jacking points SKODA FABIA 2008 2.G / 5J Owner's Manual

Breakdown assistance206
Slackening and tightening wheel bolts
Slacken the wheel bolts before jacking up the vehicle.
Slackening wheel bolts
– Insert the wheel wrench fully onto the wheel bolt 7).
– Grasp the end of the wrench and turn the bolt about one turn to the
left ⇒fig. 185.
Tightening wheel bolts
– Insert the wheel wrench fully onto the wheel bolt 7).
– Grasp the end of the wrench and turn the bolt to the right until it is
tight.
WARNING
Slacken the wheel bolts only a little (about one turn) as long as the vehicle has not yet been jacked up - risk of an accident!.
Note
•apply pressure carefully with your foot to the end of the wheel wrench if it proves difficult to slacken the wheel bolts. Hold tight on the vehicle when doing this and ensure that you have a steady position.
Raise vehicle
You have to raise the vehicle with a lifting jack in order to be able to
take off the wheel.
– Position the lifting jack by selecting the jacking point - lower sill -
which is closest to the wheel to be removed ⇒fig. 186.
– 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 of the lower sill
and the moving base plate of the jack is resting flat against firm
ground.
– Turn the lifting jack up further until the wheel is just clear of the
ground.
Ground below the lifting jack which is soft and slippery can cause the vehicle to slip off the jack. It is therefore always necessary to place the lifting jack on a solid
7)Use the appropriate adapter for slackening and tightening the safety wheel bolts⇒page 207.
Fig. 185 Changing a wheel: Slackening wheel bolts
Fig. 186 Changing a wheel: Points for positioning car jack
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Index245
Exhaust gas
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exhaust gas inspection
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
F
Fastening elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fixing net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 219
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fog lights with integrated turning light . . . . . . . . . . 47
Force limiter of the power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Front headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 160
Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel reserve
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fuse
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
G
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Gearbox
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
General view
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Headlights
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Heating the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interior light
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interior lighting
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
K
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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