Fuel Reserve; Airbag System - Skoda Rapid Owner's Manual

To clean the filter, and where traffic conditions permit
at least 15 minutes or until the indicator light
4th or 5th gear selected (automatic transmission: position S).
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Vehicle speed at least 70 km/h.
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Engine speed between 1800-2500 rpm.
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If the filter is properly cleaned, the warning icon
If the filter is not properly cleaned, the warning light
the warning light begins to flash.
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The following message is shown in the MAXI DOT display.
Diesel particulate filter: Owner's manual!
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The system allows the vehicle to run in emergency mode. After switching the
ignition off and on again the indicator light, the indicator light
nates.
Seek assistance from a specialist garage immediately.
WARNING
The diesel particulate filter reaches very high temperatures - there is a
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fire hazard and serious injury could be caused. Therefore, never stop the
vehicle at places where the underside of your vehicle can come into contact
with flammable materials such as dry grass, undergrowth, leaves, spilled
fuel or such like.
Always adjust your speed to suit weather, road, region and traffic condi-
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tions. The recommendations indicated by the warning light must not tempt
you to disregard the national regulations for road traffic.
CAUTION
As long as the warning light
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creased fuel consumption and in certain circumstances a power reduction of
the engine.
Using diesel fuel with increased sulphur content can significantly reduce the
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service life of the diesel particle filter. A ŠKODA Partner will be able to tell you
which countries use diesel fuel with increased sulphur content.
Note
To assist the combustion process of the soot particles in the filter, we recom-
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mend that regularly driving short distances be avoided.
If the engine is turned off during the filter cleaning process or shortly after-
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wards, the cooling fan may turn on automatically for a few minutes.
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goes out.
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goes out.
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lights up, one must take into account an in-

Fuel reserve

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Read and observe on page 35 first.
When the warning light is illuminated, this means there is a fuel reserve of
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under around 7 litres left.
The following message is shown in the MAXI DOT display.
Please refuel. Range: ... km
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CAUTION
Never drive until the fuel tank is completely empty! The irregular supply of fuel
can cause misfiring. This can result in considerable damage to parts of the en-
gine and the exhaust system.
Note
The text in the display goes out only after refuelling and driving a short dis-
tance.

Airbag system

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Read and observe on page 35 first.
If the warning light illuminates, there is a fault in the airbag system.
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The following message is shown in the MAXI DOT display.
Error: Airbag
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The functionality of the airbag system is monitored automatically even if one
of the airbags is switched off.
The front passenger airbag has been disabled with the key switch
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The indicator light illuminates for around 4 seconds after the ignition has
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been switched on;
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The warning light in the display      in the middle of the
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dash panel lights up after switching on the ignition
One of the airbags or a belt tensioner has been disabled by the diagnostic
tool
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The warning light illuminates for approx. 4 seconds after switching on the
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ignition and then flashes again for approx. 12 seconds afterwards.
The following message is shown in the MAXI DOT display.
Airbag / belt tensioner deactivated.
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» Fig. 12 on page 20.
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