headlights SKODA YETI 2009 1.G / 5L User Guide

Taking care of your vehicle and cleaning the vehicle
196
Do not use window leathers which you have us
ed to polish the vehicle body to dry off
the windows. Residues of preservatives in the window leather can dirty the window and reduce visibility. Do not affix any stickers over the inside of
the rear window to avoid damage to the
heating elements of the rear window heater
.
We recommend using a preserva
tive from Škoda genuine accessories offered by your
Škoda dealer.
Caution
Never remove snow or ice from the glass parts with warm or hot water - risk of forma-tion of cracks in the glass!The headlight lensesPlease do not use any aggressi
ve cleaning or chemical so
lvent products for cleaning
the front headlights - risk of
damage to the
plastic lenses.
Please use
soap and clean
warm water.
Caution
Never
wipe the headlights dry and do not use any sharp objects for cleaning the plastic
lenses, this may result in damage to the
protective paintwork and consequently in
formation of cracks on the headlight lenses, e.g. through effect of chemical products.Door and window sealsThe rubber seals on the doors, boot lid,
bonnet and windows remain supple and last
longer if you treat them from time to time with a rubber care product (e.g. with a spray with silicone-free oil). You also avoid premature wear of the seals and prevent leakages in this way. It is also easier to open the doors. Rubber seals which are well cared for also do not stick together in cold winter weather.Locking cylinderWe recommend that you use the spray from Škoda original accessories with regreasing and anticorrosive effect for de-icing locking cylinders.
Note
When washing your vehicle, ensure that as
little water as possible gets into the locking
cylinders.WheelsSteel wheels You should also thoroughly wash the wheels
and wheel trims when giving your vehicle
its regular wash. This prevents any brake dust, dirt and road salt from sticking to the wheel hubs. You can remove stubborn brake
abrasion adhering to the wheels with an
industrial cleaner. Touch up
any damage to the paintwork on the wheels before rust is
able to form. Light alloy wheels Regular care of light alloy wh
eels is necessary in order to retain their decorative
appearance over long periods. It is particul
arly important to remove regularly any road
salt and brake abrasion from light alloy wheels, otherwise the light metal will suffer. Wash thoroughly and then treat the wheels with a protective product for light alloy wheels which does not cont
ain any acidic components. We recommend to apply a
hard wax layer onto the wheel hubs every
three months. You must not use any prod-
ucts which cause abrasion when treating
the wheel hubs. Any damage to the paint
layer on the wheel hubs must
be touched up immediately.
We recommend using a preservative from Šk
oda genuine accessories offered by your
Škoda dealer.
WARNING
One should remember when cleaning th
e wheels that moisture, ice and road
salt may adversely affect braking ef
ficiency - risk of an accident!
Note
Severe layers of dirt on the wheels can also
result in wheel imbalance. This may show
itself in the form of a wheel vibration which
is transmitted to the steering wheel which,
in certain circumstances, can
cause premature wear of the
steering. This means it is
necessary to remove the dirt.
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Inspecting and replenishing
214
Windshield washer systemThe windshield washer reservoir contains the cleaning fluid for the windscreen or rear window and for the headlamp
cleaning system*. The reserv
oir is located at the front
right of the engine compartment
⇒fig. 177
.
The
filling level
of the container is 3 litres, 5.5 li
tres on vehicles which also have a
headlight washing system. Clear water is not sufficient to intensively clean the windscreen and headlights. We therefore recommend using clean washing water together with the screen cleaner from Škoda genuine accessories (in winter
additionally with antifreeze) which is
capable of removing stubborn dirt. Follow
the instructions for use on the packaging
when using screen cleaning products. You should always add antifreeze to the cleani
ng water in winter even
if your vehicle is
fitted with heated wind
screen washer nozzles*.
It is also possible in exceptional cases to use methylated spirits when no screen cleaner with antifreeze is available. The concentratio
n of methylated spirits must not be more
than 15 %. Please note, however, that the antifreeze protection at this concentration is only adequate down to -5°C.
WARNING
Read and observe the warning notes
⇒page 204, “Working in the engine
compartment” before working in the engine compartment.
Caution
•
On no account should you add radiator an
tifreeze or other additives to the wind-
screen washer fluid.•
If the vehicle is fitted with headlight clea
ning system, you should only add cleaning
products which do not attack the polycarbonate coating of the headlights to the wind- screen washer fluid. Please contact your specialist garage, who will tell you which cleaning agent you can use.
Fig. 177 Engine compartment: Wind- shield washer fluid reservoir
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Index 260
Changing wheels around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Check engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Child safety seat
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Classification into groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Use of child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Children and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Chrome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Climatronic
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning) . . . . . . 101
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Clothes hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cockpit
General view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Convenience operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Converting/masking over headlights . . . . . . . . . . 179Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Coolant quantity
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Coolant temperature/coolant level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cornering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Correct seated position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Counter for distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cup holder
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
DDaylight driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Deactivating
an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Deactivating an airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Defrosting rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
De-icing the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Detachable towing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Diesel engines
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Diesel particle filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Direction indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Door
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
EEDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Electric power-operated window
Operational faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Electric sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Electrically adjustable exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Electronic immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Electronic stability programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Electronic stability programme (ESP)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Emergency wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine
starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine compartment
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Engine electronics
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Index261
Using the system
Safety
Driving Tips
General Maintenance
Breakdown assistance
Technical Data replenishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine oil level
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine revolutions counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Environmental compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 178
ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exhaust gas
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Exhaust gas inspection
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Exterior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exterior mirror heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
FFastening elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
First-aid box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Fixing net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fog lights with the function Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Folding seats forwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Front airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Front interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Saving energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fuel reserve
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Full wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
GGauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Gearbox
mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
General view
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129HHandbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hazard warning light system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Head airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Head restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Headlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Headlights
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Headlight cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Auxiliary heating (auxiliary heating) . . . . . . . . 105
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Recirculated air mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IIgnition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Interior light
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Interior lighting
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Interior monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Intermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ISOFIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
ISOFIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161JJacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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towing vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow-starting and towing vehicle
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Traction control system (TCS)
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Transporting children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Turn signal lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Two-way radio systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Tyre inflation pressure
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tyres
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218UUnderbody protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Uphill-Start off-Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168VVanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Ventilation
Auxiliary ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
WWarning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
with a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Wheel
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215, 226
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows
de-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Windshield wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wiper blades
Replacing the wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
XXenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
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