General Maintenance; Care And Maintenance - Skoda citigo Owner's Manual

General Maintenance

Care and maintenance

Modifications, adjustments and technical alterations
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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Statutory checks
ŠKODA Service Partners
ŠKODA Original parts
ŠKODA Original accessories
Spoiler
Airbags
Trailer operation
Acceptance and recycling of used vehicles
The instructions and guidelines from ŠKODA AUTO a.s. must be observed when
carrying out all modifications, repairs or technical alterations to your vehicle.
Adhering to these instructions and guidelines helps ensure road safety and
helps keep your vehicle in a good technical condition. After carrying out modifi-
cations, repairs or technical alterations, the vehicle will comply with German
road transport regulations (StVZO)
Always consult a ŠKODA Partner
parts, or before carrying out any modifications, repairs or technical alterations
to your vehicle.
WARNING
Work on your vehicle, which have been carried out unprofessionally, can
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cause operational faults – risk of accident!
Interference on the electronic components and their software can lead to
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operational faults. This interference can also impair not directly affected
systems because of the networking of the electronic components. The op-
erational safety of the vehicle may be at significant risk and can lead to in-
creased wear of parts.
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General Maintenance
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For the sake of the environment
Technical documents regarding alterations carried out on the vehicle must be
kept by the vehicle user in order to be handed over to the recyclers at a later
date. This ensures that the vehicle is recycled in an environmentally sound
manner.
Note
We recommend only having these modifications and technical alterations
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carried out by a specialist garage.
Any damage caused by technical alterations made without the approval of
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the manufacturer is excluded from the warranty
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The ŠKODA Partner does not assume any liability for products that have not
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been approved by ŠKODA AUTO a.s. even though these may be products with
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an operational approval or that have been approved by a government testing
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We advise you only to use ŠKODA Original Accessories and ŠKODA Original
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Parts which have been expressly approved for use on your vehicle. Reliability,
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safety and suitability for your vehicle are guaranteed with these.
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ŠKODA Original Accessories and ŠKODA Original Parts can be purchased from
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ŠKODA Partners, who will also perform the professional assembly of the pur-
chased parts.
Statutory checks
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Read and observe
Many countries have legislation which require that the reliability and roadwor-
thiness and/or exhaust gas composition of a vehicle must be tested at specific
intervals. These tests can be carried out by workshops or checking stations
that have been legally authorized for this purpose.
The ŠKODA service partners have been informed about the necessary legal
tests and will prepare the vehicle for the tests in a service operation at the
customer's discretion, or will ensure that these tests are carried out. The spe-
cialist garages can carry out the specified tests directly at the customer's dis-
cretion, if they are designated for such a procedure. This saves you time and
money.
Even if you want to take your vehicle to an officially approved test centre for
prior checking in preparation of a legally required test, we recommend that you
consult the service consultant of your ŠKODA service partner beforehand.
» Service schedule.
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