Motoring Abroad; Avoiding Damage To Your Vehicle; Driving Through Bodies Of Water On Roads - Skoda Fabia Owner's Manual

Note
Detailed information about the trade-in and recycling of old cars is available from a
Škoda Service Partner.

Motoring abroad

General
Other circumstances may exist abroad.
It is also possible, in certain countries, that the Škoda Service Partner network is
limited or has not been established yet. This is the reason why obtaining certain
spare parts may be somewhat complicated and specialist garage personnel may
only be able to make limited repairs. Škoda Auto in the Czech Republic and its
foreign importers are happy to provide information about technical aspects of the
vehicle, required maintenance work and possibilities for getting repairs done.
Unleaded petrol
A vehicle fitted with a petrol engine must always be refuelled with unleaded petrol
 page 140. The automobile associations can provide you with information
regarding the locations of filling stations which offer unleaded petrol.
Headlights
The low beam of your headlights is set asymmetrically. It illuminates the side of the
road on which you are driving to a greater extent. If you drive abroad on the other
side of the road, you will dazzle oncoming traffic.
Halogen projector headlights
The adaptation of the headlights (valid for vehicles which are designed for driving
on the left and on the right) must be performed by switching over a bezel by a
specialist garage.
Halogen projector headlights with cornering light function
Headlight beam setting  page 46, "Tourist light".
Halogen headlight
When using Halogen headlights, it is necessary to stick a sticker over a certain part
of the headlights in order to prevent the dazzling of oncoming traffic.
Using the system Safety
You can purchase headlight stickers from the range of the Škoda original parts.
You can obtain further information regarding masking over or converting the head-
lights from your specialist garage.

Avoiding damage to your vehicle

When driving on poor roads and lanes or when driving over kerbstones, steep ramps
etc., you must pay particular attention to ensuring that any low-slung parts of the
vehicle, such as spoiler and exhaust, do not touch the ground and get damaged.
This particularly applies to models with a lowered suspension (sport suspension)
and also when your vehicle is fully laden.

Driving through bodies of water on roads

In order to avoid damage to the vehicle when driving through bodies of water (e.g.
flooded roads), observe the following:

water can reach at the maximum the web on the lower sill of the vehicle

in front of the vehicle which can cause water to penetrate into the air induction
system of the engine or into other parts of the vehicle.

switch off the engine.
Driving Tips General Maintenance
Note
Determine the depth of the water when driving through bodies of water. The
Drive no more than at walking speed. At a higher speed, a water wave can form
Never let the vehicle stand in the water, never drive backwards and do not
Breakdown assistance
Driving and the Environment
Fig. 137 Crossing bodies of water
 fig. 137.
Technical data
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