Hill Start Assist - PEUGEOT 308 Handbook

Temporary manual control of gear
changing
You can temporarily take over control
of gear changing using the steering
mounted "+" and "-" control paddles: if
the engine speed allows, the request to
change gear is accepted.
AUTO and the gear engaged
is displayed in the instrument
panel.
This function allows you to anticipate
certain situations such as overtaking
another vehicle or approaching a bend.
After a few moments without any ac-
tion on the control paddles, the gearbox
starts managing gear changes auto-
matically again.
Manual mode
Select position M .
The gears engaged appear in
succession in the instrument
panel screen.
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.
When braking or slowing down, the
gearbox changes down automatically
so that the vehicle picks up in the cor-
rect gear.
On sharp acceleration, the gearbox will
not change up unless the driver acts on
the gear lever or the steering mounted
control paddles.
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Never select neutral N when the
vehicle is moving.
It is possible to change mode at
any time, by moving the gear lever
from A to M or from M to A .
Sport function
Following selection of the manual
mode or automated mode, press
button S to activate the Sport function
which offers you a more dynamic
style of driving.
S appears next to the gear en-
gaged in the instrument panel
screen.
Press button S again to deactivate
the function.
S is then cleared from the instrument
panel screen.
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The Sport function is deactivated
each time the ignition is switched off.
DRIVING
Reverse
To engage reverse, the vehicle must be
stationary, with your foot on the brake
pedal.
Select position R .
At very low speed, if reverse gear is re-
quested, this will only be taken into ac-
count when the vehicle is immobilised.
The Foot on the brake pedal warning
lamp comes on in the instrument panel
to encourage you to brake.
At high speed, if reverse gear is re-
quested, the N indicator lamp will fl ash
and the gearbox will change to neutral
automatically. To engage a gear again,
return the lever to position A or M .

Hill start assist

This function allows temporary immo-
bilisation of your vehicle.
It maintains the pressure of the brakes
briefl y, long enough for you to move
your foot from the brake pedal to the
accelerator pedal.
It comes into operation if the vehicle is
immobilised by pressing the brake ped-
al and depending on the gradient:
- on an ascending gradient, with
the vehicle stationary, gear lever
in position A or M , the vehicle is
held briefl y when the brake pedal is
released,
- on a descending gradient, with the
vehicle stationary, gear lever in
position R , the vehicle is held briefl y
when the brake pedal is released.
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