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At very low speed, if reverse gear is requested, this will only be takeninto account when the vehicle is immobilised. A warning lamp appears in the instrument panel screen.
Manual gear changing
Manual mode
On sharp acceleration, the gearbox willnot change up unless the driver acts onthe gear lever or the steering mounted paddles.
Never select neutral N
while the vehicleis moving.
Only engage reverse gear Rwhen thevehicle is immobilised with the brakepedal pressed. This selective
gear change mode enables you
to over take, for example, while still remaining in automatic mode. )Operate the +or - steering mounted controlpaddle.
The gearbox engages the gear requested if theengine speed permits. AUTOis still displayed
in the instrument panel.
After a few moments without any action on
the controls, the gearbox resumes automatic control of the gears.
) When the vehicle has moved off, select
pos
ition M to change to manual mode.
- Pull the lever towards the +sign to change up a gear.
- Push the lever towards the -sign to change down a gear.
The
gears engaged appear successively in the instrument panel screen.
The
gear change requests are only carried out
if the engine speed permits.
It is not necessary to release the accelerator
during gear changes.
When braking or slowing down, the gearbox
changes down automatically to permit
acceleration in the correct gear.
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Stopping the vehicle
You must press the brake pedal whenstarting the engine.
Whatever the circumstances, you must manually apply the parking brake toimmobilise the vehicle. Be
fore switching off the engine, you can
choose to:
- move to position Nto engage neutral,
- leave the gear engaged; in this case, it will not be possible to move the vehicle.
In both cases, you must apply the parkingbrake to immobilise the vehicle.
When immobilising the vehicle, with theengine running, you must place the gear lever in neutral N
.
Before carrying out any work in theengine compar tment, check that thegear lever is in neutral Nand that the parking brake is applied.
Operating fault
With the ignition on, the flashing of
this warning lamp and the
flashingof AUTO
, accompanied by anaudible signal and a message in the instrument panel screen, indicates a malfunction of the gearbox.
have it checked by PEUGEOT or a qualified workshop.
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Four-speed automatic gearbox which offers a choice between the comfor t of fully automatic operation, enhanced by spor t and snow
pro
grammes, or manual gear changing.
There are therefore four driving modes:-automatic
operation for electronic management of the gears by the gearbox,
-
sportprogramme for a more dynamic style
of driving,
- snowprogramme to improve driving when
traction is poor,
- se
quentialoperation for manual changing
of the gears by the driver.
Automatic gearbox
1.
Gear lever.2.
Button "S"(sport)
.
3.Button " 7"(snow) .
Gear selection gateGear lever
P.Park.
- Immobilisation of the vehicle, parking brakeon or off.
- Starting the engine.
R. Reverse.
- Reversing manoeuvres, vehicle stationary, engine at idle.N.Neutral.
- Immobilisation of the vehicle, parking brakeon.
- Star ting the engine.D.
Automatic operation.M + / -. Manual operation with sequential changing of the four gears. )Push for wards to change up through
the
gears. or )Pull backwards to change down through
the gears.
Displays in the instrument panel
When you move the lever in the gate to select
a position, the corresponding indicator is
displayed in the instrument panel. P. ParkR.ReverseN.
NeutralD.Drive (Automatic driving) S.Sportprogramme 7.Snowprogramme1 2 3 4.
Gears engaged during manual
operation
-. Invalid value during manual operation
Foot on brake
)Press the brake pedal when thisindicator lamp is displayed in the
instrument panel (e.g.: star tingthe engine).
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