2006.5 Peugeot 407 C Dag Owner's Manual

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Wherever you are seated in the vehicle, always fasten your seat belt, even for short jour-neys.
Do not invert the seat belt buckles as they will not fulfil their role fully.
The seat belts are fitted with an inertia reel permitting automatic adjustment of the length of the strap to your size. The seat belt is stored automatically when not in use.
Before and after use, ensure that the seat belt is rolled up correctly.
The lower part of the strap must be positioned as low as possible on the pelvis.
The upper part must be positioned in the hollow of the shoulder.
The inertia reels are fitted with an au-tomatic locking device which comes into operation in the event of a colli-sion or emergency braking. You can release the device by pulling rapidly on the strap and releasing it.
In order to be effective, a seat belt:
- must be tightened as close to the body as possible,- must restrain one person of adult size only,- must not bear any trace of cuts or fraying,- must be pulled in front of you with a smooth movement, checking that it does not twist,- must not be transformed or modified to avoid altering its performance.
In accordance with current safety regulations, all repairs and checks must be carried out by a PEUGEOT dealer who guarantees that the work is carried out correctly.
Have your seat belts checked regularly by a PEUGEOT dealer and particularly if the straps show signs of damage.
Clean the seat belt straps with soapy water or a textile cleaning product, sold by PEUGEOT dealers.
After folding or moving a seat or rear bench seat, ensure that the seat belt is positioned and rolled up correctly.
Recommendations for children
Use a suitable child seat if the passen-ger is less than 12 years old or shorter than one metre fifty.
Never use the same seat belt to secure more than one person. Never allow a child to travel on your lap.
Depending on the nature and seriousness of the impacts, the pre-tensioning device may be triggered before and independently of the air bags.
In all cases, the air bag warning light comes on.
Following an impact, have the seat belts system checked, and if necessary replaced, by a PEUGEOT dealer.

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AIR BAGS
The air bags are only operational when the ignition is on.
The air bags have been designed to maximise the safety of the occupants in the event of violent collisions. They supplement the action of the force-lim-iting seat belts. In this case, the elec-tronic detectors record and analyse the sharp deceleration of the vehicle: if the deployment threshold is reached, the air bags are deployed instantane-ously and protect the occupants of the vehicle.
Immediately after the impact, the air bags deflate rapidly so that they do not hinder the visibility of the occupants or their possible exit from the vehicle.
The air bags will not be deployed in the case of minor impacts for which the seat belt is sufficient to provide maximum protection. The seriousness of the impact depends on the nature of the obstacle, the location of the im-pact and the speed of the vehicle at the time of the collision.
Front air bags
These are folded in the centre of the steering wheel for the driver and in the fascia for the front passenger. They are deployed simultaneously, except in cases where the passenger air bag is disarmed.
Front side air bags
The side air bags are incorporated into the front seat backs.The side air bags are incorporated into The side air bags are incorporated into
They are deployed independently of each other depending on which side the collision occurs.
Steering column air bag*
The steering column air bag is incorpo-rated in the fascia below the steering column.
It protects the driver’s lower limbs.
It is deployed at the same time as the front air bags.
In the event of a malfunction
* According to country.
If this indicator light comes on, accom-panied by the audible signal and the message on the multi-function display, contact a PEUGEOT dealer to have the system checked.
The gas released by the de-ployed air bags may cause slight irritation.
Instrument panel indicator light.
Curtain air bags
The curtain air bags are incorporated into the door pillars and the upper part of the passenger compartment.
They are deployed independently of each other depending on which side the collision occurs and protect the occu-pants in the front and in the rear.

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Disarming the front passenger air bag*
To ensure the safety of your child, it is essential to disarm the passenger air bag when you install a rear-fac-ing child seat on the front passen-ger seat. Otherwise, the child would risk being seriously injured or killed if the air bag were to inflate.
With the ignition switched off, in-sert the key into the passenger air bag disarming switch,turn it to the "OFF" position, then remove the key keeping the slot in this posi-tion.
The air bag warning light on the instru-ment panel remains lit for the duration of disarming.
Disarming check
This is confirmed by the indicator light.
With the ignition on, illumina-tion of this warning light indi-cates that the front passenger air bag is disarmed (switch in the "OFF" position).
In the "OFF" position, the passen-ger air bag will not be triggered in the event of an impact.
As soon as the child seat is removed, turn the air bag slot to the "ON" posi-tion to re-activate the air bag and thus ensure its safety function.
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Steering column air bag*
- Do not sit with your knees any nearer to the steering wheel than neces-sary.
Front air bags
- Do not drive holding the steering wheel by its spokes or resting your hands on the centre part of the wheel.
- Passengers must not place their feet on the fascia.
- Smoke as little as possible; deploy-ment of the air bags can cause burns or the risk of injury from a cigarette or pipe.
- Never remove or pierce the steering wheel or hit it violently.
* According to country.
Front side air bags
- Only put approved covers on the seats. Contact your PEUGEOT dealer.
- Do not fix or glue anything to the seat backs. This could cause injury to the chest or arms when the side air bag inflates.
- Do not sit with the upper part of the body any nearer to the door than necessary.
Curtain air bags
- Do not fix or glue anything to the pillars or the roof. This could cause injury to the head when the curtain air bag inflates.
- Do not remove the grab handles installed on the roof, they play a part in securing the curtain air bags.
For the front, side, curtain and steering column* air bags to be fully effective, observe the following safety rules:
- Wear a correctly adjusted seat belt.
- Sit in a normal upright position.
- Do not leave anything between the occupants and the air bags (a child, pet, object...). This could hamper the operation of the air bags or injure the occupants.
- All work on the air bag system is strictly forbidden unless it is carried out by qualified personnel of the PEUGEOT network.
- After an accident or if the vehicle has been stolen or broken into, have the air bag systems checked.

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Disarming the front passenger air bag*
To ensure the safety of your child, it is essential to disarm the passenger air bag when you install a rear-fac-ing child seat on the front passen-ger seat. Otherwise, the child would risk being seriously injured or killed if the air bag were to inflate.
With the ignition switched off, in-sert the key into the passenger air bag disarming switch,turn it to the "OFF" position, then remove the key keeping the slot in this posi-tion.
The air bag warning light on the instru-ment panel remains lit for the duration of disarming.
Disarming check
This is confirmed by the indicator light.
With the ignition on, illumina-tion of this warning light indi-cates that the front passenger air bag is disarmed (switch in the "OFF" position).
In the "OFF" position, the passen-ger air bag will not be triggered in the event of an impact.
As soon as the child seat is removed, turn the air bag slot to the "ON" posi-tion to re-activate the air bag and thus ensure its safety function.
* According to country.

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6-SPEED
MANUAL GEARBOX
Reverse
To change to reverse gear, lift the ring under the gear lever knob and push the gear lever to the left then to the front.
Reverse gear can only be engaged when the vehicle is stationary with the engine idling.
HANDBRAKE
To apply
When parking on a slope, turn the wheels towards the kerb and apply the handbrake.
In the case of the 3 litre V6 24V engine with manual gear-box, the speed is limited auto-matically in reverse gear.
To release
Pull the handle and press the button to release the handbrake.

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Gear selection gate
Move the lever in the gate to select a position.
The indicator light corresponding to the position selected appears on the instrument panel screen.
Park: to immobilise the vehicle and to start the engine, with the handbrake on.
Reverse: to reverse(select this posi-tion with the vehicle stationary, engine at idle).
Neutral: to start the engine and to park, with the handbrake on.
Note: if position N is inadvertent-ly engaged while driving, allow theengine to return to idle before engag-ing position D then accelerate.
Drive: to drivein automatic mode.
Manual: to driveselecting the gears.
S: sport programme.
: snow programme.
"PORSCHE TIPTRONIC
SYSTEM" AUTOMATIC
GEARBOX
The six speed automatic gearbox of-fers, as required, the comfort of the auto-adaptive programme enhanced by a selection suited to dynamic driv-ing conditions: sport, or to driving on a slippery road: snow.
However, manual selection is still pos-sible using the gear lever.
Moving Off
With the engine running, move off from position P:
to exit position P, it is essential to press the brake pedal,
select position R, D or M, then gradually release the pressure on the brake pedal; the vehicle moves off immediately.
To move off from position N:
 with your foot on the brake, release the handbrake,
 select position R, D or M, then gradually release the pressure on the brake pedal; the vehicle moves off immediately.
Starting the engine
 with the handbrake on, select posi-tion P or N in the gate,
 turn the ignition key.
Always keep your foot on the brake on a steep incline.
When the engine is at idle, brakes not applied, if posi-tion R, D or M is selected, the vehicle moves even without the accelerator being pressed.
Do not leave children unsupervised inside the vehicle, with position R, D or M selected, with the en-gine running, as the vehicle moves even without the accelerator being pressed.
With the ignition off, if the le-ver is not in position P, an audible signal is heard when the driver’s door is opened, or after approximately 45 seconds. Move the lever to position P. The audible signal ceases.

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When maintenance opera-tions need to be carried out with the engine running, apply the handbrake and select the Park position.
Sport and Snow programmes
These are two special programmes.
The programme selected is displayed on the instrument panel screen.
It is only possible to change from one gear to another if the vehicle speed and engine speed permit. If they do not, the vehicle will operate temporarily in automatic mode.
When the vehicle is stationary or moving very slowly, the gearbox automatically selects gear M1.
Programmes S (sport) and  (snow) do not operate in manual gear selec-tion mode.
Any operating abnormality is indicated by lighting of this warning light, accompanied by an audible signal and a message on the multi-func-tion display.
In this situation the gearbox oper-ates in downgrade mode (locked in 3rd gear). You may feel a substantial knock when changing from P to R and from N to R (this will not cause any damage to the gearbox).
Do not exceed 60 mph (100 km/h) or keep within local speed limits.
Contact a PEUGEOT dealer as soon as possible.
Operating check
Operation with manual selection of the gears
 select position M in the gate,
 push the lever to the + sign to change up a gear and push again to change up another gear,
 pull the lever to the - sign to change --down a gear and pull again to change down another gear.
You can change from position D (driving in automatic mode) to position M (driv-ing in manual mode) at any time.
The auto-adaptive programme
 select position D in the gate: the gearbox operates in auto-adaptive mode, without any action on your part, taking into account the follow-ing parameters:
- the style of driving,- the profile of the road,- the vehicle load.To obtain maximum acceleration with-out touching the lever, press the ac-celerator down fully (kick down). The programme will change down auto-matically or will stay in the gear select-ed until the maximum engine speed is reached.
When the brake is applied, the pro-gramme will change down automati-cally in order to provide efficient en-gine braking.
Sport programme
Press button S once the vehicle has been started in position D, the auto-adaptive programme favours dynamic driving.
Snow programme
This programme improves starting and drive when traction is poor.
 Press button  once the vehicle has been started and position Dhas been selected, the auto-adap-tive programme adjusts the per-formance of the vehicle to the con-dition of the slippery road.
You can deactivate the Sport or Snow programme at any time by pressing the button selected.
Releasing the accelerator sharply does not have any im-mediate effect on the speed of the vehicle.
Never select position N when the vehicle is moving.
Never select positions P or Runless the vehicle is stationary.
Never change between positions to optimise braking on a slippery sur-face.
If the battery is flat and the le-ver is in position P, it will be impossible to change to an-other position.
In particular, do not force the lever or there is a risk the gearbox may be damaged.