SKODA OCTAVIA 2005 1.G / (1U) Owner's Manual

Fuses and light bulbs
300
Turn signal light (at the front)
Changing light bulb for turn signal light (at the front)
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Remove the headlight ⇒page 296.
– Turn the socket in the direction of arrow OPEN (open) and
take it out together with the light bulb for the turn signal light
⇒ fig. 229.
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Press a new light bulb into the socket and turn the light bulb to the right as far as the stop. – Insert the socket with the changed light bulb into the headlight
and secure it by turning in the direction of arrow CLOSE
(close) to the right.
Note
We recommend that you have the headlight setting checked by a
specialist garage after installing the headlight.
Fig. 229 Removing the
light bulb for the turn
signal light
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Light unit (Octavia)
Changing light bulbs in the lamp holder
– Switch the ignition and all lights off. – Unlock the locking button and open the cover of the lamp
holder ⇒fig. 230.
– Press the catches in the direction of arrow and take out the lamp holder ⇒fig. 231 .
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Press a new light bulb into the socket and turn the light bulb to the right as far as the stop.
– Insert the lamp holder in such a way that the catches lock in place in the housing.
– Close and lock the cover of the lamp holder.
Changing light bulb for tail light
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Unlock the locking button and open the cover of the lamp holder ⇒fig. 230.
– Take the defective light bulb (arrow or ⇒ fig. 231) out of
the housing and replace it with a new one.
– Close and lock the cover of the lamp holder.
Fig. 230 Luggage
compartment: Cover
for the lamp holder
Fig. 231 Removing the
lamp holder
A1A2
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Rear light unit (estate car)
Changing light bulbs in the lamp holder
– Switch the ignition and all lights off. – Remove the side compartment cover by turning the locks in
the direction of arrow ⇒fig. 232 .
– Take out the cover of the lamp holder on the luggage compart- ment side.
– Take out the light bulbs of the tail light (arrow and ) ⇒fig. 233 .
– Press the catches in the direction of arrow and take out the lamp holder.
– Press the defective light bulb into the socket, turn to the left and remove.
– Press a new light bulb into the socket and turn the light bulb to the right as far as the stop.
Changing light bulb for tail light
– Switch the ignition and all lights off.
– Remove the side compartment cover by turning the locks in the direction of arrow ⇒fig. 232 .
– Take out the cover of the lamp holder on the luggage compart- ment side.
– Take the defective light bulb (arrow or ⇒page 301,
fig. 231 ) out of the housing and replace it with a new one.
– Remove the lamp holder cover on the luggage compartment side and close the side compartment.
Fig. 232 Luggage
compartment: Side
compartment
Fig. 233 Removing the
lamp holder
A1A2
A1A2
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Technical Data
General
Identification data
Vehicle data sticker
The vehicle data sticker ⇒fig. 234 is located on the floor of the luggage
compartment and is also stated in the Service schedule.
The vehicle data sticker contains the following data:
Vehicle identification number
Vehicle type
Gearbox code, paint number, interior equipment number, engine
output, engine code
Partial description of the vehicleFig. 234 Vehicle data
sticker
Fig. 235 Windscreen:
The last 11 digits of the
vehicle identification
number
A1
A2
A3
A4
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Vehicle identification number (VIN)
The vehicle identification number - VIN (vehicle body number) is stamped
into the engine compartment on the right hand shock absorber dome. This
number is also located on a sign on the lower left hand edge below the
windscreen.
To enhance the anti-theft alarm protection, the last 11 digits of the vehicle
identification number are applied with laser onto all the windows
⇒ page 303, fig. 235 .
Engine number
The engine number is stamped into the engine block.
Type plate (production plate)
The type plate is located in the lower area of the left centre column.
Homologation sign
The homologation sign is located on the inside of the bonnet next to the
lock. Vehicles for certain countries do not have an homologation sign.
Stickers on inside of fuel filler flap
The stickers are affixed to the inside of the fuel filler flap and contain the
following information:
•The prescribed types of fuel,
•Tyre size,
•Tyre pressure
Note
•You will find the technical data of your vehicle in the separate brochure
"Technical Data".
•Please note that the information stated in the official vehicle regis-
tration documents always takes priority.
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Index
A
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 179 electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Adjusting the steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 deactivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
An overview Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Antilock Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Antilock brake system (ABS) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Auto Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Auto Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Automatic driving lamp control . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Emergency programme . . . . . . . . . 154, 161
Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . 154
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Automatic gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Kickdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . 162
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Automatic seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Automatic vehicle wash systems . . . . . . . . . 234
Avoiding damage to your vehicle . . . . . . . . . 228
B
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Biofuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Bluetoothâ„¢ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Boot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Brake Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Brake pads
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Bulbs Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Buttons for central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Buttons on the driver's door Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
C
Car jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274, 280
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Changing the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Child safety seats
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . 206
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . 204
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Use of child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Climatronic Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Setting temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . 128
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cockpit An overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . 228
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Coolant quantity Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Coolant temperature/coolant level Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cup holder at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
D
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Diesel enginesStarting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Door
Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . . . . 216
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Dynamo Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E
EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Electrically adjustable exterior mirrors . . . . . . 80
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Electronic immobiliserWarning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . 213
Electronic stability programme (ESP) Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Engine compartment Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Engine electronics Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . 223, 227
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Exhaust gas inspection Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Exhaust gases Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
F
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Fixing net Estate car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Octavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
For the first 1 500 kilometres . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Biofuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fuel reserve Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
G
Gearbox mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Hazard warning lights system . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Headlights Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . 75 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Air outlet vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heating of the external mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Heating the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
I
Identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Inspecting the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Interior light Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Interior lighting at the front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Interior monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Intermittent wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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J
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281, 282
K
Keeping windows demisted
The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . 125
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Leather care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
light Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Lighting of the interior of the vehicle . . . . . . . 70
Lights Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Converting/masking over . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
switching them on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lights and Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Liquid in reservoir for windscreen washer system Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 locking
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Locking and unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . 48
Low beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lugagge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 92 Folding double hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Folding hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lashing eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102M
Main beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 68 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Manual shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Memory for the on-board computer . . . . . . . 18
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 175 Bluetoothâ„¢ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Motoring abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Multi-functional indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
N
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Note holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
O
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Onboard computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Open door Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Opening a single door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Opening for skis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Operation in winter De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
The battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . 250
P
Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Parking aid at the rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Parking the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Petrol engines Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power windows Buttons on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operational problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switches in front passenger door and in rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
R
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rear window Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear-view mirror Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Recharge battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
S
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Safety instructions Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 188 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
fasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 157
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 157
Selector lever-emergency unlocking . . . . . . 154
Selector lever-emergency unlocking (DSG) 162
Service Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting temperature Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stability system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Starting engine
after fuel tank has run empty . . . . . . . . . 141
Petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Diesel engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Steering Driver-steering recommendation . . . . . . 216
Steering force assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Storage compartment Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sun screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching lights on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
T
Taking care of your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Temperature Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Temporary spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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