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SAFETY
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.
Seat belt not fastened/unfastened
warning lights display
Rear seat belts
T h e r e a r s e a t s a r e e a c h fi t t e d w i t h a
three-point inertia reel seat belt with
f o r c e l i m i t e r ( w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f t h e
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.
F r o m a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 2 m p h ( 2 0 k m / h ) ,
t h i s w a r n i n g l i g h t fl a s h e s f o r t w o m i n u t e s
accompanied by an audible signal of in-
creasing 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 , 5 and
6 c o m e o n i n r e d f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y
30 seconds, if the seat belt is not fas-
tened.
When the engine is running or the ve-
hicle is moving, the corresponding
warning light 4 , 5 or 6 comes on in red,
accompanied 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.
Guide the seat belt as it rolls up.
The corresponding warning light 2 or 3
comes 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.
The 3 rd row of seats (SW with pan-
o r a m i c r o o f ) i s n o t fi t t e d w i t h s e a t
belt unfastened warning lights.

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DRIVING When parking on a slope, direct
your wheels to chock them against
the pavement, pull the handbrake
and engage a gear.
HANDBRAKE
Mechanical brake to hold the vehicle
when stationary.
Applying
Pull the handbrake to immobilise
your vehicle. When the vehicle is being
driven, if this warning light and
STOP the warning light come
on, accompanied by an audible
signal and a message on the multi-func-
tion display, this indicates that the hand-
brake is still on or has not been properly
released.
Releasing
Pull on the handle and press the
button A to release the handbrake.
6-SPEED MANUAL GEARBOX
As a safety precaution and to facili-
tate starting of the engine:
- always select neutral,
- press the clutch pedal.
Only engage reverse gear when
the vehicle is stationary with the
engine at idle.
Engaging reverse gear
Raise the ring under the knob and
push the gear lever to the left then
forwards.

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DRIVING
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 au-
tomatic mode is selected. It
switches off on changing to se-
quential mode.
S. Sport (Sport function)
Place your foot on the
brake when this warning
l i g h t fl a s h e s ( e . g . : w h e n
starting the engine).
Select position N .
Press the brake pedal down fully.
Start the engine.
S e l e c t fi r s t g e a r ( p o s i t i o n 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. Do not keep the vehicle immobile
using the accelerator.
N fl a s h e s o n t h e i n s t r u m e n t p a n e l ,
accompanied by an audible signal
and a message on the multifunc-
tion display, if the gear lever is not
in position N on starting.
Foot on brake fl a s h e s o n t h e i n -
strument panel, accompanied by an
audible signal and a message on
the multifunction display, if the brake
pedal is not pressed on starting. Hill start assistance
This is an additional function associated
w i t h t h i s g e a r b o x . I t p e r m i t s t h e t e m p o -
rary immobilisation of your vehicle.
It maintains the pressure of the brakes
b r i e fl y , l o n g e n o u g h f o r y o u t o m o v e
your foot from the brake pedal to the
accelerator pedal.
Never leave the vehicle during a
hill start assistance phase.
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
vehicle stationary, gear lever in
position A or M , the vehicle is kept
i m m o b i l e b r i e fl y w h e n t h e b r a k e
pedal is released,
- on a descending gradient, with the vehicle stationary, gear lever
in position R , the vehicle is kept
i m m o b i l e b r i e fl y w h e n t h e b r a k e
pedal is released.
An audible signal is heard when re-
verse gear is engaged.
N appears on the instrument
panel display.