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6ꢀSPEED PILOTED

MANUAL GEARBOX

Gear lever

Steering wheel controls

Six-speed piloted manual gearbox

which offers a choice between the com-

fort of fully automatic operation or the

pleasure of manual gear changing.

Therefore, three driving modes are of-

fered:

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the automatic mode for automatic

control of the gears by the gearbox,

the sequential mode for manual

changing of the gears by the driver,

the auto sequential mode to

overtake, for example, remaining

in automatic mode while using the

functions of the sequential mode.

R. Reverse

 With your foot on the brake, move

the lever upwards to select this

position.

N. Neutral.

 With your foot on the brake, select

this position to start.

A. Automatic mode.

 Move the lever downwards to select

this mode.

+. Change up control to the right of the

steering wheel.

 Press the back of the "+" steering

wheel control to change up a gear.

ꢀ. Change down control to the left of

the steering wheel.

A Sport function is available in auto-

matic or sequential mode for a more dy-

namic style of driving.

The use of this gearbox enables you to

beneﬁt from an additional function: the

hill start assistance.

 Press the back of the "ꢀ" steering

wheel control to change down a

gear.

M. +/ꢀ Sequential mode with manual

changing of the gears.

 Move the lever downwards then to

the left to select this mode, then:

- push the lever forwards to change

up a gear,

- or pull the lever rearwards to

change down a gear.

S. Sport function.

 Press this button to activate or

deactivate this function.

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The steering wheel controls do not

permit the selection of neutral or

the engaging or disengaging of re-

verse gear.

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Displays on the instrument panel Moving off

Hill start assistance

 Select position N.

 Press the brake pedal down fully.

 Start the engine.

This is an additional function associated

with this gearbox. It permits the tempo-

rary immobilisation of your vehicle.

It maintains the pressure of the brakes

brieﬂy, long enough for you to move

your foot from the brake pedal to the

accelerator pedal.

N appears on the instrument

panel display.

It comes into operation if the vehicle is

immobilised by pressing the brake ped-

al and in accordance with the gradient:

N ﬂashes on the instrument panel,

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accompanied by an audible signal

and a message on the multifunc-

tion display, if the gear lever is not

in position N on starting.

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on an ascending gradient, with the

vehicle stationary, gear lever in

position A or M, the vehicle is kept

immobile brieﬂy when the brake

pedal is released,

Gear lever positions

N. Neutral

R. Reverse

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Gears in sequential

mode

AUTO. Thiscomesonwhentheautomatic

mode is selected. It switches off on

changing to sequential mode.

Foot on brake ﬂashes on the in-

strument panel, accompanied by an

audible signal and a message on

the multifunction display, if the brake

pedal is not pressed on starting.

-

on a descending gradient, with

the vehicle stationary, gear lever

in position R, the vehicle is kept

immobile brieﬂy when the brake

pedal is released.

 Select ﬁrst gear (position M or A) or

reverse (position R).

 Release the handbrake.

S. Sport (Sport function)

 Take your foot off the brake pedal,

then accelerate.

 Place your foot on the

brake when this warning

light ﬂashes (e.g.: when

starting the engine).

Do not keep the vehicle immobile

using the accelerator.

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AUTO and 1 or R appear on

the instrument panel display.

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Never leave the vehicle during a

hill start assistance phase.

An audible signal is heard when re-

verse gear is engaged.

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Sequential mode

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 When the vehicle has moved off,

select position M to change to

sequential mode.

On sharp acceleration, the gearbox

will not change up unless the driver

acts on the gear lever or the steer-

ing wheel controls.

Never select neutral N while the

vehicle is moving.

Only engage reverse gear R when

the vehicle is immobilised with the

brake pedal pressed.

For optimum acceleration, for exam-

ple when overtaking another vehicle,

press the accelerator pedal ﬁrmly

past the point of resistance.

AUTO disappears and the

gears engaged appear in suc-

cession on the instrument

panel display.

The gear change requests are only car-

ried out if the engine speed permits.

It is not necessary to release the accel-

erator during gear changes.

"Auto sequential mode"

This mode enables you to overtake, for

example, remaining in automatic mode

while using the functions of the sequen-

tial mode.

 Activate steering wheel control

position + or ꢀ.

When braking or slowing down, the

gearbox changes down automatically to

permit reacceleration of the vehicle in

the correct gear.

Automatic mode

 Following use of the sequential

mode, select position A to return to

the automatic mode.

The gearbox engages the gear request-

ed if the engine speed permits. AUTO is

still displayed on the instrument panel.

After a few moments without any action

on the controls, the gearbox resumes

automatic control of the gears.

AUTO and the gear engaged

appear on the instrument panel

display.

At very low speed, if reverse gear

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is requested, this will only be taken

into account when the vehicle is

immobilised. The Foot on brake

warning light may ﬂash on the in-

strument panel to prompt you to

brake.

The gearbox is then operating in auto-

active mode, without any action on the

part of the driver. It continuously selects

the most suitable gear in relation to the

following parameters:

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style of driving,

proﬁle of the road.

At high speed, if reverse gear is

requested, the N indicator light will

ﬂash and the gearbox will change

to neutral automatically. To engage

a gear again, return the lever to po-

sition A or M.

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Sport function

Stopping the vehicle

Operating fault

Before switching off the engine, you can

choose to:

With the ignition on, if this warn-

 Following selection of the sequential

mode or automatic mode, press

button S to activate the Sport

function which offers you a more

dynamic style of driving.

ing light comes on and AUTO

ﬂashes, accompanied by an au-

dible signal and a message on

the multifunction display, this indicates

a malfunction of the gearbox.

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move to position N to engage

neutral,

-

leave the gear engaged; in this

case, it will not be possible to move

the vehicle.

Have it checked by a PEUGEOT dealer.

S appears next to the gear en-

gaged on the instrument panel

display.

In both cases, it is essential that you

apply the handbrake to immobilise the

vehicle.

With the ignition on, if the warn-

ing light above and this warning

light come on, accompanied by

an audible signal and a mes-

sage on the multifunction display, this

indicates a malfunction of the hill start

assistance.

 Press button S again to deactivate

the function.

S is then cleared from the instrument

panel display.

Have it checked by a PEUGEOT dealer.

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The Sport function is deactivated

each time the ignition is switched off.

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When immobilising the vehicle,

It is essential to press the brake

pedal when starting the engine.

When parking, is it essential to ap-

ply the handbrake to immobilise

the vehicle, whatever the circum-

stances.

with the engine running, it is es-

sential to place the gear lever in

neutral N.

Before carrying out any work in the

engine compartment, check that

the gear lever is in neutral N and

that the handbrake is applied.

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