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Bonnet strut OPENING THE BONNET
To close
L o w e r t h e b o n n e t a n d r e l e a s e i t a t t h e
e n d o f i t s t r a v e l . C h e c k t h a t t h e b o n n e t
i s p r o p e r l y l o c k e d .
From inside: p u l l t h e h a n d l e o n t h e
left-hand side under the fascia to-
w a r d s y o u .
From outside: m o v e t h e c a t c h t o t h e
l e f t a n d u p t h e n r a i s e t h e b o n n e t . Secure the strut in its housing to hold
t h e b o n n e t o p e n .
B e f o r e c l o s i n g t h e b o n n e t , r e p l a c e t h e
s t r u t i n i t s c l i p .
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To start the vehicle from another
battery: BATTERY(LOCATED IN THE BOOT) *
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24V engine.
The battery is in the left boot trim.
To charge the battery using a bat-
tery charger (boot open):
f o l d d o w n t h e p a n e l t o g a i n a c c e s s
to the battery,
disconnect the battery,
f o l l o w t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r u s e g i v e n
by the battery charger manufac-
turer,
r e c o n n e c t s t a r t i n g w i t h t h e n e g a -
t i v e ( - ) t e r m i n a l ,
r a i s e t h e p a n e l a n d c l o s e i t .
o p e n t h e b o n n e t ,
u s e t h e t w o a d d i t i o n a l p o s i t i v e ( + )
a n d n e g a t i v e ( - ) t e r m i n a l s l o c a t e d
under the bonnet,
o p e n t h e r e d c o v e r o f t h e p o s i t i v e
(+) terminal,
c o n n e c t t h e r e d c a b l e b e t w e e n t h e
p o s i t i v e ( + ) t e r m i n a l a n d t h e p o s i t i v e
( + ) t e r m i n a l o f t h e s l a v e b a t t e r y ,
connect the green or black cable
b e t w e e n t h e n e g a t i v e ( - ) t e r m i n a l
a n d t h e n e g a t i v e ( - ) t e r m i n a l o f t h e
s l a v e b a t t e r y ,
o p e r a t e t h e s t a r t e r , l e t t h e e n g i n e
run,
w a i t f o r t h e e n g i n e t o r e t u r n t o i d l e ,
then disconnect the cables,
c l o s e t h e r e d c o v e r o f t h e p o s i t i v e
(+) terminal,
r e fi t t h e l e f t s i d e c o v e r ,
close the bonnet. Before disconnecting the bat-
t e r y , y o u m u s t w a i t f o r 2 m i n u t e s
a f t e r s w i t c h i n g o f f t h e i g n i t i o n .
N e v e r d i s c o n n e c t a t e r m i n a l
w h e n t h e e n g i n e i s r u n n i n g .
N e v e r c h a r g e a b a t t e r y w i t h o u t fi r s t
disconnecting the terminals.
O p e n t h e w i n d o w s a n d c l o s e t h e s u n -
roof before disconnecting the battery.
I f t h e y d o n o t o p e r a t e n o r m a l l y f o l l o w -
ing reconnection of the battery, they
m u s t b e r e i n i t i a l i s e d ( s e e p a r a g r a p h s
" R e i n i t i a l i s a t i o n o f t h e e l e c t r i c w i n -
d o w s " a n d " S u n r o o f " ) .
A f t e r e v e r y r e c o n n e c t i o n o f t h e b a t -
t e r y , s w i t c h o n t h e i g n i t i o n a n d w a i t
1 m i n u t e b e f o r e s t a r t i n g t o a l l o w t h e
electronic systems to be initialised.
H o w e v e r , i f s l i g h t d i f fi c u l t i e s a r e e x -
p e r i e n c e d a f t e r t h i s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t a
PEUGEOT dealer.
On the 2.7 litre 24V HDI engine, if there
is no battery in the boot, do not con-
nect a slave battery to the positive (+)
and negative (-) terminals under the
bonnet as a short circuit may occur.
The batteries contain harmful
s u b s t a n c e s s u c h a s s u l p h u -
ric acid and lead. They must
b e d i s p o s e d o f i n a c c o r d a n c e
w i t h r e g u l a t i o n s a n d m u s t n e v e r b e
d i s c a r d e d w i t h h o u s e h o l d w a s t e .
T a k e u s e d b a t t e r i e s t o a n a p p r o v e d
c o l l e c t i o n p o i n t .
