Convenience Operation - Skoda Fabia Owner's Manual

44 Unlocking and locking
When the sliding/tilting roof is in the comfort position, the intensity of the wind
noise is much less.
The sun screen is also opened automatically when the roof slides open. You can
slide the sun screen into the opened or closed position by hand when the
sliding/tilting roof is closed.
Caution
It may be necessary during winter to remove any ice and snow in the area of the
sliding/tilting roof before opening it in order to prevent damaging the opening
mechanism and the seal.
Closing
Sliding closed/closing the sliding/tilting roof
– Turn the switch to position A
A
Safety closing
The sliding/tilting roof is fitted with a force limiter. If an obstacle (e.g. ice) prevents
closing, the sliding/tilting roof stops and opens completely. You can close the
sliding/tilting roof completely without force limiter by pressing the switch to the
 page 43, fig. 33
position at the front for as long as it takes for the sliding/tilting
roof to close completely  .
WARNING
Close the sliding/tilting roof carefully - risk of injury!

Convenience operation

You can also close an open sliding/tilting roof from the outside.
– Hold the key in the locking cylinder of the driver's door in the lock position or
press the lock button of the remote control until the sliding/tilting roof is closed

.
The closing operation stops when one releases the key or the lock button.
 page 43, fig. 33.
WARNING
Close the sliding/tilting roof carefully - risk of injury! The force limiter does not
operate with the convenience closing.
Emergency operation
Fig. 34 Detail of the headliner: Points for positioning screwdriver/opening for positioning the
key
A
A
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
cover for the electrical drive at the points of the arrows
– Pull the cover down.
– Insert an Allen key, Group 4, up to the stop into the opening at the point of the
A
arrow and close and/or open the sliding/tilting roof
2
– Press on the cover again by first of all inserting the plastic lugs and then pushing
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
sliding/tilting roof into the basic position. Here you have to turn the control dial
forward to the switch position
seconds.
A  fig. 34
1
 fig. 34
A  page 43, fig. 33
and press for about 10
A
on the left.
on the right.