2012 PEUGEOT 308 Owners Manual

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FAMILIARISATION
VENTILATION


Digital air conditioning:
we recommend use of the fully automatic mode by pressing the "AUTO"
button.


Recommended interior settings



I require...



Heating or Manual Air Conditioning




Air distribution



Air fl ow



Air recirculation/


Intake of outside air



Temperature



Manual A/C




HOT





COLD





DEMISTING

DEFROSTING

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MONITORING

Instrument panel



A.
With the ignition on, the needle
should indicate the level of fuel re-
maining.

B.
With the engine running, its associ-
ated low level warning lamp should
go off.

C.
With the ignition on, the oil level in-
dicator should display "OIL OK"
for
a few seconds.
If the levels are not correct, top up the
levels which are low.
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Warning lamps



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 warning lamps remain on, refer to the
page concerned.
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Switch panels

Lighting of the indicator lamp indicates
the status of the corresponding function.


A.
Deactivating the Stop
& Start system. 162
79
164
127
82, 123
145
124
147
B.
Volumetric alarm.

C.
Visual and audible
parking sensors.

D.
ESP OFF (without
Grip control).

E.
Child lock.

F.
Head-up display.

G.
Hazard warning lamps.

H.
Distance alert.
Lower


Central


I.
Central locking. 84

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PASSENGER SAFETY

Passenger's front airbag



1.
Insert the key.

2.
Select the position:
"OFF"
(deactivation), with "rear fac-
ing" child seat,
"ON"
(activation), with front passen-
ger or "forwards facing" child seat.

3.
Remove the key keeping the switch
in the new position.
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Seat belts and passenger's
front airbag


A.
Front and/or rear seat belts not fas-
tened/unfastened warning lamp.

B.
Front left seat belt warning lamp.

C.
Front right seat belt warning lamp.

D.
Rear right seat belt warning lamp.

E.
Rear centre seat belt warning lamp.

F.
Rear left seat belt warning lamp.

G.
Passenger's front airbag deactivat-
ed warning lamp.

H.
Passenger's front airbag activated
warning lamp.
131


Child lock
(locking of the rear doors)
Illumination of the indicator lamp indi-
cates the status of the corresponding
function.
123

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ARRANGE YOUR BOOT

3 position adjustable boot

Low position (150 kg max).
111

)
To release the fl oor, push
slightly forwards then
raise.

)
Use the stops A
, placed on each
side of the boot to change the
height of the fl oor more easily. Intermediate position (100 kg max). High position (50 kg max) with the lower
tailgate closed to isolate the lower part
of the boot.
From the high position, place the fl oor
in this position (at an angle), two stops
support it to allow access underneath it
or to the spare wheel.

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ARRANGE YOUR BOOT

Rear seats



)
Place the adjustable fl oor in the in-
termediate position
.

)
Check that nothing is preventing
the seat backs from folding (front
seats suffi ciently advanced, head
restraints, seat belts, ...).

)
Check also that no object on or under
the seat could hinder its movement. 69

)
Pull the control of the 1/3 section,
from the boot.

)
Pull the control of the 2/3 section,
from the boot.
The seats are aligned with the adjust-
able fl oor and the lower tailgate.

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Before refuelling or doing any-
thing under the bonnet, you
must switch off the ignition us-
ing the key.


DRIVING SAFELY

Stop & Start


Going into engine STOP mode
The "ECO"
warning lamp
comes on in the instrument
panel and the engine automati-
cally goes into standby, with a
6-speed electronic gear control gear-
box
and at 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"
but-
ton; the warning lamp in the button
comes on.
161 The system is reactivated au-
tomatically at every new start
using the key. The "ECO"
warning lamp goes
off and the engine restarts auto-
matically with a 6-speed elec-
tronic gear control gearbox
:


- gear lever in position A
or M
, release
the brake pedal,

- or gear lever in position N
and the
brake pedal released, move the
gear lever to position A
or M
,

- or engage reverse.
In some circumstances, STOP mode
may not be available; the "ECO"
warn-
ing lamp fl ashes for few seconds, then
goes off. In some circumstances START mode
may be invoked automatically; the
"ECO"
warning lamp fl ashes for a few
seconds, then goes off.

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Electric parking brake


Manual application/release
The parking brake can be applied
man-
ually by pulling
the control lever A
.
When the ignition is on, the parking
brake can be released
manually by
pressing the brake pedal
and pulling

then releasing
the control lever A
.
Automatic application/release
Press the accelerator and release the
clutch, the parking brake is released
automatically and progressively on ac-
celeration.
When the engine is switched off
, the
parking brake is applied
automatically.
Before getting out of the
vehicle, check that the
braking warning lamp
( red !
) and the warning
lamp P
in the control lever A
, are on
(not fl ashing).
If you get out of your vehicle
with the engine running, apply
the parking brake manually. Before getting out of the
vehicle, check that the
braking warning lamp
( red !
) and the warning
lamp P
in the control lever A
are on (not
fl ashing).
Do not leave a child alone in
the vehicle with the ignition on;
they could release the parking
brake.
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Your vehicle is equipped with a system
which keeps it immobile for a short time
(approximately 2 seconds) to assist you
when starting on a hill, the time required
for you to move your foot from the brake
pedal to the accelerator pedal.
This function is only active:


- when the vehicle has been immobil-
ised completely with your foot on the
brake pedal,

- on certain gradients,

- when the driver's door is closed.
Do not get out of the vehicle
during the hill start assist tem-
porary hold phase.
142


Hill start assist

If this warning lamp is on in the
instrument panel, the automatic
application/release function is
deactivated
.

DRIVING SAFELY

DRIVING SAFELY

Head-up display



1.
Head-up display on/off.

2.
Brightness adjustment.

3.
Display height adjustment.
The adjustments must be
made with the engine running
and the vehicle stationary. 145


Distance alert



1.
Distance alert on/off.

2.
Alert value increase/decrease.
147


Grip control

Normal mode.
128 Snow mode.
Mud mode.
Sand mode.
ESP OFF.
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