PEUGEOT 308 2007 Owners Manual

1. Front and/or rear seat belts not fastened/unfastened warning light.
2. Front left seat belt warning light.
3. Front right seat belt warning light.
4. Rear right seat belt warning light.
5. Rear centre seat belt warning light.
6. Rear left seat belt warning light.
The corresponding warning light 2 or 3comes on in red on the seat belt and passenger’s front air bag warning lights display if the seat belt is not fastened or is unfastened.
Seat belt not fastened/unfastened warning lights displayRear seat belts
The rear seats are each fitted with a three-point inertia reel seat belt with force limiter (with the exception of the rear centre seat).
Seat belt unfastened warning light
This warning light comes on, either on the instrument panel or on the seat belt and passen-ger’s front air bag warning lights display, when one or more rear passen-gers unfasten their seat belt.
From approximately 12 mph (20 km/h), this warning light flashes for two min-utes accompanied by an audible signal of increasing volume. Once these two minutes have elapsed, this warning light remains on until the one or more rear passengers fasten their seat belt.
Fastening
 Pull the strap, then insert the tongue in the buckle.
 Check that the seat belt is fastened correctly by pulling the strap.
Seat belt unfastened warning lights display
When the ignition is switched on, the corresponding warning lights 4, 5and 6 come on in red for approximately 30 seconds, if the seat belt is not fas-tened.
When the engine is running or the vehi-cle is moving, the corresponding warn-ing light 4, 5 or 6 comes on in red, ac-companied by an audible signal and a message on the multifunction display, if a rear passenger has unfastened his seat belt.
Unfastening
 Press the red button on the buckle.

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AIR BAGS
System designed to maximise the safety of the occupants (with the exception of the rear centre passenger) in the event of violent collisions. It supplements the action of the force-limiting seat belts (with the exception of the rear centre passenger).
If a collision occurs, the electronic de-tectors record and analyse the front and side impacts sustained in the impact detection zones:
- in the case of a serious impact, the air bags are triggered instantly and pro-tect the occupants of the vehicle (with the exception of the rear centre pas-senger); immediately after the impact, the air bags deflate rapidly so that they do not hinder visibility or the exit of the occupants,- in the case of a minor or rear impact or in certain roll-over conditions, the air bags will not be triggered; the seat belt alone is sufficient to provide opti-mum protection in these situations.
Front air bags
System which protects the driver and front passenger in the event of a seri-ous front impact in order to limit the risk of injury to the head and chest.
The driver’s air bag is incorporated in the centre of the steering wheel; the front passenger’s air bag is incorporat-ed in the fascia above the glove box.
Activation
The air bags are triggered simultane-ously, unless the passenger’s front air bag is disarmed, in the event of a seri-ous front impact applied to all or part of the front impact zone A, in the longitu-dinal centreline of the vehicle on a hori-zontal plane and directed from the front to the rear of the vehicle.
The front air bag inflates between the front occupant of the vehicle and the fas-cia to cushion his forward movement.
Impact detection zones
A. Front impact zone.
B. Side impact zone.

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Operating fault
If this warning light comes onon the instrument panel, accom-panied by an audible warning and a message on the multifunc-tion display, contact a PEUGEOT dealer to have the system checked. The air bags may no longer be triggered in the event of a serious impact.
Steering column air bag*
System which protects the driver’s knees in the event of a serious front impact.
This air bag is incorporated in the fascia below the steering column.
Activation
It is deployed at the same time as the front air bags.
Reactivation
When you remove the child seat, turn switch 1 to the "ON" position to re-arm the air bag and so guarantee the safety of your front passenger in the event of an impact.
With the ignition on, this warn-ing light comes on on the seat belt and passenger’s front air bag warning lights display for approximately one minute, if the pas-senger’s front air bag is activated.
According to version, this warn-ing light comes on either on the instrument panel or on the seat belt and passenger’s front air bag warning lights display when the ignition is on and until the air bag is re-armed.
If this warning light flashes, contact a PEUGEOT dealer. The passenger’s front air bag may no longer be triggered in the event of a serious impact.
Deactivation
Only the passenger’s front air bag can be disarmed:
 with the ignition off, insert the key in the passenger air bag disarming switch 1, turn it to the "OFF" position,
 then, remove the key keeping the switch in this position.
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Side air bags
System which protects the driver and passengers (with the exception of the rear centre passenger) in the event of a serious side impact in order to limit the risk of injury to the chest.
Each side air bag is incorporated:
- in the front, in the seat back frame, on the door side,- in the rear, in the side trim (except on 3-door models).
Activation
The side air bags are triggered unilater-ally in the event of a serious side impact applied to all or part of the side impact zone B, perpendicular to the longitudinal centreline of the vehicle on a horizontal plane and directed from the outside to-wards the inside of the vehicle.
Curtain air bags
System which protects the driver and passengers (with the exception of the rear centre passenger) in the event of a serious side impact in order to limit the risk of injury to the head.
Each curtain air bag is incorporated in the pillars and the upper section of the passenger compartment.
Operating fault
Activation
The curtain air bag is triggered at the same time as the corresponding side air bags in the event of a serious side impact applied to all or part of the side impact zone B, perpendicular to the longitudinal centreline of the vehicle on a horizontal plane and directed from the outside to-wards the inside of the vehicle.
The curtain air bag inflates between the front or rear occupant of the vehicle and the windows.
Impact detection zones
A. Front impact zone.
B. Side impact zone.
If this warning light comes on on the instrument panel, accompa-nied by an audible signal and a message on the multifunction display, contact a PEUGEOT dealer to have the system checked. The air bags may no longer be triggered in the event of a serious impact.
The side air bag inflates between the front or rear occupant of the vehicle and the corresponding door trim pad.

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HANDBRAKE
Mechanical brake to hold the vehicle when stationary.
Applying
 Pull the handbrake to immobilise your vehicle.
When the vehicle is being driv-en, if this warning light and the STOP warning light come on, accompanied by an audible sig-nal and a message on the multi-function display, this indicates that the handbrake is still on or has not been properly re-leased.
Releasing
 Pull on the handle and press the but-ton A to release the handbrake.
6-SPEED MANUAL GEARBOX
Engaging reverse gear
 Raise the ring under the knob and push the gear lever to the left then forwards.

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6-SPEED PILOTED MANUAL
GEARBOX
Six-speed piloted manual gearbox which offers a choice between the com-fort of fully automatic operation or the pleasure of manual gear changing.
Therefore, three driving modes are of-fered:
- the automatic mode for automatic control of the gears by the gearbox,- the sequential mode for manual changing of the gears by the driver,- the auto sequential mode to over-take, for example, remaining in auto-matic mode while using the functions of the sequential mode.A Sport function is available in auto-matic or sequential mode for a more dy-namic style of driving.
The use of this gearbox enables you to benefit from an additional function: the hill start assistance.
Gear lever
R. Reverse
 With your foot on the brake, move the lever upwards to select this posi-tion.
N. Neutral.
 With your foot on the brake, select this position to start.
A. Automatic mode.
 Move the lever downwards to select this mode.
M. +/- Sequential mode with manual changing of the gears.
 Move the lever downwards then to the left to select this mode, then:
- push the lever forwards to change up a gear,- or pull the lever rearwards to change down a gear.S. Sport function.
 Press this button to activate or deac-tivate this function.
Steering wheel controls
+. Change up control to the right of the steering wheel.
 Press the back of the "+" steering wheel control to change up a gear.
-. Change down control to the left of the steering wheel.
 Press the back of the "-" steering wheel control to change down a gear.

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Displays on the instrument panel
Gear lever positions
Moving off
N. Neutral
R. Reverse
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Gears in sequential mode
AUTO. This comes on when the automatic mode is selected. It switches off on changing to sequential mode.
S. Sport (Sport function)
 Place your foot on the brake when this warning light flashes (e.g.: when starting the engine).
 Select position N.
 Press the brake pedal down fully.
 Start the engine.
 Select first gear (position M or A) or reverse (position R).
 Release the handbrake.
 Take your foot off the brake pedal, then accelerate.
AUTO and 1 or R appear on the instrument panel display.
Hill start assistance
This is an additional function associated with this gearbox. It permits the tempo-rary immobilisation of your vehicle.
It maintains the pressure of the brakes briefly, long enough for you to move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal.
It comes into operation if the vehicle is immobilised by pressing the brake ped-al and in accordance with the gradient:
- on an ascending gradient, with the ve-hicle stationary, gear lever in position A or M, the vehicle is kept immobile briefly when the brake pedal is re-leased,- on a descending gradient, with the ve-hicle stationary, gear lever in position R, the vehicle is kept immobile briefly when the brake pedal is released.
N appears on the instrument panel display.

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Sequential mode
 When the vehicle has moved off, se-lect position M to change to sequen-tial mode.
AUTO disappears and the gears engaged appear in suc-cession on the instrument panel display.
The gear change requests are only car-ried out if the engine speed permits.
It is not necessary to release the accel-erator during gear changes.
When braking or slowing down, the gearbox changes down automatically to permit reacceleration of the vehicle in the correct gear.
The gearbox is then operating in auto-active mode, without any action on the part of the driver. It continuously selects the most suitable gear in relation to the following parameters:
- style of driving,- profile of the road.
AUTO and the gear engaged appear on the instrument pan-el display.
Automatic mode
 Following use of the sequential mode, select position A to return to the automatic mode.
"Auto sequential mode"
This mode enables you to overtake, for example, remaining in automatic mode while using the functions of the sequen-tial mode.
 Activate steering wheel control posi-tion + or -.
The gearbox engages the gear request-ed if the engine speed permits. AUTO is still displayed on the instrument panel.
After a few moments without any action on the controls, the gearbox resumes automatic control of the gears.