tance Praktik Technical data

Low beam and main beam (halogen headlights)
Fig. 153 Removing the light bulb for the
low beam and main beam light
– Remove the protective cap A
⇒  fig. 152.
– Pull off the connector from the lamp, release the sprung wire clamp and pull
out the lamp towards the rear ⇒

 fig. 153.
– Replace the lamp H4 LL, insert into the opening in the reflector (with the fixing
lugs in the recesses), secure with the sprung wire clamp, mount the connector
and position the protective cap.
– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a Skoda Serv-
ice Partner after replacing the light bulb. 
Low beam (halogen projector headlights) Fig. 154 Removing the light bulb for the
low beam light
– Remove the protective cap 1
⇒
 fig. 152 on the right.
– Turn the connector with the light bulb up to the stop towards the left
⇒ fig. 154 and remove. –
Replace the halogen lamp H7 LL, insert the connector with the new halogen
lamp and turn to the right up to the stop.
– Insert the protective cap.
– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a Skoda Serv-
ice Partner after replacing the light bulb. 
Main beam (halogen projector headlights) Fig. 155 Removing the light bulb for the
main beam light
– Remove the protective cap 2
⇒
 fig. 152 -right.
– Turn the connector with the light bulb up to the stop towards the left
⇒  fig. 155 and remove.
– Replace the halogen lamp H7, insert the connector with the new halogen lamp
and turn to the right up to the stop.
– Insert the protective cap.
– We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a Skoda Serv-
ice Partner after replacing the light bulb. 
Turn signal light (at the front) –
Turn the socket B
⇒  fig. 152 or the socket 3 to the left and take it out to-
gether with the light bulb for the turn signal light.
– Replace the defective light bulb.
– Insert the lamp holder with light bulb into the headlight. Secure the lamp hold-
er by turning it to the right until it locks in place.  185
Fuses and light bulbs Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assis-
tance Praktik Technical data

–
Raise the loading floor at the loop ⇒ fig. 164 and fix it with a plastic hook (it is
located below the loading floor edge) to the top edge of the tailgate cutout
⇒ fig. 164 on the right. 
Adjustment of the safety partition Fig. 165 Top support/bottom support of the safety partition
Only valid for some countries.
–
Raise the loading floor part behind the safety partition.
– Unscrew on each side in the upper part of the body one screw ⇒ fig. 165 -left
and in the lower part one screw ⇒ fig. 165 - right.
– Move the safety partition into the desired position. Always ensure that it has
the same distance and the same number of holes on both sides top and bot-
tom.
– Screw on each side in the upper part of the body one screw and in the lower
part one screw.
– Have the tightening torque of the bolts checked with a torque wrench as
soon as possible. The tightening torque must be 20 Nm.
– Change the position of the cover of the luggage compartment floor behind the
safety partition so that it lines up with the new position of the safety partition.
– Fold the part of the loading floor again towards the bottom. Emergency unlocking of the loading area door
Fig. 166 Emergency unlocking of the
loading area door
If there is a fault in the central locking, you can open the loading area door as fol-
lows:
– Remove the control cable and pull it.
– Press on the loading area door, in order to open it.
– Press back the control cable again. 190
Praktik

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