2010.5 Peugeot 508 Owner's Manual

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Familiarisation
Sitting comfortably
Head restraint adjustment
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1. Release the adjustment mechanism. 2. Adjust for height and reach. 3. Lock the adjustment mechanism.
Steering wheel adjustment
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For reasons of safety, these operations must only be carried out with the vehicle stationary.
Heated seats control
0 : off. 1 : low. 2 : medium. 3 : high.
To lower it, press button A . To raise it, guide the head restraint upwards to the desired position. To incline it, swivel the lower par t backwards or for wards.
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Sitting comfortably
Door mirrors
Adjustment
1. Selection of the mirror. 2. Adjusting the position of the mirror glass. 3. Deselection of the mirror.
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Other functions... Folding/Unfolding.
Rear view mirror
Manual day/night type
1. Selecting the "day" position of the rear view mirror. 2. Rear view mirror adjustment.
Automatic day/night type
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1. Automatic detection of day/night mode. 2. Rear view mirror adjustment.
1. Fitting the belt. 2. Fastening. 3. Check that the belt is correctly fastened by pulling on the belt webbing.
Front seat belts
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Familiarisation
Seeing clearly
Lighting
Ring A
Ring B
Wipers
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Control stalk A: windscreen wipers
2. Fast wipe. 1. Normal wipe. Int. Intermittent wipe. 0. Park. AUTO Automatic wiping.  Single wipe: Brief pull on the stalk towards. Screenwash: Long pull on stalk towards you.
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Switching on "AUTO" mode
 Briefly push the stalk downwards.
Switching off "AUTO" mode
 Briefly push the stalk downwards or place the stalk in another position: Int, 1 or 2.
Ring B: rear wiper
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Lighting off.
Automatic illumination of headlamps.
Sidelamps.
Dipped/main beam headlamps.
Front and rear foglamps. Park. Intermittent wipe. Screenwash.

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Familiarisation
I would like...
Heating or manual air conditioning
Air AirAirdistributionAir flowAir recirculation/ Exterior air intakeTemperatureManual A /C
HOT
COLD
DEMISTING
DEFROSTING
Ventilation
Digital air conditioning: use of the fully automatic mode by pressing the "AUTO" button is recommended.
Advice on interior settings

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Familiarisation
Monitoring
On switching on, the dial needles go to the extent of their travel then return to 0. A. With the ignition on, the needle should indicate the fuel remaining. B. With the engine running, the associated low level warning lamp should go off.
Instrument panel
1. With the ignition on, the orange and red warning lamps come on. 2. With the engine running, these warning lamps should go off. If a warning lamp remains on, refer to the page concerned.
Warning lamps
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C. With the ignition on, the instrument panel screen should indicate the level of oil. If the levels are not correct, top up the level which is low.
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Passenger safety
1. Open the glove box. 2. Inser t the key. 3. Select position: "ON" (activation), with front passenger or "for wards facing" child seat, "OFF" (deactivation), with "rear facing" child seat. 4. Remove the key keeping the switch in the new position.
Front passenger’s airbag
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A. Front seat belts not fastened or unfastened warning lamp.
Front seat belts and
passenger’s front airbag
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B. Front passenger’s airbag deactivation
indicator lamp. C. Front passenger’s airbag activation indicator lamp.
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Driving safely
Stop & Start
Going into engine STOP mode
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The "ECO" warning lamp comes on in the instrument panel and the engine goes into standby; with an electronic gear control gearbox and speeds below 4 mph (6 km/h), press the brake pedal or put the gear lever in position N .
Going into engine START mode
Deactivation/Reactivation
You can deactivate the system at any time by pressing the "ECO OFF" button; the button’s warning lamp comes on.
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The system is automatically reactivated every time the engine is star ted with the key.
Before refuelling or doing anything under the bonnet, you must switch off the ignition with the key.
The "ECO" warning lamp goes off and the engine restar ts with an electronic gear control gearbox :
- with the gear lever in position A or M or release the brake pedal, - or with the gear lever in position N and brake pedal released, move the gear lever to position A or M , - or engage reverse.
In cer tain circumstances, the STOP mode may not be available; the "ECO" warning lamp flashes for a few seconds, then goes off.
In cer tain circumstances, START mode may be invoked automatically; the "ECO"warning lamp flashes for a few seconds, then goes off.

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Familiarisation
Driving safely
1. Selecting speed limiter mode. 2. Decrease the programmed value. 3. Increase the programmed value. 4. Pause/resume speed limiter. 5. Speed limiter off.
Speed limiter "LIMIT"
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1. Selecting cruise control mode. 2. Decrease the programmed value. 3. Increase the programmed value. 4. Pause/resume cruise control. 5. Cruise control Off.
Cruise control "CRUISE"
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The cruise control or speed limiter mode appears in the instrument panel when it is selected.
Display in the instrument panel
Cruise control
Speed limiter
The values must be set with the engine running. In order to be programmed or activated, the vehicle speed must be higher than 25 mph
(40 km/h), with at least 4th gear engaged on a manual gearbox (2nd gear on an electronic gear control or automatic gearbox).