Peugeot 208 2014 Owner's Guide

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Eco-driving
Eco-driving is a range of everyday practices that allow the motorist to optimise their fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Optimise the use of your gearbox
With a manual gearbox, move off gently and change up without waiting. During acceleration change up early.
With an automatic or electronic gearbox, give preference to automatic mode and avoid pressing the accelerator pedal heavily or suddenly.
The gear shift indicator invites you engage the most suitable gear: as soon as the indication is displayed in the instrument panel, follow it straight away. For vehicles fitted with an electronic or automatic gearbox, this indicator appears only in manual mode.
Drive smoothly
Maintain a safe distance between vehicles, use engine braking rather than the brake pedal, and press the accelerator progressively. These practices contribute towards a reduction in fuel consumption and CO2emissions and also helps reduce the background traffic noise.
If your vehicle has cruise control, make use of the system at speeds above 25 mph (40 km/h) when the traffic is flowing well.
Control the use of your electrical
equipment
Before moving off, if the passenger compartment is too warm, ventilate it by opening the windows and air vents before using the air conditioning. Above 30 mph (50 km/h), close the windows and leave the air vents open. Remember to make use of equipment that can help keep the temperature in the passenger compartment down (sunroof and window blinds...). Switch off the air conditioning, unless it has automatic regulation, as soon as the desired temperature is attained. Switch off the demisting and defrosting controls, if not automatic. Switch off the heated seat as soon as possible.
Switch off the headlamps and front foglamps when the level of light does not require their use.
Avoid running the engine before moving off, particularly in winter; your vehicle will warm up much faster while driving.
As a passenger, if you avoid connecting your multimedia devices (film, music, video game...), you will contribute towards limiting the consumption of electrical energy, and so of fuel. Disconnect your portable devices before leaving the vehicle.

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Limit the causes of excess consumption
Spread loads throughout the vehicle; place the heaviest items in the bottom of the boot, as close as possible to the rear seats. Limit the loads carried in the vehicle and reduce wind resistance (roof bars, roof rack, bicycle carrier, trailer...). Use a roof box in preference. Remove roof bars and roof racks after use.
At the end of winter, remove snow tyres and refit your summer tyres.
Observe the recommendations on
maintenance
Check the tyre pressures regularly, when cold, referring to the label in the door aperture, driver's side. Carry out this check in particular: - before a long journey, - at each change of season, - after a long period out of use. Don't forget the spare wheel and the tyres on any trailer or caravan.
Have your vehicle serviced regularly (engine oil, oil filter, air filter, passenger compartment filter...) and observe the schedule of operations recommended in the warranty and maintenance record.
When refuelling, do not continue after the third cut-off of the nozzle to avoid any over flow.
At the wheel of your new vehicle, it is only after the first 1 800 miles (3 000 kilometres) that you will see the fuel consumption settle down to a consistent average.

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Monitoring
LCD instrument panel
1. Engine coolant temperature gauge. 2. Rev counter (x 1 000 rpm or tr/min), graduation according to engine (petrol or Diesel). 3. Engine oil level indicator * . 4. Gear shift indicator for a manual gearbox or gear lever position and gear for an electronic or automatic gearbox. 5. Digital speedometer (mph or km/h) This can be switched off with a long press
on B .
A. General lighting dimmer. B. Recalling the service information. Resetting the function selected (service indicator or trip distance recorder). Setting the time. Switching the digital speedometer on and off.
6. Cruise control or speed limiter settings. 7. Service indicator, then total distance recorder (miles or km). These functions are displayed successively on switching on the ignition. 8. Trip distance recorder (miles or km). 9. Analogue speedometer (mph or km/h). 10. Fuel gauge.
Dials and screens Control buttons
* Depending on version.

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Monitoring
Active matrix instrument panel
Dials and screens Control buttons
1. Engine coolant temperature gauge. 2. Rev counter (x 1 000 rpm or tr/min), graduation according to engine (petrol or Diesel). 3. Cruise control or speed limiter settings. 4. Gear shift indicator for a manual gearbox or gear lever position and gear for an electronic or automatic gearbox. 5. Speedometer (mph or km/h).
A. Main lighting dimmer. B. Instrument panel mood lighting. C. Recall of the service information. Reset the selected function (service indicator or trip distance recorder).
6. Service indicator, then total distance recorder (miles or km). These functions are displayed successively on switching on the ignition. 7. Trip distance recorder (miles or km). 8. Analogue speedometer (mph or km/h). 9. Fuel gauge.

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Monitoring
Indicator and warning lamps
Certain warning lamps may come on in one of two modes. Only by relating the type of lighting to the operating status of the vehicle can it be ascertained
whether the situation is normal or whether a fault has occurred.
When the ignition is switched on
Certain warning lamps come on for a few seconds in the instrument panel and/or instrument panel screen when the vehicle's ignition is switched on. When the engine is started, these same warning lamps should go off. If they remain on, before moving off, refer to the information on the warning lamp concerned.
Associated warnings
The switching on of certain warning lamps may be accompanied by an audible signal and a message in the instrument panel or multifunction screen. The warning lamps may come on continuously (fixed) or flash.
Visual indicators informing the driver that a system is switched on (indicator or deactivation lamp) or has a fault (warning lamp).

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Monitoring
Operation indicator lamps
If one of the following indicator lamps comes on in the instrument panel and/or instrument panel screen, this confirms that the corresponding system has come into operation.
Warning / indicator lampStateCauseAction / Observations
Left-hand direction indicatorr r flashing with buzzer. The lighting stalk is pushed down.
Right-hand
direction indicatordirection indicator direction indicator
flashing with buzzer. The lighting stalk is pushed up.
Sidelamps fixed. The lighting stalk is in the "Sidelamps" position.
Dipped beam headlamps fixed. The lighting stalk is in the "Dipped beam headlamps" position.
Main beam headlamps fixed. The lighting stalk is pulled towards you. Pull the stalk to return to dipped beam headlamps.
Front foglamps fixed. The front foglamps are switched on. Turn the ring on the stalk rear wards twice to switch off the front foglamps.
Rear foglamp fixed. The rear foglamp is switched on. Turn the ring on the stalk rear wards to switch off the rear foglamp.
For more information on the lighting controls, refer to the corresponding section.

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Monitoring
Warning / indicator lampStateCauseAction / Observations
Diesel engine pre-heating fixed. The ignition switch is at the 2nd position (ignition on). Wait until the warning lamp goes off before starting. The period of illumination of the warning lamp is determined by the climatic conditions (up to about thirty seconds in extreme climatic conditions). If the engine does not start, switch the ignition off and then on, wait until the warning lamp goes off again, then start the engine.
Parking brake fixed. The parking brake is applied or not properly released. Release the parking brake to switch off the warning lamp, keeping your foot on the brake pedal. Observe the safety recommendations. For further information on the parking brake, refer to the "Parking brake" section.
Foot on the brake pedal fixed. The brake pedal must be pressed. With an electronic gearbox, press the brake pedal to start the engine (lever in position N ). With an automatic gearbox, with the engine running, press the brake pedal before releasing the parking brake, to unlock the lever and come out of position P . P . PIf you wish to release the parking brake without
pressing the brake pedal, this warning lamp will remain on.
flashing. With an electronic gearbox, if you hold the vehicle on an incline using the accelerator for too long, the clutch overheats.
Use the brake pedal and/or the parking brake.

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Monitoring
Warning / indicator lampStateCauseAction / Observations
Foot on the clutch * fixed. In the STOP mode of Stop & Start, changing to START mode is refused because the clutch pedal is not fully down.
You must declutch fully to allow the change to engine START mode.
Stop & Star t fixed. When the vehicle stops (red lights, traffic jams, ...) the Stop & Start system has put the engine into STOP mode.
The warning lamp goes off and the engine restarts automatically in START mode, as soon as you want to move off.
flashes for a few seconds, then goes off.
STOP mode is temporarily unavailable. or START mode is invoked automatically.
For more information on special cases with STOP mode and START mode, refer to the "Stop & Start" section.
Automatic wiping fixed. The wiper control is pushed downwards. Automatic front wiping is activated. To deactivate automatic wiping, operate the control stalk downwards or put the stalk into another position.
* Except for the active matrix instrument panel.

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Monitoring
Deactivation indicator lamps
If one of the following indicator lamps comes on, this confirms that the corresponding system has been switched off intentionally. This is may be accompanied by an audible signal and a message in the screen.
Warning / indicator lampStateCauseAction / Observations
Passenger's airbag system fixed. The control, located in the glove box, is set to the OFF position. The passenger's front airbag is
deactivated. In this case you can install a "rear facing" child seat.
Set the control to the ON position to activate the passenger's front airbag. In this case, do not fit a child seat in the rear-facing
position.

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Monitoring
Warning lamps
When the engine is running or the vehicle is being driven, illumination of one of the following warning lamps indicates a fault which requires action on the part of the driver. Any fault resulting in the illumination of a warning lamp must be investigated further by reading the associated message in the screen. If you encounter any problems, contact a PEUGEOT dealer or a qualified workshop.
Warning / indicator lampStateCauseAction / Observations
STOP fixed, associated with another warning lamp. It is associated with the engine oil pressure or the engine coolant temperature.
Stop as soon as it is safe to do so. Park, switch off the ignition and call a PEUGEOT dealer or qualified workshop.
Service fixed, associated with another warning lamp. Major faults have occurred. Refer to the section on this warning lamp and you must then contact a PEUGEOT dealer or qualified workshop.
fixed associated with a message (if a display screen is fitted).
Faults have occurred for which there is no specific warning lamp. Identify the fault by reading the message shown in the screen (if a display screen is fitted) and refer to the corresponding section: - engine oil level alert, - risk of blockage of the particle emissions filter (Diesel). - Diesel fuel additive level (Diesel with particle emissions filter), You must contact a PEUGEOT dealer or a qualified workshop.