Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual page 45

You can close and/or open the sliding/tilting roof by hand if the system is defect.
Position the flat blade of a screwdriver carefully against the rear edge of the
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cover for the electrical drive at the points of the arrows
Pull the cover down.
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Insert an Allen key, Group 4, up to the stop into the opening at the point of the
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arrow 2 and close and/or open the sliding/tilting roof
Press on the cover again by first of all inserting the plastic lugs and then push-
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ing the cover up.
– Have the fault rectified by a specialist workshop.
Note
It is necessary after each emergency operation (using Allen key) to move the slid-
ing/tilting roof into the basic position. Here you have to turn the control dial for-
⇒ f ig. 22
ward to the switch position A
Using the system Safety
⇒ f ig. 23
1 on the left.
⇒ f ig. 23
on the right.
and press for about 10 seconds.
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