PEUGEOT 508 Handbook page 183

Special cases: STOP mode not
available
StOP mode is not invoked when:
- the driver's door is open,
- the driver's seat belt is not fastened,
- the vehicle has not exceeded 6 mph
(10 km/h) since the last engine start using
the key,
- the vehicle is stopped on a steep slope
(up or down),
- the electric parking brake is applied or
being applied,
- the engine is needed to maintain a
comfortable temperature in the passenger
compartment,
- demisting is selected,
- some special conditions (battery charge,
engine temperature, braking assistance,
ambient temperature...) where the engine is
needed to assure control of a system.
In this case, the "ECO" indicator
lamp flashes for a few seconds then
goes off.
This operation is perfectly normal.
Going into engine START mode
the "ECO" indicator lamp goes off
and the engine starts automatically:
- with a manual gearbox, when you fully
depress the clutch pedal,
- with an automatic gearbox:
● gear selector in position D or M, when
you release the brake pedal,
● or gear selector in position N and brake
pedal released, when you put the gear
selector in position D or M,
● or when you engage reverse gear.
Special cases: START invoked
automatically
StARt mode is invoked automatically when:
- the driver's door is open,
- the driver's seat belt is not fastened,
- the speed of the vehicle exceeds 18 mph
(25 km/h) with a manual gearbox (2 mph
(3 km/h) with the tHP 165 version), or
2 mph (3 km/h) with an automatic gearbox,
- the electric parking brake is being applied,
- some special conditions (battery charge,
engine temperature, braking assistance,
ambient temperature...) where the engine is
needed for control of a system.
In this case the "ECO" indicator lamp
flashes for a few seconds, then goes
off.
This operation is perfectly normal.
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