Starting And Driving; Start - Skoda Octavia 2020 Owner's Manual

116 Starting and driving ›
✓ The ŠKODA Connect services are active.
✓ The vehicle is within range of a contractual mo-
bile network, through which the connection to
ŠKODA Connect Services is ensured.

Start

Starting and driving

Start
Notes on starting
DANGER
Danger of poisoning by exhaust gases!
Do not run the engine in an enclosed space.
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Operating conditions
✓ The vehicle key is located in the vehicle interior.
NOTICE
Risk of key loss, possibly of key damage!
The system can detect the key even if it has been
forgotten on the vehicle roof.
Always keep the key with you.
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Switching the ignition on and off
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Press the starter button.
Starting the vehicle with manual transmission
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Secure the vehicle with the parking brake.
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Move the shift lever to the neutral position.
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Keep the clutch pedal depressed.
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Press the starter button.
Starting the vehicle with automatic transmission
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Secure the vehicle with the parking brake.
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Keep the brake pedal depressed.
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Press the starter button.
After switching on the ignition on vehicles with
diesel engines, the indicator light
system illuminates. The engine starts after
out.
Stopping the engine
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Secure the vehicle with the parking brake.
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Press the starter button.
WARNING
Steering lock hazard!
During a journey with the engine stopped, the igni-
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tion must always be switched on.
NOTICE
Risk of engine overheating!
Do not switch the engine off immediately at the
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end of your journey after the engine has been run-
ning at high loads. Leave it to run at an idling speed
for about 1 minute.
- Preheating
goes