2011 Peugeot 508 Owner's Manual

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Familiarisation


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Heating or manual air conditioning




Air
distribution



Air flow



Air recirculation/
Exterior air intake



Te m p e r a t u r e



Manual
A/C




HOT







COLD






DEMISTING

DEFROSTING




Vent ilat ion


Digital air conditioning:
use of the fully automatic mode by pressing the "AU TO "
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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Familiarisation
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.
Airbag fault warning lamp.

C.
Front passenger's airbag activation
indicator lamp. 164

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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

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 certain circumstances, the STOP mode
may not be available; the "ECO"
warning lamp
flashes for a few seconds, then goes off. In certain 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).

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Instruments and controls





Petrol-Diesel instrument panel



1.
Rev counter (x 1 000 tr/min or rpm),
graduation according to engine (petrol or
Diesel).

2.
Engine oil temperature gauge.

3.
Fuel gauge.

4.
Engine coolant temperature gauge.

5.
Speedometer (mph or km/h).

6.
Cruise control or speed limiter settings.

7.
Gear shift indicator for a manual gearbox
or gear lever position and gear for an
electronic gear control or automatic
gearbox.

A.
Main lighting dimmer.

B.
Display of alert log.
Recall of the service information.

C.
Reset the trip distance recorder.

8.
Display zone: aler t messages or state of
functions, trip computer.

9.
Trip distance recorder (miles or km).

10.
Automatic wipers
Ser vice indicator
(miles or km) then,
total distance recorder.
These two functions are displayed
successively when switching on the
ignition.



Dials and screens
Control buttons

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Indicator and warning
lamps
Visual indicators informing the driver that a
system is in operation, switched off or has a
fault.

When the ignition is switched on

Cer tain warning lamps come on for a few
seconds in the instrument panel and/or
instrument panel screen when the vehicle's
ignition is switched on.
When the engine is started, these same
warning lamps should switch off.
If they remain on, before moving off, refer to the
information on the warning lamp concerned.


Associated warnings

The switching on of cer tain warning lamps may
be accompanied by an audible signal and a
message in the instrument panel screen.
The warning lamps may come on continuously
(fixed) or flash.
Cer tain warning lamps may come on in
one of two modes. Only by relating the
type of lighting to the operating status
of the vehicle can it be ascer tained
whether the situation is normal or
whether a fault has occurred.
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Instrument panel screen



With the vehicle stationar y
, use the left hand
thumb wheel to move through the menus, so
as to configure the vehicle settings (driving and
comfort systems, ...).


- Rotation (other than menu): scroll through
the list of active functions available,

- Press: main menu, confirm the selection,

- Rotation (in a menu): move up or down in
the menu.




Main menu


Vehicle settings
Screen settings

Preheating/Preventilation


Driving position setting


Unlocking boot only

Driving assistance

Speeds memorised
Rear wipe in reverse gear
Automatic parking brake

Lighting

Welcome lighting
Guide-me-home headlamps
Directional headlamps

Settings





Language


Units

Fuel consumption
Te m p e r a t u r e

Colours


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Operation indicator lamps

If one of the following indicator lamps comes on in the instrument panel and/or instrument panel screen, this confirms that the corresponding system has come into operation.




Warning/indicator lamp



State



Cause



Action/Observations








Left-hand
direction indicato

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flashing with buzzer. The lighting stalk is pushed down.






Right-hand
direction indicator



flashing with buzzer. The lighting stalk is pushed up.






Sidelamps


fixed. The lighting stalk is in the
"Sidelamps" position.




Dipped beam
headlamps


fixed. The lighting stalk is in the "Dipped
beam headlamps" position.




Main beam
headlamps


fixed. The lighting stalk is pulled towards
you. Pull the stalk to return to dipped beam headlamps.






Front foglamps


fixed. The front foglamps are switched on. Turn the ring on the stalk rear wards twice to switch off
the front foglamps.





Rear foglamps


fixed. The rear foglamps are switched on. Turn the ring on the stalk rear wards to switch off the
rear foglamps.

For more information on the lighting controls, refer to the "Visibility" section.