Skoda OCTAVIA - 05-2010 Owner's Manual page 51

50 Unlocking and locking
Emergency operation
Fig. 36 Detail of the headliner: Points for positioning screwdriver - left / emergency opera-
tion - right
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
of 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
or open the sliding/tilting roof.
– Press on the cover again by first of all inserting the plastic lugs and then pushing the
cover up.
– Have the malfunction rectified by a specialist garage.
Note
It is necessary after each emergency operation to move the sliding/tilting roof into the
basic position. Here you have to turn the control dial forward to the switch position
 page 48, fig. 35
and press for about 10 seconds.
A  fig.
36.
1
A  fig. 36
and close
2
A
A