2008 Peugeot 308 SW BL Owner's Manual

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SAFETY
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
protect the occupants of the vehicle
(with the exception of the rear centre
passenger); immediately after the
impact, the air bags defl ate 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 suffi cient to
provide optimum protection in these
situations. Triggering of the air bag(s) is ac-
companied by a slight emission of
harmless smoke and a noise, due to
the activation of the pyrotechnic car-
tridge incorporated in the system.
This smoke is not harmful, but sen-
sitive individuals may experience
slight irritation.
The noise of the detonation may
result in a slight loss of hearing for
a short time. 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 simultaneous-
ly, unless the passenger’s front air bag is
disarmed, in the event of a serious front
impact applied to all or part of the front im-
pact zone
A , in the longitudinal centreline
of the vehicle on a horizontal plane and
directed from the front to the rear of the
vehicle.
The front air bag infl ates 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.

The air bags do not operate when
the ignition is switched off.
This equipment will only operate once.
If a second impact occurs (during the
same or a subsequent accident), the
air bag will not operate.

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If at least one of the two air bag
warning lights come on continu-
ously, do not install a child seat on
the front passenger seat.
Have the system checked by a
PEUGEOT dealer.
Operating fault If this warning light comes on on
the instrument panel, accompa-
nied by an audible warning 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. Steering column air bag *
System which protects the driver’s
knees in the event of a serious front im-
pact.
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. To guarantee the safety of your
child, it is imperative that the pas-
senger’s front air bag is disarmed
when you install a "rear facing"
child seat on the front passenger
seat.
Otherwise, the child would risk be-
ing seriously injured or killed if the
air bag were triggered.
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 fl ashes,
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.
* According to country.

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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 and SW 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 infl ates between the
front or rear occupant of the vehicle and
the windows.
In the event of a minor impact or
bump on the side of the vehicle or
if the vehicle rolls over, the air bag
may not be triggered.
In the event of a rear or front collision,
the air bag is not triggered.
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 infl ates between the
front or rear occupant of the vehicle and
the corresponding door trim pad.

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For the air bags to be fully
effective, observe the following
safety rules:
Sit in a normal upright position.
Wear a correctly adjusted seat belt.
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.

Front air bags
Do not drive holding the steering wheel by its spokes or resti ng your hands on
the centre part of the wheel.
Passengers must not place their feet on the fascia.
Smoke as little as possible as deployment of the air bags can ca use burns or
the risk of injury from a cigarette or pipe.
Never remove or pierce the steering wheel or hit it violently.


Steering column air bag *
Do not sit with your knees any nearer to the steering wheel than necessary.
Side air bags
Put approved covers only on the seats. These will not hinder i nfl ation of the side
air bags. Consult a PEUGEOT dealer.
Do not fi x or glue anything to the seat backs. This could ca use injury to the chest
or arms if the side air bag is triggered.
Do not sit with the upper part of the body any nea rer to the door than necessary.
Curtain air bags
Do not fi x or glue anything to the roof. This could cause injury to the head if the
curtain air bag is triggered.
Do not remove the grab handles installed on the ro of, they play a part in securing
the curtain air bags.
After an accident or if the vehicle has
been stolen or broken into, have the
air bag systems checked.
All work on the air bag system is strict-
ly forbidden unless it is carried out by
qualifi ed personnel of the PEUGEOT
network.
Even if all of the precautions men-
tioned are observed, a risk of injury
or of minor burns to the head, chest
or arms when an air bag is triggered
cannot be ruled out. In fact, the bag
infl ates almost instantly (within a few
milliseconds) then defl ates within the
same time discharging the hot gas
via openings provided for this pur-
pose.

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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, accompa-
nied by an audible signal and a
message on the multi-function display,
this indicates that the handbrake 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
6-SPEED PILOTED MANUAL GEARBOX Gear lever

R. Reverse

 With your foot on the brake, move
the lever upwards to select this
position.

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
deactivate 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.
The steering wheel controls do not
permit the selection of neutral or
the engaging or disengaging of re-
verse gear.
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
overtake, for example, remaining
in automatic 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
benefi t from an additional function: the

hill start assistance .

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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 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 fl ashes (e.g.: when
starting the engine).
 Select position N .

 Press the brake pedal down fully.

 Start the engine.

 Select fi rst 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. Do not keep the vehicle immobile
using the accelerator.

N fl ashes on the instrument panel,
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 ashes on the in-
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
with this gearbox. It permits the tempo-
rary immobilisation of your vehicle.
It maintains the pressure of the brakes
briefl y, long enough for you to move
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
immobile briefl y when the brake
pedal is released,
- on a descending gradient, with the vehicle stationary, gear lever
in position R , the vehicle is kept
immobile briefl y when the brake
pedal is released.
An audible signal is heard when re-
verse gear is engaged.
N appears on the instrument
panel display.

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DRIVING
Sequential mode

 When the vehicle has moved off,
select position M to change to
sequential 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,
- profi le of the road.
AUTO and the gear engaged
appear on the instrument panel
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
position + 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.
At very low speed, if reverse gear
is requested, this will only be taken
into account when the vehicle is
immobilised. The
Foot on brake
warning light may fl ash on the in-
strument panel to prompt you to
brake.
At high speed, if reverse gear is
requested, the N indicator light will
fl ash and the gearbox will change
to neutral automatically. To engage
a gear again, return the lever to po-
sition A or M . On sharp acceleration, the gearbox
will not change up unless the driver
acts on the gear lever or the steer-
ing wheel controls.
Never select neutral
N while the
vehicle is moving.
Only engage reverse gear R when
the vehicle is immobilised with the
brake pedal pressed. For optimum acceleration, for exam-
ple when overtaking another vehicle,
press the accelerator pedal fi rmly
past the point of resistance.